innocuous & unknowing #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening

Gen AI is bullshit. No one who is creative needs it. It doesn't replicate or replace skills. It doesn't add value. It is a thievery machine. It's talent from TEMU -- you order a blender, but it robs a pet store and brings you a snake. It's not a tool in a toolbox. It's cowshit. Hope this helps.

#Intentional when i said I'd do the dishes what i meant was I can see the strain of day on your shoulders how worry furrows your brow and how I know nothing I might say can ease it so perhaps I can wash a bit away with water and soap #retroartprompt

when the truth bleeds out #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening

to become so gentle #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening

Drifting in between My mind remembers Horror stories I have lived Guilt floods in Between the soft & tender Whispers of my love They tell me I am safe But I remember Mind reminds Rewinds To darker days If only kisses Swept it all away I’m held instead Until this dread Is gone #poetry #ptsd

Mama #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening

reckless/responsible #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening

My peonies painting Art with flowers

Saved on Sunday #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sweete...

Sometimes the poems I write aren’t the ones I intend to write.

Such a variety of wildlife when you put a watering spot

The first review I've received of my book (found on Goodreads). I'm mindblown by these kind words. Thank you for reading. 🥹💜 #poetryreview #bookreview #thesweetening

AUGUST #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening

To love is not to own, love me like a flower in a field all alone— tended carefully but never plucked from where it's grown touch me as if your hands could tell the story your heart wishes to write, inscribe your words over my body yet thread carefully, this flower has her thorns. #mpprompt

"Night City View" - my oil painting

My sleep disturbed by torrents of anxiety like tossing through the night on a stormy sea with diligence I take the vitamins, I drink the drinks, those ultimate elixirs promising magical dreams & youth relived yet still I crawl crone-like from my bed, daylight burning my mummified skin.

AS I LAY AWAKE #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening

"Make Art Not War" #Art #War #VivRus

Holes #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening

Wait, why does Oxford get one? We want a comma.

T h i n #poetry #poetrybook

Sometimes all you need is a good book, a fresh pastry, and an Oxford comma.

From The Sweetening. Available now: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

I think this poem acts as an answer to, "What is your book about?". It sums up what's captured within the pages as well as how I felt while drudging up the past and writing about it. Here is: "writing is the only therapy i've tried"

Most of my poems change drastically from first jot to final product, but "Bloomed" was one that underwent only minor edits. It's fun looking back to see where things started.

It's so exciting to see the finished product after nearly a year and a half of writing and working. 💜

This is the most vulnerable thing I've ever done. I've published my first poetry collection: The Sweetening.