I wrote this while a thousand thoughts were going through my head. My friends back home, my girlfriend here, and the way the simple act of taking a cigarette break can bring people together as it seems only natural to talk and make friends while you smoke together. I think it's a good poem but most of all I'm glad that I broke my writers block!
This is an essay I wrote about the concept of beauty, both inner beauty and physical beauty.
This is about religious brainwashing and dogma. I think it's a poem but I suppose it could be set to music and make a pretty cool song.
After writing Midnight in Buffalo I was feeling happy with myself and quite optimistic but unfulfilled. I opened to a fresh page in my notebook and these words came out.
I came up with the idea for this song while I was in the shower thinking about how sometimes a person we meet only for a very short time can have such a profound effect on our lives.
I'm going to be really blunt here, this is dedicated to all three of my sisters, Erin, Lindsay, and Sydnie. In that order, as well.
Here's my very first song :-) Well, my friend Jenny told me that some of my other stuff could be set to music but this is the only one I've written INTENDING for it to be a song.
This reflects on how I sometimes feel. Like I'm absurdly different from everyone around but trying to fit in the best I can.
Umm... yeah. Here ya go.
This is about the confusion you encounter as you grow up. Or at least that I'M encountering :-)
I wrote this while thinking of my dear friends Meggy and Brandi.
This one's about my glorious self!
Something I wrote when I was depressed one time.
A little story about a woman who finds out that her husband has been cheating on her.
About an abused baby.
Using the Media to Change the World
I wrote this for the August youth movement newsletter.
I guess this is kind of about the pains of growing up.
This one is about someone in my family who I love. Sorry I can't go into any greater detail.
This is an attempt at a suspense story about a college student who is abducted in New York City. I've completely given up any idea of working on it again :-)
An article I wrote about the ordeal caused by the accusation by my adopted brother. The names are changed for privacy.
Hmm... what can I say about this one? I was depressed!
I wrote this one shortly after my adopted brother (who doesn't live at home any more) made false accusations of abuse against my parents which caused years of turmoil in our family. He has a condition called Reactive Attachment Disorder.
A poem I wrote a long time ago about my little brother Dmitri who is the baby of the family! He was 7 when I wrote this and he's 9 now.
I once read a book called "Robyn's Book" about a young woman who suffered from cystic fibrosis. After I read that story, I wrote this poem.
There isn't really a story behind this poem. I just sat down and wrote it.
I wrote this poem after a homeless man who I was used to seeing every time I went to Morristown was suddenly not there anymore.
Me and my friend Jenny, when we were about
12 or 13, got together and wrote this crazy poem about Hollywood rumors.
The original version contained a line or two about Princess Diana but we
took it out of the poem out of respect for her when she died.
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