Although I do write non-fiction and articles I also write fictional short stories, poetry, monologues, and other creative writings. In this category, I will be sharing all of my different creative self writings.
The road is long.
The path is hard,
and I keep thinking
I haven't gone far yet.
Maybe I'm good,
but need to be great.
Perhaps I'm struggling in vain
and being an artist is not my fate.
I could run.
I could hide,
but then there'd be
a deadly gnawing inside.
So I'll stay my course
and walk my path.
Perhaps one day I'll look back,
see my struggles, and laugh.
I do have more poetry in the poetry section of my site and poetry readings on YouTube.
Depart oh darkness.
You are not welcomed here.
Storm I will not surrender to thee.
You can let me be.
I am not a flower.
I am a tree.
Though you may try
I will not bend, break, or die.
I am here to stay,
so depart oh darkness.
You are not welcomed here.
Storm I will not surrender to thee.
You can let me be.
I do have more poetry in the poetry section of my site and poetry readings on YouTube.
A tiger can be caged.
A bird can live without flight,
and I can live without you.
He can hold his breath.
She can close her eyes,
and I can live without you.
Life will go on.
I will see the storms and sunshine,
and I can live without you.
But something inside longs to thrive.
Something inside longs to be free
and can only be when I live with you.
This was written on August 1, 2019.
I do have more poetry in the poetry section of my site and poetry readings on YouTube.
I, Tiffany Joy, have started a new YouTube project. You must all be absolutely shocked! I do always feel like I’m starting new projects. This one is part of my efforts to promote what I’ve already written, by recording readings of my work. I’ve started by recording my poetry readings.
Most of the poems are from my book Growing Poems. I am starting to mix in my newer poetry that I published here.
I figured that I would share my favorites with those who either have stumbled on my site or frequent it more that Youtube. I’ll also be sharing this on my social media accounts, so I guess the post will just be spreading the word more.
The first is one of my newer poems, but the first reading. It is called, “To Those Who Struggle.” For personal reasons, I needed to share this first. After all I always meant to have it as a reading.
Poems and Memories is a poem I wrote right after I realized what I was going to be calling my first poetry book. It reflects the idea of poems growing and being part of me.
Lady Isabella is again from my poetry book and is about my dog. I wrote it as her life was ending and it has always been a hard one for me to read. However, I do love it.
The last poem is Power. It is also from my poetry book. It is a 3 stanza poem that I wrote in college about a relationship.
There is a complete playlist of all my poetry readings, including older ones, on YouTube.
I hope you enjoyed my poetry readings, as much as I enjoyed making them. Feel free to give me any feedback you have. All is welcomed.
She said slow down sunshine
you have all your life to live.
Slow down sunshine
you have all your love to give,
so slow down sunshine
let your mind be inactive.
Simply slow down sunshine.
This is a journey not a race,
there is no medal to win;
no champion to face.
You can do all you want
in time you will see.
Enjoy what you have now
before it becomes a memory.
All you need to do is slow down.
She said slow down sunshine
you have all your life to live.
Slow down sunshine
you have all your love to give,
so slow down sunshine
let your mind be inactive.
This is another poem that started it’s journey as a song.
I do have more poems on my site and poetry readings on YouTube.
I don't want a seasonal type of lover
one whose love will change and fall.
No, I don't want a seasonal type of lover.
I want nothing or I want it all,
so jump into my river.
I'll take you to the ocean of me.
I don't want a seasonal type of lover
one whose love will change and fall.
I want someone who will stay
a love whose love will be strong,
so come behind my mask
and watch my wall crumble down.
I don't want a seasonal type of lover
one who's love will change and fall.
This was originally written as a song and in the future it may become one again. For now I hope you enjoy it as a poem.
I do have more poems on my site and poetry readings on YouTube.
Blessed are the broken
for they get to be fix.
Blessed are the outcasts
for they’ll learn true love.
Blessed are the reformed hurtful
they’ll know forgiveness.
Blessed are those with a surrendered and dirty heart
they are in the Lord’s arms.
Blessed are those with clean hearts
the Lord will call them home.
Blessed are those who bless others
they will shine the Lord’s love.
Blessed are those who forgiveness
they will share the Lord’s compassion.
Blessed are you
for you are beautifully alive.
I do regularly publish poems on my site and post poetry readings on YouTube.
Title: Unzipped
Size: 14 x 11
Medium: Acrylic paint on Canvas
Finished Date:Â Early 2017
Summary: Unzipped is my first surrealism painting came when rains came after a long drought. The change in weather gave new life to the land and showed me that life can be renewed even after a long rest and struggle.
Inspired by surrealism I painted an image that came to be while driving home after a rain storm.
California was is a drought and before the rains came everything looked dead and dry. We then had heavy rain fro at least two weeks. It seemed like the days the rains stopped nature came back to life. Everything was green and colorful again.
It was as though the sky unzipped and brought life back.
In this painting I captured the wonderful feeling that the rain brought. It was as though we were transported to a different land.
Over half the painting has blues and greens with touches of red, yellow and a bit of brown. The other half, where the rain has not reached, is filled with gray and tan. There is no life vegetation where there is no rain.
The could that is being unzipped also takes up a large portion of the dry section. It gives a hope that the rain is coming, but also shows that more focus is on the rain when there isn’t any.
This painting is split, but should give you hope. Rain will come when it is needed and breath new life into the same land, so even if things seem gloomy, dark, and dead keep the hope alive. Life can be renewed.
This painting it is for sale on eBay.
I have a section on this site if you would like to explore more of my visual art.
I am not lost
Yet I will journey on.
My path leads into the depths,
into the forest of understandings;
Like a tree rooted in family
but growing towards the sky with each passing experience.
A bird who has freedom to fly
still returns to her nest.
I walk on, learning more of me,
seeing different sides.
I am a diamond with a multitude of facets,
a puzzle I’m piecing together.
I am not lost,
yet I still journey on.
I do regularly publish poems on my site and post poetry readings on YouTube.
I once had a shoe.
Well, I had two.
The one that stayed lost her boo.
I do not know what to do.
I think it got on a plane and flew.
It must have gone all the way to Timbuktu.
I looked high and low, even under a tutu,
but nowhere could I find my other shoe.
If you would like to read more of my poetry please take a look at my portfolio or watch a few of my poetry readings.