Tasha Leung- Breathe In That Juicy Immortality
Many people think that the military is very interesting. Some people have stubborn opinions about the history and ethics of military groups. Some people don’t care about wars, soldiers, or any of that sort of stuff in the least. Some people decide, hey, let’s write a book about it. Breathe In That Juicy Immortality is a […]
Pasted Mind: self-poisoning, pink
It was quite difficult to figure out which poem I wanted to use for my last collage of the summer. All the ones I had in mind were either too short, not edited enough, or so old that I didn’t like them anymore. What I ended up doing instead was combining two poems – one […]
Pasted Mind: aliens anonymous
If you asked me what, exactly, this poem is about, I couldn’t fully tell you. Not because it’s a grand secret or anything, just because I honestly don’t know. I love the aesthetic of space and the stars, and my dad and I are both conspiracy theorists at heart, so I think it was inevitable […]
Pasted Mind: pollinated in eden
If someone were to ask me which poem I’m most proud of from Sophomore year, it would be this one. I performed it for my Fall 2018 Spoken Arts show, Rights Write. It has gone through countless edits while still maintaining the same mystical, nature-y, nostalgic tone I aimed for. I wrote it about my […]
Pasted Mind: road trips to remember my life is not as big as i think it is
I wrote this poem based on a prompt asking me to “write about the summer using all five senses.” Of course, since the first draft, the poem has gone through many edits, and now only vaguely follows the prompt. The inspiration was a memory I have from summer of seventh grade, when I lived in […]
Pasted Mind: snake skin
I’m back for the SMW summer with more poetry than ever! Over the 2018-19 school year, I’ve written and workshopped a lot more full-length poetry. For these next posts, I’ll take some poem excerpts to collage with, and post the whole poem underneath. I performed this piece for my spring Spoken Arts show, and it’s […]
Tripping Down Memory Lane: Introduction
as I walk towards my future, I can’t help but trip over my past cracks in my street and knives in my back I need to get through this, and fast so I introduce you to memory lane a destination in my mind to forgive, forget and maybe achieve personal growth of some […]
Artistic Perception: Doomed
Slices across my face, like knives There to drain me of my blood The red rushes throw my veins If only there was a support, a savior, to lift me and release me of these burdens that hold me down like chains I crave the deliverance of this curse Erase the miles of despair that […]
Artistic Perception: Camouflaged
Whispers and smiles fly by, I wonder why I always seemed to lose and lie, Only distant memories stay, you seem to always get away. Shall I indulge in starting again? Or shall I wait and camouflage myself? I’m only curious, not sure what my intentions are. I feel my thoughts revolving outside of my […]
Artistic Perception: Inhibitions
I have found my deliverance In the eyes of the sky, hiding. The light trickling in, along with the drops of water, lifts me up into the clouds. My wishes are scarred by unfulfilled promises, yet I taste the sweet blue sky. I pour back down with the rain, and here I am, in contact […]