No cream can beautify you like the feeling of worthiness. No number on the scale can console you like the knowledge that you've been kind. #vss365 #poetry

I would rather be this: raw but aching, wounded but empathetic. I refuse to be cold and calm. #vss365 #poetry

You little sponge absorbing all my quirks and questions, my talents and dysfunctions, I hope to give you something worth soaking up. #poetry #parenting #vss365

There is no artistic lottery. No deity rolls the #dice to decide who will be creative. We all are. Every. Single. One. #vss365 #poetry

Some people get on their #soap box with wise words. Other people practice that wisdom in daily actions. Few can do both, but only their loved ones can prove it. #vss365 #poetry

My little #matchbox. #vss365 #poetrybook #book

What do you gain by gambling your dreams, banking on the #remote possibility of finding fulfilment in people-pleasing fantasies? The odds are slim. Bet on your own heart. #vss365 #poetry

Those who #cling to their cocoons will criticize how you use your wings. Let them. Keep flying. #vss365 #poetry

Working for smiles, you #toil so steadfastly, but what about your own? Who else deserves your efforts more than your reflection? #vss365

This #fertile moment begs to bury yesterday awaits today's rain #vss365 #poetry #haiku

If you don't love the #chaos, the thrill, the words pouring from my fingertips, the paint and dirt under my nails, the taste of sorrow on my lips, the smell of dirt on my cheeks, the thump, thump of bass in my hips, then you don't really love me. #vss365 #poetry

The system wants you self-hating, silent, and spending all your money trying to reach unattainable standards. When you find yourself on that road, hit the #brake and go back home to self-love, empathy, and community. #vss365 #poetry

The #coast will never be fully clear. Be yourself anyway. #vss365 #poetry

unpalatable truths most people do not sink into them but simply #ascend to higher levels of ignorance #vss365 #poetry

It's been a long #road doing #vss365 prompts for the past year. Sharing one of my favourites below. Remember when the prompt was #rose? This poem isn't about flowers FYI. 🌹 #poetry

Whether you know all or only some of these special sorrows, #turn to me, take my hand, and let us grieve together. #poetry #vss365

Yesterday, someone I wrote for teared up and said, "What witchcraft is this?" and I couldn't stop smiling. I've learned to infuse the metaphors already inside people into their custom poems. I don't know about witchcraft, but it's definitely magic. #poetry #typewriter #poet

Do not allow yourself to be #conquered by the comforts of ignorance. Avoid the facts today to sabotage tomorrow. #vss365 #poetry

To love is to nurture, not to #conquer. #vss365 #poetry

Whether wrinkly or smooth, trees are never shy. Whether wearing a pink sunset or grey thunderclouds, the sky is #unabashed. Take notes. #vss365 #poetry

If I must be a flower, let me be a #rose, sweet with sting, supple with thorns #vss365 #poetry

Parenting is as much about love as it is about #defiance of every trauma we choose not to pass on. #vss365 #poetry

It's wild when people call you too emotional when they're the ones foaming at the mouth. Somehow, I'm still shocked when women do it. As if gender grants salvation. As if we are any better at resisting the urge to hate ourselves than men are at resisting the urge to hate us.

I write custom typewriter poems for people. Please check out my work. Swipe, don't scroll. Poetry is medicine. Reading the words you wish to say is profoundly healing. My favourite part of this process is getting to hear your stories. Poetry is medicine. Need some? Get in touch. #poetry

Nothing embraces you as #tenderly as an elaborate lie you want to believe. Don't. #vss365 #poetry

When your relationship history is full of unspeakable horrors, you might #swoon over basic things. Think twice. Poem from my book Love & Gaslight. #vss365 #poetry

This poem was from a wife to her husband of 25 years, and I was already crying before I started typing it because it's so beautiful to see people still in love after so long! They have adult children and are now reconnecting to each other as well as their dreams. Relationship goals 🌹 #poetry

You can't #appraise dignity. It's not for sale. In defiance of Canada Day and Independence Day, if you're a native from Turtle Island, DM me for a free custom typewriter poem this week. #vss365 #poetry

This poem from my poetry book Love & Gaslight has #clench in it, so I want to share it for today's #vss365 prompt. I'm so glad I left him 🥹 #poetry

A poem from one book lover friend to another who's finalizing a divorce 🥹 I had such a great time writing custom poems at Wortley Pride today! #poetry