On What I Don’t Know About Grief
Ruminations on the difference between absence and grief or mourning.
I Fish for the Time to Write
On unexpected interruptions, accepting my father will die one day, and the pursuit of un-beautiful writing.
I Don’t Dream Big Enough
On inherited smallness, Joan Didion, Holly Golightly, and learning to look again…
One Year After Declaring I’m a Writer
Fifty-two weeks. Three hundred sixty-five days. Hundreds of pages. What surprised me most is not what you think.
Correct and Untouchable
On hunger, avoidance, and the seductive feeling of being in control.
Rehearsing the Identities We Inherit
Why changing your life requires changing the story underneath it.
The Family I Thought I Had vs. the Family I’m Choosing
What five weeks away taught me about family, distance, and the stories we inherit.
Foreign Mayonnaise: On Getting Lost, Slightly Scammed, and Changed by Travel
Day 13 of 100 — A poem about travel, miscommunication, and the education of losing control.
Stillness is Confrontational
Day 13 of 100 —Meditation, distraction, and the discomfort no one talks about.
The Books Were Speaking
Day 12 of 100—On creative transmission, cultural memory, and making space for the message.
Holiday Cheer Is a Drug
Day 11 of 100—On dopamine crashes, January anxiety, and the madness hiding beneath the lights…
The Rhythm of a Cruel Summer
Day 10 of 100 Poems: On Memory, the Mercy of the Sea, and Finding My Way Back to Poetry.
The Missed Messages of Everyday Life
Day 9 of 100 Poems: On Daily Poems, Unanswered Questions, and Listening to the Whispers of the Day.
An Ode to the Cassette Tape
Day 8 of 100 Poems: Before the iPod, Before the CD. There was the cassette tape—and the delicate art of saving a song from the radio.
To All the Margauxs I’ve Loved Before
Day 7 of 100 Poems: Sci-fi musings, romantic relationships with AI, and pondering an Existential Crisis.