Pretty When I Cry
Why do I feel prettier when I cry? Maybe because emotion and feeling it deeply is beautiful. The rosy complexion and messy mascara,...
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peachro
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Being in your twenties is...
Being in your twenties is sitting in your first adult apartment with shitty wall décor and $5 wine. It’s either panic or great change and...
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peachro
- Mar 21, 2023
- 1 min
thrift store t-shirt
After our bodies became one, skin and bone meshed together, gnashing like our words comparing favorite fictional characters and musical...
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peachro
- Mar 21, 2023
- 1 min
poem for j
He tells me he sees a future with me. I hold the world in my arms and the stars at my feet; he’s hungry for more, waiting for another...
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peachro
- Feb 13, 2023
- 1 min
I grew up watching The Bachelor
I grew up watching The Bachelor with my mom, with many other American housewives. We’d curl up on deflated couches and she’d stand in...
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peachro
- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
choice - poem
“it’s MY body.” i want to scream, but my mouth— rife with political trauma and defeated cries— is shut, voice muffled, heart heavy. do...
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peachro
- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
Strawberry Sprinkled Donut - Poem
There was a certain calmness within the water. The shadowy pool was helping him mask his secret, water engulfing the energy lurking...
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peachro
- Jan 30, 2022
- 1 min
in my friend's eyes (rondeau)
In my friend's eyes I can see stars of pain masked by going to bars. She used to write music and sing songs to crushes that owed her...
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peachro
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
New Mouth (sestina)
I found myself falling in love with the way words fell out of your mouth. The way you slipped your feet into boots, focusing on the floor...
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peachro
- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
The Art of Leaving (villanelle poem)
How you choose to leave always says more; like goodbye waves and words pack up a past, saying goodbye can open or close a door. A hug...
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peachro
- Apr 20, 2021
- 1 min
New Punch
Hair too short to pull far Bangs too long to brush out of eyes Makes for heavy communication Under the weight of a burning mind Halo...
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peachro
- Mar 16, 2021
- 1 min
At Last High Five
Show me once more how it feels to fly Show me you fail at pretending to try You watch my fickle face as your lies come alive I watch my...
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peachro
- Mar 6, 2021
- 1 min
Sweater Forever
Wearing white dress, dressed in Sunday’s best, trying hard to trick the one you once tried to impress. Back to friends now and forever,...
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peachro
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
In the Throes
Wilting, bruised like a broken heart, weak pink petals fall into a pit of what could have been. What– with more water, care, care, and...
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peachro
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
2021 Inauguration Poem
In my poetry writing class today, after analyzing Amanda Gorman's beautiful poem from a couple days ago, our teacher assigned us to write...
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peachro
- Dec 5, 2020
- 1 min
disordered
mind racing all the time clock it winds i’m losing kind towards myself i tear apart my beating heart i’m losing fine surely slipping...
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peachro
- Sep 19, 2020
- 1 min
Irreplaceable
Teardrops they slide Where feelings hide In heart, soul, mind Are you afraid to find? Gone with last night Your smile-painted face Gone...
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peachro
- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min
A Pot for One Made by Two
There is alarm in her eyes As pink and red fly Away post being Brought to their demise Add berries to the pot Make it all turn blue Add...
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peachro
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min
A Marriage Story?
I don’t remember happy I remember compliance And sharing out of necessity I don’t remember happy A blossom in full bloom The majority...
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peachro
- Aug 11, 2020
- 2 min
Starving for Connection / baggy
I just want to talk. I want our words to intertwine like melodies, and I want those melodies to turn into songs that I can listen to on...
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