A poem I wrote in Jr. High about my cousin, whom I love dearly and share a special connection with.
Anyone’s Battle
I wrote this one for Speech class in Jr. year of HS. I am very bad at speeches to I made the lines very short and easy to say.
Ode to a Beautiful Man
Written in the early years of HS, about my friend Caleb, who has a genetic disorder which makes him very fair and fragile. He’s a very humble, funny, and God-fearing man. I have so much respect for him.
I’m a Ninja!
Bored in History in Sophomore year of HS, I wrote this rap. The teacher asked me what I was writing, and after I explained what it was he made me get up and perform it in front of the class. I made my friend Sam Wake spit the beat while I laid out this sick track and it was glorious.
A Certain Monkey
Again 7th grade. Written in study hall, and my friends gassed me up about it at lunch. Such a stupid poem… lol
Blind Victory
Had to be 7th grade or before. It was perhaps the first time I ever sat down to write a poem that wasn’t silly or whimsical. My mom made me submit it to a poetry contest. It didn’t win of course, but I got a letter saying it made it at least a few rounds…