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