Poems + Blog | katrinapoet

"Katrina"

“Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable” • James Baldwin I...

A New Year, A Growing Journey

Have you every heard the phrase “without change there would be no butterflies” ? Well, this is what this year is all about: change. We...

Body Love

Often times we can be so critical of ourselves and our bodies. Sometimes what we see in the mirror isn’t exactly what we imagine...

When She Loves

Co-star says that my heart is afraid to relax. It's true.

Under Covers

Your hands make art no painter can copy to perfection. - sex

The Way You Kiss Me

Your lips are magic, the kind that no magician has yet to master.

I Asked You Why.

you say she made you this way; took off your price tags, wore you, stuffed you in a closet that you’re afraid to come out of. You say she...

Cemented

I can cry oceans when i’m alone and turn my bed into drowning land. I am surrounded by air though my palms rest hollow and hunched as...

To Be

full like the sweetest mango my dad gave me years ago. Full like the lines which run above our heads on foggy nights, electricity rushing...

Black Boys & White Girl Earrings

They wear your blackness like earrings. They put you on and take you off after you have exhausted them. Until they have found new,...

What Is

What is true is that I forgave you too easily. What is false is that you actually loved me. I was convenient.

Even If

Even if the leaves aren't there, my mood still changes colors. This heart must be mended.

Her Glistening Beauty, Her Glistening Power

She typed “beauty is power” and when she sat in bed that night she cried. Dark skin never looked so good below the sun’s rays.. making...

More Than A Glance

he said, “i miss the stars” and I told him that if he looked hard enough then maybe he wouldn’t feel as though they weren’t there. For we...

Wayfaring Mother

I watch you droop your weight into sheets after working long hours and your hair lays flat from the grease. I’m convinced That you throw...

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