Rachel has kindly taken time to share with us some of her poems. Go check out her blog {here}
“Still Raining”
April tears falling,
then stoping, but the tall trees,
still dripping sorrow.
"Small Beast"
Speak, small beast. Within
your quiet heart, something shakes.
It’s lovely. Listen.
"Saying Goodbye"
The caterpillar,
with new, symmetrical wings,
flies away, smirking.
Hi there...My name is Rachel Marie.
My relationship with clothing has always been a bit dramatic. As is reflected in a lot of my poetry, I often give personalities to inanimate objects, including items in my wardrobe. As a young girl, I remember crying over a pair of sparkly, silver sneakers as I threw them out with the trash. They were too small, and I’d worn holes in them, but it still seemed cruel to abandon them like that. But it had to be done.
Throughout my childhood, I absolutely hated when other girls mimicked my clothing choices - whether intentional or unintentional. If a girl wore the same blouse as I did, I would immediately develop a loathing for said blouse and would never wear it again. A bit extreme, I know, but even at age seven I wanted to be an individual.
And so I have fallen in love with vintage clothing. I’m most usually influenced by the late 19th century and the 1950s.
A few of my favorite things:
Owls
A good book
Music (My favorite band is Nightwish.)
Emoticons
Shoes
Pearls
Poetry (Obviously, right? My favorite poets are Billy Collins and e.e. cummings)
Alice in Wonderland
Online Shopping (ModCloth.com and Etsy.com are my most frequent stops.)
Kittens
Hand-me-downs
Autumn
Muffins (!)
Hand-written letters
Twirly skirts
Rainy afternoons with Josh
