Most of these are old. I posted them at least 4-5 years ago. Some of them are older than that. You can expect, from this collection, poems that link to events across the entire series, as well as a variety of characters and themes.
I will attempt where each one fits as I go but there are no promises. Like I said, it's been a long time.
The poem posted below was written for the character Maggie Wyczenski.
Put a flower in your hair.
Now you're dancing everywhere.
You always wished you could have had
the kind of life that wasn't sad.
You never took the high road.
You never got the chance.
You really should have seen it,
The broken woman's dance.
It's almost like you're flying.
But you're drowning in the flight.
And no one comes to save you,
for you're such a pretty sight.
You're wrapped up in this darkness.
Illuminating from within,
bathing these cold places,
with 'what is' and 'could have been'.
Take it now so gently.
Take that flower from your hair.
Don't you know your trapped here?
You're not dancing anywhere.