In my creative writing piece, “Red,” I explore the profound emotional connections we have with colors, using red as a powerful symbol of my mother.

I wrote this piece to express the feeling of being stuck on the treadmill of winning and being the best.

Regret and guilt are major themes that I wanted to tackle with this excerpt.

This poem was inspired by a poem titled ”Where I’m From” by George Ella Leon.

A poem about purpose, the line between that and identity, and the dangers of blurring that line.

When I was writing these poems, I was thinking of all that was going on in our world today. Innocent people die daily and I find that a very important topic.

This poem is about the black people minority. It is a topic I feel strongly about and find no better way than to express it in a poem.

This was an assignment for creative writing in my 9th grade class.

A collection of poetry that portrays my Asian heritage and odes to my parents.

For me, turning seventeen was an awakening: an illuminated liminal space between childhood and adulthood, simplicity and freedom.

I remember being alone through the experiences I went through.

I have personally, never been disabled.

It’s a cute story about two teenagers enjoying each other’s company.

Tick Tock is an exploration of the precarious relationship between time, memory, and storytelling.

My poetry is driven off of a blend of mixed metaphors and narrative flow.

This poem is based on the full moon in pisces, a time of static and a lack of change.

This is a story about 2 people in love, and I wanted to create a cute short story about it.

Love is something I believe that no person should ever have to hide, or keep tucked away under their bed, letting it addle and as you pretend it doesn’t exist out of shame.

I wrote these poems concerning the pain and trails and raw emotion that comes with living.

This is a poem about feeling like you take up too much space, like you’re an ink stain spreading through your family, consuming everything.