Tag: spoken word

• Berry Tree Days

  

  I thought of you yesterday, there were berries. Wild berries, I thought of us eating the berries and climbing the trees. I thought of us going through the woods, and the way that we would fight over who would get to climb which tree. The way that I would miss you when we would fight, […]

  gracelouise

  May 22, 2019

  Poetry

  childhood, family, friend, Poetry, relationship, sister, spoken word, think, thought, thoughts

• It Stops Here!

  

  This piece was written at a Gotham writer’s workshop in NYC. It  explores the way that obsessions cause the heart to feel lost, afraid, and hopefully fed up. “She always said what she loved most about having children was their unconditional love.”    

  gracelouise

  April 20, 2019

  Voice

  mental health, nyc, pain, Poetry, reflect, self-help, spoken word, suicide, thoughts

• His Yellow Shirt

  

  This is a spoken word/poetic story that was also performed at The Moth in L.A. on Valentine’s Day in 2017.  This writing expresses the depths of my feelings towards divorce and along with that my questioning religion. “He was wearing that yellow shirt. His eyes sparkled.”      

  gracelouise

  April 15, 2019

  Voice

  divorce, emotion, Poetry, relationship, spoken word, Voice