I try to focus on what the professor is saying. But it is 4:15 pm and the classroom is warm and she is in class. My attention keeps wandering up a row and two desks over to where she sits. She has the most beautiful hands. Square, strong, long-fingered. I am enthralled with how … Continue reading Caught Looking
This is one of my very favorite pieces of Spoken word poetry. This literally makes me feel almost every emotion I am humanly capable of. It is beautiful, full of joy, full of compassion, full of pain, full of authenticity and it deserves your time. “When they tell you your love is just a phase, … Continue reading Spoken Word Poetry: Phases/ Written & Performed by Kevin Kantor & Sienna Burnett
Music at its most powerful. Full of heart. Full of pain. I've been on the low I been taking my time I feel like I'm out of my mind It feel like my life ain't mine Who can relate? I've been on the low I been taking my time I feel like I'm out of … Continue reading The Daily Song: 1-800-273-8255- Logic ft. Alessia Cara, Khalid
memories of summer nights sky midnight silk studded with diamonds my heart beating fast with you sitting next to me on a scratchy plaid blanket you all Love’s Baby Soft skin and strawberry pink lip gloss mouth small hands entwined with mine warm minty breath our secrets held close like your curves to mine turning … Continue reading Secret Lives of Girls
when I first embraced love that dared not speak its name I was drawn to her moth to flame I could not bear to leave her drowning in the well of loneliness hurt afraid alone believing love was never hers to hold again young but determined I held out my hand for purchase my arms … Continue reading Her Well of Loneliness – Christine E. Ray
I have been sitting the last two days with the loss of a friend, Kathy Brandt. Kathy was a year ahead of me at Mount Holyoke and although we met my Freshman year, Kathy became emblematic for me of everything I loved about my sophomore year at Mount Holyoke College. We were floor mates that … Continue reading Meet a Hero: Kathy Brandt
Brave & Reckless 