Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Trinidad, a photosynthesis, PT. This summer I had the immense pleasure of spending a week in my homeland of Trinidad and Tobago with my friend and fellow poet Queen Godis. Follow the link below to get a peek. What do poets risk by making our private thoughts public? What do we risk to gain? What do we risk to know? .

Poems by Samantha Thornhill published online or in print. Friday, January 4, 2013. Monday, October 25, 2010. Ode to a Killer Whale. Ode to a Killer Whale. From the perspective of Kunta Kinte. Black boy, with a name. And a plight like that. You may as well claim. You into the black waters. Of Iceland where you learned. To hunt from top rung,. Time to frolic in the sun. Light shining down on the deep.

Beauty and Whimsy in Strife and Chaos. Saturday, March 15, 2014. Do you see me? Early on when I was first dealing with my panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, full time school, and being a nanny to a 7 month old 55 hours a week I would get overwhelmed and lonely. Weird, eh? Another true story is that sometimes I would take little Lia out to a coffee shop, the library, Gymboree, or the store and just hope and hope and hope that someone would see us and talk to me. Do you see me? Do you see me? .