A woman is writing poignant poems to strangers based on their Twitter DMs

A writer is crafting poems to strangers based on the Twitter DMs sent to her and they’re truly beautiful. 

Morgan Harper Nichols sent out a request on Twitter for people to send her their stories so she can write a personalised poem inspired by them. Her project forms part of her overarching aim to write a million poems to strangers during her lifetime. 

The stories are kept anonymous, but Harper Nichols shares some context for each poem so readers can gain a sense of its deeper meaning. 

One of her poems is addressed to “O” a teenage girl who sent her story about being lonely and having no friends.  Read more…

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