Published Poems

Spoken word performance at the Decatur Book Festival (2017)

hold the storm at the back of my throat. live without an apology. love without knowing how it’s done. prick restlessness with a fine-toothed comb. hold hands in a glass factory. be there even when the years turn to sand. hold my heart outside of my body. hurt the size of everything it is. speak in flowers. river my way to freedom. come home.
— Tyra Douyon