Inside Emotions
My name is Aly D. I've been writing poetry since seven years old. The first two were love. I write poems with all emotions and imagination. There are happy, comedy, depression, aggression, violence, love, life, break up, thankful, religious, and medical poems. All are written about different points of time in life or are just from my imagination. As I say, you give me a word or two and I will immediately make a poem for you.
There were two published in my high school yearbook and was published monthly in the New York Institute of Technology GAM newspaper. In college I won creativity awards for my poems, slideshows and collages.
Two of my poems were published by Poetry Movement. The first is "Riding in the Light." The second one is "Happiness." They are able to be ordered through Barns and Nobles. One of my religious poems was published by Our Lady of Mercy Church. In their newspaper Mercy Mirror. Medical poems were published for Beth Israel Hospital Child Neurology Center. NYU FACES Albany Epilepsy Foundation , and The National Epilepsy Foundation published a website with eight poems. "Cartoon Maniac" was published by Albany Poets, where I went to perform and receive a copy of the book. Three poems that are in my book, were published by, Written Rocks in an Anthology. The title of the book is, "Short Circuit An Epileptic Journey," a poetic/memoir based on when I was diagnosed to now.
I attended New York State Writing Institute located at Skidmore College July 2016, and won the first 90 second open mic contest there. I was accepted to Vermont Writing Retreat and attended February 2017. I was also once again published by NYU FACES March/April news-letter, only thing this time it was an interview.
Inspired Word NYC is a group I perform with every week, and was also a featured poet at the LIC Literary Festival 2016 and 2017. I was also a feature at Albany Poetry 2016 and 2018, The BXBK Book Fair 2019, NYU Medical University 2019 , Columbia University Medical School 2019, The Story Collida 2019, IABX book fair 2019 to this summer, Albany State University 2023 and Adelphi University Medical School.
"A Creative Creature!"
Riding in the Light
A knight in shining armor
Riding in the light
With no fright
A lover
A cover
A sex shield
A healer
A feeler
Helping all to stay happy
Fighting for freedom
Until the light dims at night
A knight in shining armor
Riding in the light
By Alyssa D'Amico
ME
It rains in the brain
Just like
Water and lightning
Hot like the oven
Deep like the sea
It's heavy adrenalin
Just like me
Got me good
Now you see !
I ain't mad nor sad
I'm worn and torn
I got a cord going down my back
And am ready to attack
Those who refuse
To be bruised
Be rough
With those who think you suck
So what I don't give a fuck!
It doesn't matter
It just doesn't matter
By Alyssa D'Amico
Cartoon Maniac
I am a cartoon maniac and addict
Age doesn’t matter
But only the 20th century will do
Not too kiddy
Just Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, WB Saturday and certain
Disney’s
Those old Friday’s were so much fun
An apple a day will keep the doctor away, but not Kids WB
I’m as insane as Animaniac
Cute as Dot
Childish like Tiny Toons
Curious as Cow and Chicken
Trouble maker like Alvin
Brave as Wonder Woman
Annoying like The Tick
Dangerous as Stimpy
Investigator like Inspector Gadget
Quick as Sonic the Hedgehog
Smart like the Brain
Scared as Nightmare Ned
Fight like The Angary Beavers
Powerful as a Power Puff Girl
Can transform like the Pink Ranger
Friendly as Todd
Fearless like Courage the Cowardly Dog
Loving as Belle
Delicate like a Rugrat
Evil as The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Mean like Magneto
Funny as Fairly Odd Parents
Beautiful like Jessica Rabbit
Imaginative as Chalk Zone
Gambler like Fred Flintstone
Creative as Dr. Seuss
Lost like Ed, Edd, and Eddy
Determined as Dexter
Athletic like Rocket Power
Talkative as Yogi
Wild like Taz
Strange as Creepy Crawlers
In out of space like a Jetson
Because I am a cartoon maniac and addict
Age doesn’t matter
By Alyssa D'Amico
https://uptheriverjournal.com/issue-four/alyssa-damico/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEcwdOQ6KsM
https://albanypoets.com/2016/04/river-issue-four/
Contact Alyssa D'Amico
Email.: adamico219@gmail.com
Phone: 347-387-4382
https://www.facebook.com/AlyD288/