The Dust Did Roar
A Collection of Poetry and Essays on Science, Love, and Cheese
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To my great shame, I have never read A Long Walk to Freedom. Growing up in South Africa, the story of Mandela is so wrapped up in the story of the country itself, reading his biography can feel unnecessary. I thought I knew all there was to know about his life. That’s why I was…
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I had the idea for this poem while I was dating someone. It was a super nerdy expression of devotion. But before I could actually write it down, the relationship ended abruptly. Several months later, I decided to create the poem anyway, thinking it might help me find some sort of answer. But as I…
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I’m a very anxious person. Worrying about what other people think of me, or rather what I think other people think of me, takes up far more of my life than I would like to admit. I once went a whole year without using my locker at school because it happened to be located just…
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Being proud of my work is not something that comes easy to me. But when I completed the above poem, I confess that I did manage to feel a sense of creative joy, particularly spurred by the last line. I remember googling the words convinced that I had read it somewhere before and was merely…
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Hope that you will join me on this journey, sharing my poetry both old and new, as well as some essays that already have some great ideas for. Happy scrolling!
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