by Grace Tompkins | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
With poems, I can whisper my secret desires. I can reveal the truth of how I feel. I am free from the shadows of fear, that keep me from singing. I can break free from the script I’ve been given. I can tell the truth. Poetry makes beauty out of my pain. My vast love...
by Grace Tompkins | Sep 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Form of emotional doubt a medium to portray myself In the strokes of a brush In the dip of a pen living in bold creation I find it hard to live between the frame of something beautiful a work of art Where my emotions are scattered and sparked Lit fires creating...
by Grace Tompkins | Aug 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
I felt awful for the fact, that I would have lost myself, so I wouldn’t have lost you. And all my colors would have faded away, replaced by a hole of muted Greys. I would have become like you, and that would have been a shame. Daydreams no longer resemble your warm...
by Grace Tompkins | Aug 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
If I’m honest I would tell you Of the broken heart You left me with Or of the tears I cried for you Of all the nights I spent remembering And the days I spent trying to forget it all. I would tell you of the pieces you left For me to pick up. If I was honest, I would...
by Grace Tompkins | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
We sat around the dining table, in my very old Airbnb house. The windows saturating light onto the wooden floors, birds whispering quietly outside. On this picturesque Monday evening, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Lilly Park. Dr. Park has experience working...
