English 363: An Introduction to Poetry

Vigo

Thousands of miles from home,
a journal to occupy the mind.
Forget responsibilities, reservations.
Enjoy sweet, chunky sangria.
On a rusty, wobbly porch with traffic below-
I hear Edith Piaf.
Bear snores inside.
Writing, tripping-over nothing.
An adolescence with firm beliefs.
Many disbeliefs.
On a cot, thirsting for companionship.
Crying. Smiling. Pass out.

NOLA

New Orleans: just might be the most amazing, magical, and most fun u.s. city that i have visited thusfar in my life. such a combination of cultures and all kinds of people coming together for one common goal: to enjoy life.

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?
-Oscar Wilde

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson