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Dearest right triangle: a poem in two dimensions

21 October 202321 October 2023

In which one triangle bids a sad farewell to her once complementary partner. Open for geometric innuendos and a high school throwback.

Once upon a time, a young lady sat in her Honors Geometry class blasting Ke$ha on her iPod and imagined a world in which two congruent right-triangles started dating. Naturally, all things must come to an end. It was presumably this thought that led me to write a break-up poem/letter from one triangle to another at 8AM in class. Now this poem sees the light of the internet, complete with comics I completed this month. Dearest Right Triangle We are a match made in textbooksCongruent in every wayBut that doesn’t change the factI have something to say The way I feel...

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Drops in a Storm [a two-part series]

19 July 202319 July 2023

In which I present a pair of poems focused on life’s clouds. Open to storm through some unavoidable experiences.

Journaling this summer brought me to write two poems, two months apart. I suppose I’ve been feeling my judgement is cloudy, because they have the same stormy imagery. I wasn’t sure which should go first, but I think that they can be read in either order. . Storm Far from home and the safety we’ve known In a vast landscape with a different life It’s good to get out of your comfort zone No matter the path, problems will be rife Many patterns exist but are new to us Clouds can just be a wonder to behold Rather than signal...

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All aboard and into the void!

18 August 202224 January 2023

In which I talk about the void we all know and often hate. Open for a poem and quick thoughts about social media.

As an elder (12 years strong) tweeter, there are few things I am more familiar with than shouting into the void. On most social media I post and share content that makes me appreciate, think, and laugh about life. My websites also serve as my own carved out section of the void. That said, Twitter is the premier website for unsolicited opinions. A recent encounter inspired me to write a poem I think applies to most of the internet. It was one of those tangential argument threads where one stranger asked another, "did anyone even ask you?" As if the...

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In defense of the rhyming poem

20 December 202024 January 2023

In which I defend the rhyming poem. Open for salient points towards something that most people never think about.

Many today will shit on rhyme schemesPerhaps now it’s the cool thing to do But different are all our thoughts and daydreams And how we choose to express them too There are merits to this limit you see For otherwise I would write all day With no form comes added difficulty In finding and choosing which words to say Of course we can write however we want And are free to express ourselves to our liking Yet a rhyme scheme now can invite cruel taunts And critique rooted in stereotyping But rhymes are essential to many arts At least in...

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