Carla Monroy 6/18/26 Carla Monroy 6/18/26

Correct and Untouchable

On hunger, avoidance, and the seductive feeling of being in control.

Carla Monroy 5/25/26 Carla Monroy 5/25/26

Rehearsing the Identities We Inherit

Why changing your life requires changing the story underneath it.

Carla Monroy 5/7/26 Carla Monroy 5/7/26

How self-doubt kept me small—and what happened when I finally claimed it.

Carla Monroy 3/16/26 Carla Monroy 3/16/26

Why saying what you want out loud might change everything.

Carla Monroy 2/10/26 Carla Monroy 2/10/26

Day 13 of 100 — A poem about travel, miscommunication, and the education of losing control.

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

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

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.