Poems from CeCe Riles
The house is behind us.
The porch light is on.
I hear laughter inside.
It doesn’t matter.
We are outside.
The crickets chirp.
We are all...
I'm feeling anxious
and I can't stop. it comes in waves
that crash over me
and pull me in the
riptide. I can barely surface
to breathe. I...
I’m not a poet.
I have tried writing poetry before
And it never worked out.
But if I decided, one day, that I wanted
To become a poet, all...
Until a week ago,
I thought you liked
me. I could see the
look in your eyes. The look that says,
"I really like you but
don't have the...
To: You Know Who You AreThis is the last letter I’ll write.
It’s too hard to be around you
and know that you might know
but not know if...