Category Archives: poetry

Poems that have sparked my interest, not poems that I have written.

“Wasted Vote” by Shane Koyczan

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when i was a kid…

when I was a kid my granddad had a sure fire method to measure success no second guess required his method was inspired by the concept of reach and he’d teach me by stretching out his arms saying “if your … Continue reading

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Enduring Freedom

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You who wronged

You who wronged a simple man Bursting into laughter at the crime And kept a pack of fools around you To mix good and evil, to blur the line, Though everyone bowed down before you, Saying virtue and wisdom lit … Continue reading

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the summer semester begins- dramatically.

My first class of the semester was Slavic studies 307: Literature and Film in Eastern Europe. The class started out with heavy material and I do not think it will get any lighter. Our focus is on Polish literature and … Continue reading

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only so much space

i often think about the things that i have stored in my brain. some things are useless factoids, some are emotionally charged memories, some are reminders of the myriad of exhausting hours that i must spend memorizing more information so … Continue reading

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