I'm terrified of the world.

And the thought of that makes me want to open a vein, experience pain, know I'm alive, despite this living death. ― Ellen Hopkins, Impulse

Lana is an award-winning author and Poet Laureate. She's the winner of the 2018 International Book Award for Poetry for her new collection "To theLeft …

NorCal, where it's sunny    I write about girls and the weather and sometimes both. "We laugh in self-defense"

Neverland    "Bad decisions make for great stories."

MA    Originality suffers contradiction.

Boston   

http://ipromise.tumblr.com

27/Other/Dreamland    "I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the rock and I'll be back like Independence Day, with Jesus June 6. Like the movie big …

California    Poetry is how I do something productive with my feelings, controlling them before they can manipulate me... "My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into …

Boston    "I wish I could say this was a story about how I got on the bus a boy and got off a man more cynical, …

Here goes

“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of …

With tears in my eyes, I begged you to stay You said, “Hey man, I love you, but no fucking way”

Montana    I'm not sure how to change the world, but with words the world seems to change. http://heart-center.tumblr.com/

27/F/Virginia    "Sometimes, you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be."

The wind is rising / We must try to live