Poems from Valerie Lehr

I am a 21-year-old girl from Vienna, Maine. I am attending UMass Amherst in the fall and working this full-time to cover my tuition, housing, living costs etc. I play guitar and I love writing poetry!
You look at me
and it's for the first time, mind you
and with all you can see
you miss my snakes hissing from the top of my head
So I...
You can’t win quite
As much as you lose
No- not a game, a talk, a song
Everything I’ve experienced
Has stuck with me like a dream
I am...