I am a lover of life, and because of this I know that life needs more people to love it. Poetry is a way to show life you love her, that you appreciate her, and that you deeply care about her. I am a student at Keene State College in New Hampshire and I study Women and Gender Studies. Reading great poets and authors such as Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Langston Hughes, and Angela Davis are ways in which I connect to the true pioneers of America, the people who are critical of this country and wish it to become what it falsely says it is. I wish to be a pioneer, someone who defies the norm, someone who stops this cycle of hate, ignorance, and lack of self-awareness. I hope to do this through many things, but I especially hope to do this through poetry.
