‘I Could Write You a Novel’

I could write you a novel; I could write you a book But would you ever take a second look At the words that I write, at the feelings that I show Or does the text remain written, unable to live and grow? I could write you a story; I could write you a love […]

Exploring outward and inner nature

Sunflower It was just one of those kinds of days. The beauty around her astonished her into some kind of slumber as she tried to capture every inch of beauty before its overwhelming aesthetics made her comatose. She got on her knees, bent this way and that—all different angles to attempt to capture the big, […]

Images from abroad: Travel writing overseas

This past summer marked my first time across the Atlantic Ocean. While people are normally afraid to travel such long distances even with friends and family, I had to do it all alone. I was headed to spend a month in Madrid, Spain with a family teaching English and being an all-around nanny, attempting to […]

Fads: Friends or foes?

Although fads in literature, style, music and so on traverse across boundaries, allowing for at least one set of shared interests, these fads may or may not be viewed as homogenizing the varied trends that are supposed to be the hallmark of any culture or sub-culture. To be persuaded into a fad of literature and […]