Poetry & Blogs

To All Future Lovers, If you’re going to love me with one hand Don’t love me If you’re going to love me with half your heart  Don’t love me If you’re going to love me with three words Don’t love me • If you’re going to love me Love me with your chest, your arms…

  Time will heal us She said Time will heal everything And she took her stick And drew a line in the sand That is your space She said And this is mine ~ Alyssa Noelle Coelho

  Oh Summer, my Dearest Friend For your season brings me But a week of endless midnights When the sun falls fathoms beneath the earth And the stars rise to their glorious constellations Your moonlight whispers to me Through squeaking cabin doors And lonely white sheets And I follow your call into the darkness… Where…

This one, every one before and every one after is, always has been and always will be for you Dad. On to the next adventure…

“Home is not in another human being. Home is not in the action and reaction. Home is not in the seasons. Home is not in the resistance.  Home is not in the perseverance. Home is not in the memories. Home is not in the faith. Home is not in the hope. Home is not in…

I saw it happen I watched her sitting there Toes in the sand, eyes on the water. I saw her soul in all its weary I watched her fingers recoil, Hair curly and wild in the midnight air. I saw her give it all away I watched her chest rise and fall Whiskey on her…

  By far one of the most rewarding experiences ever. So love connecting with teens, learning and feeling their realities and watching them heal and grow their souls. 2017 Slam Poetry Showcase was a huge success. You killed it. So proud of you guys!

Things we aren’t told early enough: 1. There is a lion in the throat of every girl Put there by her mother The day she is born. This is important.  They like to cage natural things And tell the people who Buy tickets to feel dangerous, Getting so close, That the magnificent creature Teeth grinding…

  As a writer, my words have never felt quite so powerless… but they always meant something to you so here is my best. This morning was the first in a long time I managed to hold my chin up on my own. It was the first morning I got in my car and didn’t…