Virgo Thoughts by Valerie Parente
What is vanity
without a little reflection?
A time to see
the vain obsession.
What is vocal
without a little inflection?
A time to speak
and make a connection.
What is vast
without a little direction?
A time to seek
throughout the dimension.
What is valuable
without a little selection?
A time to deem
what makes a collection.
We are the variables
we try not to mention
and we will always leave
a lasting impression.
– Valerie Parente (7-11-2022)
Features “Sitting on Skulls and Bones”
and “Not Bionic”
from Moonchild Manifesto on Amazon.com
“Moonchild Manifesto” on Amazon.com
Have you been enjoying my poetry? I love to post my work on valerieparente.com to act as a free library for my writing and art. That being said, if you would like a HARD COPY of my latest work (200+ poetry and prose pieces) you can support me by purchasing Moonchild Manifesto: A Poetry & Prose Collection on Amazon.com. (LINK HERE) Coping with the trauma that arises when you have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder during a pandemic and heartbreak and also dealing with the leftover trauma from OCD and anorexia growing up are major themes in Moonchild Manifesto. There is a progression throughout the collection that begins with recognizing pain and heartbreak, transforms into reflection and how your mind could ever get to such a traumatized and obsessive point, and graduates into hopefulness through fantastical allegory-poem hybrids and personal poetic affirmations. Along with stomping out mental health stigma this collection has undertones of feminism, free speech activism, spirituality, and commentary on living through a pandemic. This is easily my favorite project thus far and I would love to share it with the world.
If you liked any of the following pieces on my website you will love them in a full collection that follows a trajectory from The Hurt, The Heal, into The Hope. Some fan favorite poems in Moonchild Manifesto are:
– Valerie Parente (7-5-2021)
Moonchild Manifesto by Valerie Parente is a body of work that documents the parallel between two acts: feeling a profound connection and making it your whole mood, and taking a topic and making it your artistic muse. There is a similarity between poetry and the spell we call love. A Moonchild is hyper-sensitive to this similarity and understands how it is equally enchanting as it is taxing. Divided into three moon phases, this poetry and prose collection follows the subconscious trajectory of The Hurt, The Heal, and The Hope.
Valerie Parente’s third poetry and prose collection manifested out of what she does best, mixing psychology, spirituality, and fantasy to make sense of her mental experiences as both a human being with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and a whimsically dark artist.
Do you want to own a hard copy of my latest poetry?
My third poetry and prose collection is currently in the works and includes fan favorites such as:
Not Bionic
These Laurels Were Never Meant To Rest
The Spider Princess
Material Girl
Seascape
Like Fine China
Poetry: Sight and Sound
Fishnets
Pamper Yourself
Celestial Being
…and over 150 more pieces!
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I’m Okay by Valerie Parente
When you say you’re sorry
I don’t say “it’s okay”
because it wasn’t okay;
I say “I’m okay”
because that is true today.
– Valerie Parente (3-22-2021)
Silver Chains by Valerie Parente
This silver-lining
made out of silver chains
I feel so lovely
but a little afraid.
Just like the moon
with a silver face
I feel the light
through the night’s haze.
For so long
I’ve been constrained
“Don’t feel too much”
now it’s okay.
My silver tongue
makes a new phrase
as my poetry
feels the change.
This silver-lining
made out of silver chains
like a pretty puppet
of the moon’s phase.
Don’t get me wrong
this is not a complaint
it’s my favorite problem
I’ve ever faced.
– Valerie Parente (3-18-2021)
Pixie Dust by Valerie Parente
Little nymph with rainbow wings,
sprinkling pixie dust,
making the darkness sparkle,
with her magic touch.
Little fairy with sharp intuition,
seeing auras through glass eyes,
your energy is clear to her,
even when you try to hide.
Little creature of the forest,
with empathy like the stars,
she envisions how you feel,
dividing light in equal parts.
Their whimsical spirits exceed the days,
like totems passed down the human race,
so very minuscule in this time and place,
yet endless in the sentiments they convey.
– Valerie Parente (3-8-2021)
Polished Mirror by Valerie Parente
Everything is so much clearer
now that I’ve polished my mirror;
reflected on what went wrong
and I’m so beyond moving on.
That’s the thing about retrospect,
you learn from the bitterness,
from what you could not detect,
until it became past tense.
It’s not about what I want, now that I know what I need
and I’m ready to see all that I’m meant to see
with this perspective that’s been reflective
now that I’m finally clean.
– Valerie Parente (3-1-2021)
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