Amanda Zylstra
Cat Lover, Poetry Writer, Tea Drinker, Skincare and Beauty Product Obsessed. Check out my poetry collection "Passing Skeletons" available on Amazon.
Good Deeds
My good intentions went down the drain. No good deed goes unpunished. You were determined to misunderstand me. You were set out to disagree.
Amanda ZylstraPublished 2 years ago in Poets
People from the Past
There is a reason why people from your past don't make it into your future. We are balls of constant spinning energy. We move so fast we can't see ourselves being pulled in a different direction.
Amanda ZylstraPublished 2 years ago in Poets
Searching
I was searching for a mother who wasn't there. For the mother-daughter bond others, all seem to have that I was lacking. Instead, I had a woman who would turn on me within seconds like a snake.
Amanda ZylstraPublished 2 years ago in Poets
House of Bad Luck
I once lived in the house of bad luck. It was haunted by spirits of dead friends who died in the 90’s from cancer. My living room was directly above the room he passed away in.
Amanda ZylstraPublished 2 years ago in Poets
No Cheerleaders
The world is against me. I fight my way through the crowd. I make my own path to the finish line. I have no cheerleaders.
Amanda ZylstraPublished 2 years ago in Poets
Cats Purr When They Are in Pain
Cats purr when they are in pain. I was eleven years old when I learned this. A pure black male cat I called Honey. He had a large scab that covered the left side of his body from sitting on an engine block trying to stay warm in a Michigan winter.
Amanda ZylstraPublished 2 years ago in Poets
The 80s
I miss the lost art of letter writing. I remember sitting by the telephone waiting for the phone to ring. Back when you didn’t know who was calling until you picked up the receiver.
Amanda ZylstraPublished 2 years ago in Poets
The Nightmare After Thanksgiving
Exactly twenty-four hours after being thankful for what we already have, we trample strangers for sale items. We sleep four hours in a turkey-induced coma.
Amanda ZylstraPublished 2 years ago in Poets
