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Poetry, The Constellation Series

Constellation Chronicles

I have seen The stars, And all the stories You have embroidered In their arms. I have seen the sirens Hanging on the tips Of the moon, Singing a bewitching melody, For the sailors Roaming the skies. Those Who drink rum And those Chasing Dragons With fiery breath That pursue Falling stars To the ends […]

The Zoya Project
Poetry, The Constellation Series

Cassiopeia ~ the vain queen

CASSIOPEIA ~ the vain queen They cut my features From the cosmic brilliance, Of every beautiful thing The world had produced. The blood gushing around my body In whorls of white, Like the salted tips of Every ocean wave Pulled towards the night sky. Will they tell you the stories Written by winners and stars […]

The Zoya Project
Poetry, The Constellation Series

Andromeda ~ the maiden of sorrow

ANDROMEDA ~ the maiden of sorrow They must have examined The light bouncing off Teardrops, Before they placed me In the sky. That tiny glimmer Of white light In a single drop That gleams gold and silver. A single drop Of molten stardust Extricated from mortal bodies So unlike The sea spray From the angry […]

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Poetry, The Constellation Series

Pavo ~ the peacock

PAVO ~ the peacock I let my light, leak out of my veins Translucent and silver. I let it, dance around the cosmos Skating amongst the planets And all the other rocks and dust, Spreading out like Long fingers Splayed across the universe In an eternal hold. I let it drip slowly Leaving streaks of […]

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Poetry, The Constellation Series

Eridanus ~ the river

They dusted the stars on my eyelids, And coated my skin in the glowing embers of the sky The drew upon my body, A thousand stories And once  they had painted my limbs, With the colors of the night and the shooting stars, That seeped deep below the skin Dying my veins and arteries Silver, […]

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Travel
Switzerland Must See’s!

In the summer of 2018, I decided my mother and I would embark on a girls trip since I had just finished my senior year of high school. We were to go on our very own Gilmore Girls-esque adventure. Be spontaneous and go and swim in the shimmering waters of the Amalfi Coast or safari […]

Book Reviews
Three Kisses One Midnight – A Review

What a sweet read this was! Honestly, at this point, anything Roshani Chokshi writes is like a drug to me. She could be writing her grocery list and I would pick it up. Three Kisses One Midnight penned by Roshani Chokshi, Sandhya Menon and Evelyn Skye is a lovely little read about three friends in […]

Book Reviews
Together We Burn – A Review

Isabel Ibañez has become one of my instant-buy authors. One of the things I love about her books is how much of her own culture and history she manages to infuse them her stories. She does the same with Together We Burn, bringing to the forefront, in a fantasy book filled with dragons and romance, […]

Book Reviews
Violet Made of Thorns – A Review

This is a fairytale every girl must read, so there is no misconception that not every heroine of a fairytale book is the Disney princess version. There are cynical girls with tongues as sharp as steel who make you love them for their honesty, wit, and sarcasm. I was lucky enough to win an arc […]

Book Reviews
Kingdom of the Cursed – A Review

So I devoured Kingdom of the Wicked in a single sitting and then picked this up immediately. While I enjoyed it, this one didn’t suck me in as completely as the first one. This is not to say it wasn’t a fabulous read. This review will contain spoilers for Kingdom of the Wicked. Picking up […]