As I look back at the poems I have so far, the biggest themes I can draw from 3-4 of them is adolescence and family. Most of my poems talk about conversations or experiences I’ve had with my family. Outside of this collection, my other […]
Author: Mya Hankes
Anniversary Poem Draft
Looking in the mirror at what seems unrecognizable, changed, and no longer masked. For my arms have been injected with ink, skin pricked by needles, filled with metal, yet not out of pain nor punishment, but love. The blind hatred that seeped its way in […]
Free Poem #1-10/3
Seasons and Reasons My father has always told me for every season, there is a reason whether it be human, career, or way of life, there is a reason. The timing of said reason is incalculable neither is the changing of leaves when they bleed […]
Free Poem #2 – 10/3
Your Eyes Deep as the dirt in our garden their beauty fresh like the cherry tomatoes and lettuce plucked away on September mornings. When the sun rose ever so early accompanied by a breeze sharp like your gaze and as cold as time apart. Yet […]
Drafty-Draft Reflection & Final
There were a couple things I really noticed change over the course of my drafting. First off, was the word choice for describing different elements going on in my poem. I had to think of different words to represent time moving or seasons changing. Throughout […]
Secret Poem #4
Marked The yellow sponge rubs itself harshly against my white plate remanence of the night before crusted to its surface a blood-like splatter of pasta sauce overshadows the white pureness beneath I continue to scrub until pain finds its home in my fingers and knuckles […]
Journal #4
The first artist book that I chose to focus on was the New England Cottontail book. From the first scroll through the options, it caught my eye for multiple reasons and caused me to stop. First off, the color scheme and artwork got me. I […]
Journal #3
I really enjoyed this chapter because it focused on something I consider a struggle of mine in poetry. It discussed the idea of the image and its interplay with meaning when correctly utilized through writing. Imagery is something that has been instilled in me since […]
Historical Imaging
MLA Citation for image: Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. “Gay Contingent, Vietnam War protest march, New York, November 6, 1971” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1971. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d76e44b0-1db9-0137-30dd-375357ba407c
Poem #2
Prompt: What do you do everyday— or on a regular basis? My delicate fingers lift the thin needle in the air and feeling its familiarity. I methodically place it against the rounded disc For I have memorized each groove, the song associated, and tune it […]
