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Cindy Green wrote a new post 5 years, 9 months ago
Are you my friend?
You have always cared for me,
caught my tears,
catered to every color I tried to dye my hair.
You didn’t mind the dirt
when I dug spaces in the garden,
and I smiled at how gently
you g […]
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 5 years, 9 months ago
Why does heaven feel closer
in the woods?
I ask that
as if I do not know the answer.
Maybe I simply want to tell myself why.
The sky is closer
up here in this tree,
and the forest is where I pour myself […]
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this is so beautiful, cindy. ❤️
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Thank you for all your encouragement, Eden! 🙂
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I’m holding my breath with how beautiful this is. Lovely, Cindy <3
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Aww, Libby! Thanks, girl 🙂
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I feel this often, out in nature. Thank you!
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Thanks, Abigail! So happy you relate to it. I wrote this poem out in the woods. It’s the best place 🙂
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 5 years, 9 months ago
I learned to bury myself
in exams and exhaustion,
in pink highlighters and black thoughts,
in study guides and late nights,
in straight As and tangled headphones.
I learned everything I was supposed to […]
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This is good. I was especially struck by this imagery:
as long as I serve shiny grades on trays
made one hundred percent of gold,
and never let my smile fall beneath a ninety.Like– like the grade is just a product, the end result that is all that is considered meaningful, and the process behind it can just be forgotten.
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I love, love, love reading the unique insight that everyone has when they read poetry. Thank you for sharing!
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I adore this, and it is so, so true. The imagery is woven in masterfully, and its words have such a tender but firm way of plucking heartstrings and reminding them what it feels like to vibrate, to make music. Thank you for this. <3
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Thank you so much, Corissa!
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This is amazing! It takes all those simple details of a striving student, weaving an image of the effort, the exhaustion, the striving to do and be good, and pointing out that if we lose perspective of what matters and why, we may lose a part of our self in that race. It effectively expresses how University feels at times, and while I enjoy it, I don’t intend to lose my heart. Thanks for the reminder.
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You summed up post-secondary stress very well. It’s something I’m trying to remember, too 🙂 Glad you appreciated it!
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Wow. I really love this! Especially the last line.
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Thank you!
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Go right ahead! I’d be honoured. You’ve got this.
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This means so much, Shannon! Thank you for commenting 🙂
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Cindy Green posted a new activity comment 5 years, 10 months ago
Hey, Maya! Thank you so much for your sweet message! You seriously made my day, and I’m so happy you’re excited about writing and poetry. If you ever submitted to Story Embers sometime, I’d love to read your stuff *hint hint*
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 5 years, 10 months ago
Sometimes poetry stumbles.I think you can tellbecause of the way this began—not quite poetic,more like strings of consciousnesstangled together like Christmas lights,the only exception beingthat I don’t like Chr […]
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Whoa. I like it.
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Cindy Green commented on the post, Two Lonely Souls 5 years, 11 months ago
This is one of your best pieces yet, Libby! I always enjoy reading your poetry, but my heart warmed extra with this one.
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 6 years ago
If I were to make a list
of the best feelings I know,
the ones that smell of safety
and taste of tenderness
and call me with loving lungs,
I would write:
being held in small, strong arms
and knowing I am […]
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This is absolutely beautiful. And your last lines… wow <3
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How wonderful to be loved by one who is trusted! it really doesnt exist otherwise.
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So beautiful! Such a powerful ending
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Yes! So beautiful!
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Beautiful beautiful poem with a beautiful ending. Wow. Thank you for sharing this. I feel like you did such a great job sharing a few little moments that make the reader feel like they know you. Great job!
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 6 years, 1 month ago
Unread texts swiped across my screen.
I’d never call it personal—
I’ve left him on read for a week,
and I don’t reply to her as quickly as I used to.
I hear the ding,
I watch it flash,
and for a few fleetin […]
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How beautiful.
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This poem is really good xD
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This spoke to me on a personal level 😭
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Wow…
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“but I’ve taken the letters of privilege
and taught them to spell burden.”
Girl. Say it louder for the people in the back. What a beautiful way to capture something that so many people feel and validating emotions that will make so many people feel understood. Great job!
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Oh gosh, Cindy. I hadn’t read this poem of yours before, but man, did it speak to me!
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago
To the white and yellow wildflower
sitting next to me in the grass,
you look lonely.
You are the only one of your kind in all the field,
and I understand how much that aches.
There are so many trees to shade […]
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Cindyyy, I never have words for your poetry…you’ve always already used them up and said the most soul-touching things. 😭😍❤️
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This was so deep and beautiful on so many levels…especially that last line…
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This is truly stunning and beautiful!! Thank you so much Cindy
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Yes, it is! Very beautiful! 🙂 Great Job!
