Z.A.H.R.A (my name is mine)
My Name is Zahra, A name that my parents gave me, Like flowers growing on a tree, Waiting to become those beautiful, Pink, little, and
You Don’t Have to be the Same as Others
Four children, same thoughts: They don’t belong in the world, and nothing will change that. Little do they know, they’re not alone, and they matter. Just like you and me.
A Letter To My Depression
Author’s Summary: My poem, “A Letter To My Depression,” talks about how the lure of numbness makes depression so easy to fall into, but in the end, it’s “feeling” that makes us whole.
Observation Burning Haibun
Author’s Summary: A haibun is a literary form combining prose with poetic language and a final haiku. Burning haibuns take the initial haibun and “burn” it through a few rounds of erasure until it becomes the final haiku. I wrote this for an assignment at a summer program I attended.
Shot on Sight
Author’s Summary: This is a slam poem I wrote my Freshman year. I actually got to perform it at my schools Poetry Slam where I won third place!