Echoing Emily: (Poetry: May-Flower & October-Vampire)

I have written another poem for my project, “Echoing Emily,” – where I take a poem written by Emily Dickinson and rewrite it in my own words but still trying to mock her style.

My next new poetry project

I was at Barnes and Nobles for my birthday a few days ago and I came across an Emily Dickinson poetry/sketchbook. It had several of her poems and blank areas to sketch in. I decided to pick it up since I am a fan of her work. Although, I wasn’t going to sketch in it.

Art & Poetry: Nothing could tear away her dreams.

Not even death could tear her dreams apart…

“Meet Me.” Original Poetry & Illustration

I’ve been doing some more drawing with alcohol markers to create illustrations to pair with my poetry. It definitely is a medium that I am beginning to enjoy and I’ve always wanted to add art to go with my poems. This project, “Meet Me,” – the artwork actually came first which inspired my short little

New Spoken Word Poetry Video with Original Piano Music: “One Year”

I’ve been taking piano lessons for a few years now with the goal to write my own music or even accompaniment to my poetry readings. In the video below, is a poetry reading that has my first piano accompaniment that I created. This is something that I would like to do more of, create my

Original Spoken Word Poetry Video | Through Every Storm

As humans, we have so many storms and life lessons that we experience, and it is what makes us stronger.

Tiny Poem & Night Landscape Art

This was the first landscape art that I created with alcohol markers. I was inspired by some pictures I saw on the internet, so I put this drawing together. It is not my best artwork, but it is the first landscape with alcohol markers. Of course, it wouldn’t be complete with a little poetic saying

Original Poetry & Artwork: Inner Beauty

Inner beauty – it should be what everyone sees.

A Poem for Our World: Who?

“Our once blessed nation now lays upon the cross being crucified, but who is carrying the blood on their hands…? Our entire earthly planet is being infected with a contagious virus that disables our ability to breathe, speak and separates us from those that we love… But who unleashed the horror that spreads rapidly throughout

Poetry: Words for Life (a little advice to living each day)

In this poem, I wrote some advice for living each day. Some are easier said than done, but each day – is a new beginning. #inspirationalpoetry