A Collection of Thoughts

By Corrina Aries

A short collection of deeply personal poems based on the private thoughts and real experiences of American poet Corrina Aries.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Flower Crown Books
• Release date: Sep 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393326861

Corrina Aries

Corrina Aries is an American poet, a tea drinker, a flower crown collector, and an insomniac. Not necessarily in that order.

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HEART TRUTH

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the truth

when spoken

doesn’t always

set you free

rather

it reveals

the heart in ways

that can sometimes

hold you tight

in the bondage

of your shame

MIDLIFE

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You are never old

until you realize

that the best years

of your life

were spent doing

shit you didn’t want to do

for too little money

for people who didn’t appreciate it.

All that time spent—

in frivolous pursuit

of tedious disappointment

—you can never get back.

SHEDDING NESTS

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I was sick with a bad cold

that for some reason

took weeks to get over

Not just the symptoms

but the numbness inside

the emptiness crowding in there

left me wanting to die

When talking to family

or strangers in public

I wanted only to get lost

between the pages of a book

until the coughing stopped

until I could breathe