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09/24/26 A New Poem for a New Day

I endure
Swallowing my daydreams
Realizing there is no hope
In ever being understood

Context (if you’re interested):

This is an alternative version of my poem from yesterday with different themes.

09/23/26 A New Poem for a New Day

I endure
Swallowing my daydreams
Dark pits in my throat that fuel
My long walk

Context (if you’re interested):

This is based on a poem my friend wrote.

09/17/26 A New Poem for a New Day

It takes an ocean
To sink such a massive ship.
Oh what majesty
In the waters that it could
Swallow the Titanic whole?

Context (if you’re interested):

I frequently marvel at the ocean. It is both wondrous and horrific.

08/09/26 A New Poem for a New Day

No new city,
No new climate
Can calm the storm
Inside your head

Does it matter if
The others are kind
To you as a stranger
If you can’t be kind
To yourself?

Context (if you’re interested):

This poem is based on “the tourist” in “You Are Here” by Dawn Lanuza.

09/07/26 A New Poem for a New Day

The river rushes into the sea.
When will it ever return?
Why do we too expect
Our money to invest back to us?

Context (if you’re interested):

This is based on a poem by Lia Bai. I was thinking about how the flow of money in society is like a river. It flows in an endless cycle, congregating in certain places and leaving others dry.