poems & reviews | Tony C Poetry

featured poems

"...your home was never abandoned.
it was waiting for your return.
i hope you'll drop the matches
in your hand and replace them
with safety gear
as you restore your home.
you were whole once,
and you will be whole again."

-from you, to you

"...our coffin has been waiting for us
for months

yet we are still fighting at our deathbeds
as if we are capable

of stopping what is meant to happen."

-love & leaves

"...sometimes, i just want to feel sad

without anyone asking how I'm doing

and cry until my pillows become sponges

and scream until my vocal chords thin out

and collapse until my bones become dust

but

I JUST CAN'T..."

-from you, to you

"...they are both staring into
each other's eyes,

inhaling the scent of love

and waiting for the other's lips

to make the first move,

but as soon as the two lovers lean in

for their long-awaited first kiss,

the story ends in the midd-"

-love & leaves

"you thought you couldn't make it
yet here you are,

reading this sentence.
no matter how many times
life kicked you down,
you always dusted yourself off
and got back up.

even your darkest nights
ended with a sunrise..."

-from you, to you

"even though it doesn't feel like it
at times,
I will always be somebody
to someone else,

and I should always be somebody

for myself"

-love & leaves

kind words

"stunning lines that pull the reader into the poem, with beautiful attention to metaphor and form. the creative formatting feels fresh and deeply intentional — clever and unique in ways rarely seen in modern poetry."

-Shelby Leigh, editor and author of changing with the tides

where it began →

"a closing section that moves toward self-compassion and renewal. the poems offer hopeful, healing perspectives and bring a gentle resolution to the book’s emotional journey. refined, resonant, and full of quiet strength."

-Kristy Wessel, writer, poet, and founder of write to heal