Welcome to SO&OP

Hello, and thank you for checking out Stars, Overreactions, and Other Poisons! If you're into free verse poetry, you've come to the right place. Here I'll post my favorite original poems, so please enjoy! Tell your friends! Poetry is cool, kids!

To get this off to a running start, here is the first poem I wrote in my first notebook dedicated solely to poetry. I was determined to fill that notebook with poems, writing one per day. Let's just say that didn't last long. But here I hope to stay diligent in writing poetry, and hopefully any readers I have will keep me accountable. So without further ado...

Untitled. 4/11/16

I want to write poetry

the kind that makes you feel

like a helium balloon

and a lead bullet

all at once

the kind that makes you see

a starless night sky

on the ceiling

of your lonely bedroom

at 2 am

when the world seems blank.

I want to write poetry

the kind that presses

on your ribs

with the force

of a thousand brand new lies

and a thousand antique truths.

Poetry made of

city streets

you've never walked,

country roads

you've never taken.

But my words

my words are few

and far between

and lost in jumbled letters.