Sestina Stories

poetry, shorts, and bonus bits

A series of poems of different styles, united by the theme of monsters. The first ten were my entry into the 2012 Attys. Audio performances can be found at the link belo...

Some of these I had to write for class, others not so much, but I wanted to share them with you. Any constructive criticism is appreciated! #1 messingaround: May 19, 201...

"Simply Emotions" demonstrates the diversity of poetry. Each poem selected based on the strong emotion I felt about each topic. From the shackles of the realit...

This is a collection of poems written in 2017. Each part is a single poem. My writing goal for 2017 was to write at least as many poems over the course of the year as...

a place for me to keep track of the poems i write, mostly for school, some not - some of these are several years old, oops

a book of poems and ideas.

Here I will put all the structured poems I write (or attempt). Enjoy!

For one of those special places where you can be free. //This is my first poem ever posted here. I'm not a poet but I love my sestina in which I made for a class. I hope...

This is a sestina about my struggle with depression and chronic fatigue.

This is just a simple sestina I wrote. Feel free to give me criticism, or if something just strikes you. It's all in good fun!

This will be an on-going collection of every piece of poetry I write. Thanks!

A family of recently made 3 are struggling through a storm at sea with a small boat keeping them alive, until they find an island to dock at. But what they find there mi...

A short poem I had to make for english, called a sestina. At first, I didn't like it, but I actually think it turned out pretty well.

this poem isnt really a full sestina... there are only 2 6-lined stanzas even though there should be six...

the thoughts my tongue can't transcribe into words