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This was really beautiful, Cindy. Thank you <3
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Cindy Green commented on the post, Announcing the Winners of Our First Poetry Contest 6 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations, guys! Thank you to everyone who entered. Our submissions folder was bursting with talent and beauty.
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment in our three-part series on harnessing the power of poetry, which explores the insights and techniques novelists can glean from poets. You can read the introduction h […]
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*throws glitter* IT’S HERE! You did such a grand job on this article, Cindy! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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I like the B&L reference. 🙂
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My heart!! Oh my goodness, I had no idea that this article existed, but while I was looking for an old poem I published, this popped up. It is such an honor to have been in your article! This literally just made my day.
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Cindy Green commented on the post, First Place Winner: Ella 6 years, 6 months ago
I still get teary over this. So very, very proud of you, my girl.
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 6 years, 7 months ago
Poetry is written for the quiet ones,the soulful ones,the ones who let thoughts tangle in their throatsbefore they ever get tangled in their hair.Poetry is written for the soft ones,the shy ones,the ones who dance […]
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*blinks rapidly* Wow. That was precious, and I don’t think poetry has ever gotten so close to making me cry. Thank you, dear extroverted one.
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This was beautiful to read! Thank you so much Cindy! It warmed my enfp soul. 💕
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Gosh, this <333
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WOW. Amazing. Breathtaking. Sooo relatable!
This touched me in two different ways, because sometimes I can straddle loud and soft. For me, the lines are blurred, and sometimes I can’t exactly grasp which one I am. But this… this was lovely.
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And now I’m going to cry! *sniffles* ❤️ My little, extroverted heart relates to this so well.
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Ahh! Cindy, I love this poem so much!! <3 It make my heart happy. 🙂
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CINDY. How can you write such beautiful words with such beautiful purpose?? This is perfection. It touched my soul. <3
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Cindy, this is GORGEOUS! Thank you so, so much, for writing this for us. For everyone you knew and didn’t know needed it. For me.
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Oh, man. This is so awesome and beautiful I could read it a hundred times and still cry. Thanks so much for appreciating the extroverts.
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Wow. I was not expecting for that to hit so hard. My little sister is an extrovert, and the rest of my family are introverts like me. I wish she was old enough to read this poem.
You almost made me cry. That simply doesn’t happen when I read poetry.
Thank you so much.
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Ahhhhh I LOVED this!!
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Ack, my heart. *sniffs* ❤️ *goes to hug all my extroverted ones*
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 6 years, 8 months ago
If you’ve ever met a demon, you’ve known leashes, locks, and ties,
you’ve known every filthy fingerprint that’s lined you with its lies.
If you’ve ever met a demon, you’ve let pretty pretense go,
becaus […]
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Still one of my most favorite-ever poems.
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So meaningful, Cindy!! The rhyme is flawless. <3
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WOAH, and I mean seriously WOAH THIS IS ONE OF MY FAV POEMS EVER. The truth of it really hit me in the chest, and the imagery is just incredible. *high five so hard you fall over*
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Love this poem, Cindy. Nice job. So powerful.
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This is an awesome poem! Thanks for sharing this!
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Cindy Green commented on the post, Overflow 6 years, 8 months ago
Rachellllllll. This is beyond-words beautiful. This makes my heart so full <3
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Cindy Green wrote a new post 6 years, 9 months ago
Tornado winds raged when I was here last.
Your fingers ran through my hair
and calmed
the strands the storm had tangled.
I wondered how long before I felt that safety again.
I left that home,
the ocean tide […]
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Cindyyyy. ❤️ This one made me cry. It’s so beautiful.
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Very pretty!
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This made my heart cry <3 Cindy, your poem resonates so much with me. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
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Cindy. My heart. I just want to hug you. Man. That last line. You nailed it, girl.
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Cindy Green commented on the post, The Seeds of Forget-Me-Nots 6 years, 9 months ago
*grins* Thank you.
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Cindy Green commented on the post, The Seeds of Forget-Me-Nots 6 years, 9 months ago
I… I definitely did not tear up at this, either. What? Pft.
I have no words, my friend. Thank you.
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Cindy Green commented on the post, The Seeds of Forget-Me-Nots 6 years, 9 months ago
IS YOUR HEART OKAY, LOVE
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Cindy Green commented on the post, The Seeds of Forget-Me-Nots 6 years, 9 months ago
Aww! Thanks. 🙂
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This is beautiful…
Thank you, Erica! 🙂
Aww, thank you for reading and commenting, Allison!
Thank you! 🙂