“it was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decide...”

“a lot of timeswe are angry at other peoplefor not doing whatwe should have done for ourselves- responsibility”

“my godis not as unreachable asthey'd like you to thinkmy god is beating inside us infinitely”

“despite knowingthey wont be here for longthey still choose to livetheir brightest lives- sunflowers”

“If I body-shame a woman, it is more a reflection of me being critical of my body, me not being able to keep up to certain standards I have, and so making sure that the women around me feel the same...”

“When writing for the page, the focus is on the design - how the words appear on the page. I try to make it as direct and simple as possible.”

“Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum.No soldier's paid to kick against His powers.We laughed, knowing that better men would come,And greater wars: whe...”

“I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.”

“It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road.”