Poetry
My part-personal, part-fictional poetry reflects on culture, relationships, our world, and the way we communicate with each other. Only the best scribbles from my journals see the light of day, but not before they go through a moonlit, heavy-handed editing transformation.
Realm
2024
Fantasy-fiction-inspired poems that grapple with love, loss, evil, and strength.
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Reality is fractal,
Raw and unforgiving.
Rarely (if ever) written well.
So I gathered it all in my hands.
I collected each page,
Scoured its plots
And wove magic into every line.
I rewrote it.
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- "A Folktale"
From a Window
2022
A pandemic-inspired reflection on the dichotomy of "inside" and "out". Published under my maiden name, Julia Ramirez.
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by stirring winds, we're stronger now. roots interlaced, connected earth. did you hear it? song for the dead echoing far. fire after fire—we will come back in contempt of blackened ground. do you hear us?
- "A Bird Cried War"
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Garden
2019
An ode to growing into adulthood. Published
under my maiden name, Julia Ramirez.
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I grew up a tree but the wind stopped making music for me. I was not stirred. Spoke to the hurricanes and called to tornadoes. Not one gust was given.
- "Petrified Wood"
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Sentience
2016
An alphabetization of emotions and feelings. Published under my maiden name, Julia Ramirez.
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I want to write to you in perfect blue. I want to kiss the day in solemn grey. I hope that none of this is true—it’s true. I know you’re not alone in where you lay.
- "Jaded"
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