tw: war, military for #veteransday, i dug up this classic from uni. thank you to everyone who’s served (and continues to serve) to keep us safe. ❤️
tw: pet loss, death, drowning three days ago, my family laid our dog (and friend) of 15 years down to rest. none of us have slept well since. this poem is about patterns. the ones that haunt us after losing koko—and will probably continue to
tw: war, colonization my relationship with okinawa is complicated. i feel lucky to have lived in such a beautiful place for nine years. but my reason for being there—as a US military dependent in a japanese territory—also made things fee
tw: war these past few weeks (this week especially) have been tough. they’ve been full of reflection—particularly with the role we can play in our country’s future. one of my uni classes was all about the military experience. give
tw: ptsd, war, drug use compensation is the first pantoum i ever wrote. it consists of four-line stanzas—lines 2 & 4 of each stanza serve as lines 1 & 3 of the next. repetition transforms meaning without extra clutter. probably one o