poetry – Autumn Micketti

“Summertime” Brings Poetry to the Big Screen at the Ashland Independent Film Festival

“Summertime” will give you goosebumps and eyes full of tears, and will make you leave yearning for something more.

Birthdays

Sure I’ve had some shitty birthdays, but they’ll never out shit the day I realized I didn’t wear the same size jeans as my friends. That my body had other plans even though I wanted to stay flat and shapeless for the rest of my life. There are days when things go wrong, and thenContinue reading “Birthdays”

A Rational Fear

I was inspired to write this poem a few months ago because I get scared very easily, and my friend and I were talking about how interesting it is that so many people are afraid of the dark… I’m 20 and I’m afraid of the dark. You’d think after all those horror films I’d getContinue reading “A Rational Fear”

Planes, Trains, and Amsterdam

So during my recent adventure my travel buddy and I ran into some problems when we moved to different countries. We created our own version of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Every time the two of us got ready to move to a new location something blew up in our faces causing us to stress aboutContinue reading “Planes, Trains, and Amsterdam”

A Midnight Starvation

Here’s another poem that I wrote while I was wwoofing in Ireland, feedback is always welcome! I’m so hungry The empty hole in my stomach gets bigger and bigger by the second leaving room for a starving swallow to create her nest. Carrying wood and sticks she carefully wraps their fingers together, creating a mazeContinue reading “A Midnight Starvation”

Something new….

Hello again! I apologize for the large gap between my last post and this one, I’ve been quite busy with life. I recently just got back from a two month trip in Europe where I was wwoofing, adventuring, and meeting new people. I wanted to post some of the poetry that I wrote during thisContinue reading “Something new….”