Poetry by Hannah Marie Cox

Below are each of the poetry collections I've published so far, as well as a sample poem from each. I've been writing poetry since I first learned what it was. I was initially drawn in by the rhythm that comes with prose, and eventually learned what it means to make that rhythm yours and use it for self-expression. My all time favorite poet is Emily Dickinson.

It's as Easy as Parting the Sea

Tumultuous Waters

Tumultuous waters

I see so far ahead

If the whole of my future without falter

Is an inch in front of my face instead

Of being so far out

Where I might find my friends

Neat as water moving wherever it wants

Whenever it feels it must move

Neat as the scraggly surface of the rocks

That live on the beach inside their own grooves

Of sand, and the edge of the place where the people live

Neat as the people the sea manages to soothe

The other side of an ocean

That refuses to sleep, refuses to wane

It follows the moon

But could drive one insane

Sleeping like the future

Is exactly one inch deep

Like it could predict winter

And it would never be this neat

Winter and Spring and You and Me

Poems From a World Less Solid

Everyone wants to reach their potential, but no one wants to stop growing

You don’t feel the same way in the fall as you do when it is snowing

One of these things is a lack of warmth while the other is the reason you cherish the spring

But no matter the season or the weather

What if we weathered it together?

I know I’m taking things slow, but that doesn’t mean I want to be left behind

I’m talking about the seasons again like the snow will change anything

I’m talking about time

I’m talking about my ability to rhyme when I feel like it is winter and I’m starting to go blind

The Trees Still Sway Either Way

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Of Goddesses and Step Thieves

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