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Ghost hunters of cursed city. Read More

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Although I never had the opportunity to eat breakfast here, this poem was inspired by my memories of the only time I actually visited the Windows on the World Restaurant, as well as beautiful essays I have read on the breakfast scene here. The only time I visited Windows on… Read More

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A simple haiku I felt inspired to write in commemoration of 9/11 tomorrow. I guess like with so many people you will never forget where you were and who you were in that moment. I was a college student in Westchester County, NY. I had finished breakfast and was heading… Read More

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This poem was inspired by memories of abstract sculptures that I would often see outside of my father's office building, when he worked for an insurance company in the 1980s and 1990s. Read More

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This past August 14 marked the 20th anniversary of the famous New York City blackout of 2003. At the time, I was at my parents' home on summer vacation, a few weeks shy of beginning my senior year of college. It was a very surreal day, to say the least. Read More

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Poem / Poetry

July 30, 2023

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The Booksie Classic House

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Poem / Poetry

June 18, 2023

Reads: 50

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

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I was inspired to create this haiku after I got curious and googled my maternal grandparents' old Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (NY) address on Zillow. Their home, built circa 1902, was once a former tenement home in a working class neighborhood. Today, long after their passing and after their children have… Read More

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