Emmy J.M. Powell : Writing

Oxygen Mask

Oxygen Mask

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


I open the windows sometimeswhen I feel my veins bulging with suffocation,forehead reddening and peaked with sweat,surfaces of my eyes teaming with fo..
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A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


I want to walk awayand then walk furthereven furtherfurther yetuntil I'm the founderof something worth my exhausted eyes
Itchy Scratchy

Itchy Scratchy

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


one of the two things that I know,is that I itch like a motherfuckerwhenever I'm with youthe other thing that I know,is that there's plenty of s**t th..
Pothos

Pothos

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


I decided to sever my rootsand re-pot myself elsewherenew town,new job,new apartmentfor the first time in twenty years,I will settle my seeds somewher..
Better Off

Better Off

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


how dare you think that my veins don't throb for you, even months after I lefthow dare you think that my love for you wasn't tripping over itself and ..
Vacancy

Vacancy

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


People always have to use funny termslike "feeling empty without [someone]"and wanting to "fill the hole" in their heartI understand where we're all c..
Never Mind

Never Mind

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


Laying the plains of my palm across the screen door, quaking with mosquitos, I felt safe.In my fingers, in my guts, I felt it. Safe from the bugs, fro..
Linens

Linens

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


I found myself wondering,what I had doneto make you stopcould I have conditioned my hair more?put less sugar into your coffee mug?eaten more vegetable..
A Letter to Letter B

A Letter to Letter B

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


"to be used to it"is scarier to imaginehold meeven just a littleeven if it's justthe tip of my finger,hold meplease stay at my sideplease don't let go..
Never-ending

Never-ending

A Poem by Emmy J.M. Powell


I believe I'm evolvingI've always been the cold type,I don't cry muchbut here I amletting my eyes well upat the mere mention of youor your small, chub..