A Big Jar Of Mustard

This piece was written in 2015 as an admissions essay for the University of Chicago 2016 fall semester. The essay as well as my application allotted me waitlist status.

Persistence

This was written for a university introductory class. Slight adaptations have been made from the original.

A Conversation With Death

This piece was written under a unique inspiration, and received praise by the National Ametuer Poetry Contest.

Dead Mornings

Yesterday, I woke up ten minutes before the start of class half-way across campus. After arriving precisely one minute late to class, I decided I would begin to embrace the morning, as there was no way to avoid the 8 o’clock class.

“Untitled”

This is a piece describing the crippling nature of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Robin Williams

This commemoration of Robin Williams was written in my high school speech class. Williams is a personal hero of mine.

Color My Life With Chaos

Enjoy this terrible “romantic” poetry that I wrote at some point in high school.

You:A Poem

You’re Gay, that’s okay
You’re Fat, I’m alright with that
You aren’t very tall, I don’t care at all
You’re poor, I think of you no less, no more
You believe in a different fate, I don’t discriminate
You let down your hair, who am I to care?
You’re of a different race, I still treat you with grace
You walk a…