Adultpoetry Stories

a collection. an art piece. a life.

A poetry collection for grown-ups, about mature topics, written from an adult's perspective.

These are all written by me because I have too much on my mind, body, and soul. I am only 5'2 and 19 years old. I shouldn't feel this sad.

These poems do not chart healing- only the slow, stubborn act of surviving its absence.

lingering love

A book of my poems. This book is available for purchase on Amazon. Dark Thoughts is still available on paperback, if that interests you. Here is the synopsis for it: A person's mind conjures up the sublime, the erotic, the dangerous, and the twisted. This book dives into what is buried deep inside. This collection puts into writing what our hearts often seeks to avoid, the truth about where our soul dwells when others aren't looking. Dark Thoughts https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_17?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dark+thoughts+by+erica+locke&sprefix=Dark+Thoughts+by+%2Caps%2C275&crid=24K55P5XUW5HN

IN THE DARK, WE DON'T FALL IN LOVE. WE COLLIDE. AND COLLISIONS LEAVE MARKS. Midnight Between Us is an exploration of desire before it softens into safety, of the ache that lives between restraint and surrender. It traces the electric space where longing first sparks and where being seen feels more dangerous than being touched. These pages move through shadowed rooms and silver-lit confessions, through tenderness that ruins and power that trembles. It is not a story of innocence. It is a record of becoming, of a woman learning the shape of her own wanting, and discovering that midnight does not hide her... it reveals her.

If you can ignore me then you can live a life without me

- A collection of poems that relate to loss, love, and discovering yourself in your twenties. - #26 in #twentysomething (09/27/2023)

Dive into the turbulent depths of a fractured heart in this raw and unflinching poem. "Hatred of Love Turns to Lust" explores the chaotic emotional landscape of obsession, lust, and the desperate search for connection. Prepare for a visceral journey into the darkness and intensity of unrequited desire.

Sequel to my first book, For You. This is a collection of poems I am still in the process of writing as I look at lessons I've learned that I would've liked to share with the younger version of myself that wrote For You. You'll probably appreciate this book more if you read For You first ;)

Lust in every line. Skin between the stanzas. This is poetry that moans, aches, begs, and bites. A collection of sensual, bold, and unapologetically erotic poems that explore desire in all its forms-soft touches, rough nights, whispered cravings, and undone hearts. If you like your words dripping with heat and honesty, Naked Verses is your new late-night addiction.