Blog #Poetry

What would you tell your younger self if you had the chance? Carlea Baughn answers that with this beautifully sentimental letter to her younger self for our Closure submission prompt.

"There's supposed to be a closure to us... But you won't give me that, And I can't even give me that." What does closure mean to you? This series explores that question and discusses the ongoing struggle of closure. This post features poetry by Ashley High, the newest Peach Team member, to start off our closure themed posts.

Poetry from Emily Harvey's Stop Glorifying Mental Illness series, which describes how brutally isolating mental illness is, and why it should never be romanticized. TRIGGER WARNING: mental illness, depression, self harm, brief suicide mentions

"I’ve got so many midnight-made plans thumbtacked to an outdated map of the world" Photography by contributor seoulcult on Instagram that evokes memories of days wandering around a city with your camera and some friends; or the need to see the world … (rooted in place or searching for a new place, and the feeling in between.) Blog post by Stephane Mohr.

This poem titled Baseball Bruises and Burning Buildings was sent in by Carlea Baughn, a young femme slam poet from WA. In this poem she describes the fearful experience rejecting someone's advances can lead to. (All words and images are by Carlea) TRIGGER WARNING: violence, sexual assault, victim blaming.

Because, it's the music that keeps calling to you.

"I have in my life; the ever-burning sun spotless clouds scented flowers and herbs captivating words to inspire unconditional beauty and yet I am still sad" (tea stains by Lucy Curtis) Poetry and images by Lucy Curtis that discuss life, love, and the constant presence of healing.

"I wish I could eat the whole world up" Nectar, sent to us by Sage Lundquist, which is one of her index card poems; a series of poems and illustrations on cards that can easily be traded, gifted, or left in public for passerby to find. (Which is one of the coolest ideas of all time and now I want to find an index card poem sitting around somewhere in public!)

"I am everything they are afraid to see." A collection of unpublished works submitted to us by Carlina Hirsch for our October theme. They speak of innate human desire and the hidden capacity we have as people to orchestrate our lives toward darker inclinations.

"You look at the sky and suddenly you know how you lost all the colors from last night's painting" Words and photography by contributor Zahra for our fall theme

My ghost, where'd you go? I can't find you in the body sleeping next to me Ghost poetry by Peach Creative Director Maddy Hart featuring artwork submitted by Jennifer Udema (@jennmu on Instagram) All photography and poetry by Maddy; sketch by Jennifer

Soda Pop submitted by Alexa Hope is a wonderfully descriptive piece that brings to mind the bright and lighthearted style of teenagers in the 1950's and 1960's. Words by Alexa Hope, photos unknown.