breathe with one another

A collection of poetry from the young mind of a black, teenaged girl that experiences hardships and witnesses struggle on a day-to-day basis. There will be use of AAVE (African-American Vernacular English). Before you say anything about how it isn't "proper English," learn the background behind it. AAVE has grammatical rules just like any dialect. The most common example of AAVE is zero copula or copula deletion, which refers to the absence of an auxiliary verb. It occurs frequently in standard English as well. Another example of AAVE you will witness is the dropping of the last letter of a word. Words like "singing" become "singin'" and words like "respect" become "respeck." REMINDER: I am recounting my emotions and thoughts. There are somethings that you may not agree with or experience, but you DO NOT attempt to silence me. DO NOT try to belittle my problems as if they are something so trivial.

we are standing on the rubble of our past, reaching for the stars yet to be born. 1.1 © 2015-2016

the poems of a sixteen year old girl. life is a mess.

poetry for him. (please don't take poems without asking)

"i remember." © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2015. N. A. The sequel to 'Boy' is 'Funnybones' and is available to read on my profile.

my heart becomes worthy

the loving, the hating, the searching, the healing. [ inspired by rupi kaur's milk and honey ]

Enter the house of horrors.

A short collection of modern war poetry 1995 - 2014 Highly personal, this short anthology draws on the writer's experiences as a soldier and officer of the British Army in conflict zones in Europe, Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan. Although, the majority of these poems are previously unpublished, a number were published in the 2011 anthology 'Heroes: 100 Poems from the new generation of war poets' published by Ebury press. The 'Heroes' poems were selected for publication by a panel that included Carol Ann Duffy (the UK Poet Laureate), Simon Rae (Radio 4's 'Poetry Please') and General Lord Dannatt The poem 'Care Under Fire' was featured on BBC TV's 'The One Show'. Please be warned: the poem 'Convoy Stop' contains what many regard as the most offensive word in the English language.