Carla Monroy 12/28/25 Carla Monroy 12/28/25

Holiday Cheer Is a Drug

Day 11 of 100—On dopamine crashes, January anxiety, and the madness hiding beneath the lights…

Carla Monroy 12/3/25 Carla Monroy 12/3/25

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

Carla Monroy 9/19/25 Carla Monroy 9/19/25

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.

Carla Monroy 8/22/25 Carla Monroy 8/22/25

Day 6 of 100 Poems: On inherited volume, cultural noise, and the people who tell you to be quiet.