I have always felt an attachment to the moon, and how it is just out of reach. In this piece, I explored what would happen if that attachment turned romantic.

I wrote this on a bench on the Brooklyn Promenade, which the title is inspired by.

”faded ink” is a piece about growth and renewal, showing that everyone can make a change and positively grow out of any situation.

Like Stephen King stated in his novel,“On Writing”, I also believe the art of writing, through any format, is a form of telepathy.

This piece is based on the idea of propaganda and the gradual loss of information in a society where information is banned.

This piece is about my experience with mental health and how tumultuous it can be, especially with trauma.

I wanted to write a piece that was practically a metaphor for how scary love can be through a scene of murder.

My poem “A Biblical Reference” was originally written for me to reflect on the historic and systemic abuse women have faced over centuries.

I wrote this piece to a photo prompt.

I wrote these poems to bring attention to the small parts of life.

This poem is very special to me in the sense that I believe that in it, I am my most authentic self.

In the past few years I’ve started to realize that anger is a huge part of my life, and really I think it is an ugly emotion, and it’s something I’ve had trouble controlling.

This poem delves into the struggles of being both Persian and Jewish amid the turmoil of war in the Middle East.

I write to fufill a personal hope, that my pieces can infiltrate your brain and make you think.

These two poems are meant to explore the distortion of American patriotism and politics.

This is a poem and homage to my Asian American heritage — how I straddle the line between my home in California and my extended family, my heritage, in China.

All ships.

I started writing this piece in English class last year, and I only got as far as a first draft.

I’ve always loved subjective opinions and perspectives. After all, “Art is in the eye of the beholder”.

Over the last year I have been exploring the art of going crazy, and allowing myself to dismantle my self-made barriers of thought.