Chapter 8

Ocean Thoughts 

A poem is an ocean

Your thoughts are the waves while

imagination floods your mind

Imagery floods your poem and

allow it to take over

- When you open your mind you find

that the path to the sea is calm;

but as you approach it gets louder

you hear nothing but the waves crashing

and you’re overwhelmed with the warm smell of salt

The breeze only invites you with sharp, cold winds

You silently sit and pray; you wonder how you ended up there

Chapter 7

The Music That A Poem Creates

Music is equivalent to a poem 

I pick out every chord 

I try to find every instrument used

What is being strummed in my ear

only can be heard as a story;

a story that has been played over and over again

Music gracefully glades through the grey room 

the grey room that no longer exists

The root of the rust crack as the sun awakens

The dust settles at dawn

Chapter 5

Troubled Feelings

The missing of you hurts like a punch to the gut

The memories flood me, rushing in my mind like a tsunami 

You will never feel the emptiness 

The hollow pain that lives in my chest

Years and years and years 

Of empty, hollow pain

My dreams shape your face and echo your voice

I can never escape the war inside my mind you have created 

The hole in which you have left empty will never have a chance to feel full again

Chapter 2 Poem

What Is Next

If poems are memories that haunt us, then what is the first thing that comes to mind
What is fresh in our minds is never too much
Too much, too much
I tell myself what is too much?
Isn’t this how its supposed to be?
No more overthinking, express what you have already thought 
Memory stays with you forever and I put it down on my paper 
Almost feels like a sting to my skin when I think of it 
It was just the beginning and now what is next 
The stinging pain comes back at the thought of
What is next

The Real Poetry of You

Allie Stamos 

Admirably big eyes, long hair 

Loves to admire the blue skies

Lists, lights, laces

Ideally, everything happens for a reason 

Eagerly a small, thin build

Settings differentiate where I get reaquainted with a past friend

The love I have for all animals is immense

Ate chocolate icecream more than I should

My favorite clothes fit me perfectly

Overly organized and independent 

Someday I will travel the world

The List Poem

The sister 

The sister who is stubborn

when life feels out of place

The sister with long, brown hair

with every inch groomed

The sister who walks with confidence

but can make you feel at home with her presence

The sister who longs for perfection 

The sister who is sensitive 

yet will never show you

The sister with the freckles in the summer 

The sister with the pale skin in the winter

The sister who pushes me down

Only to pick me back up

The sister that I fight with

The sister that I cry with

The sister I will never stop laughing with