Poems From The Kitchen Table

Keeper of Quiet Stories

Poetry/ Short Stories

June 13, 2025

Identity, Love, Memory, Poetry/ Short Stories

Soy como un pueblito escondido: geografía del alma

Hay viajes que nos enseñan más sobre nosotros mismos que años enteros de reflexión. Este poema nació en España, pero también nació en mí, mientras…
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May 7, 2025

Poetry/ Short Stories, Stepmotherhood

What Is a Stepmother?

By Valentina DuPont This poem is born from one of the most complex, misunderstood, and transformative roles I’ve ever stepped into. It isn’t a fairy…
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May 6, 2025

Poetry/ Short Stories

The Rainbow of Love

By Valentina DuPont Love isn’t just passion. It isn’t just the fire we feel at the beginning. It’s what comes after.It’s built slowly, in the…
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May 6, 2025

Love, Poetry/ Short Stories

El arcoíris del amor

Por Valentina DuPont Muchos piensan que el amor es esa pasión desbordada del comienzo. Pero el amor, el que se construye, el que perdura, es…
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May 6, 2025

Grief, Poetry/ Short Stories

Venezuela: From Democracy to Socialism (The Longer Version)

I wrote this paper while I was in junior college, at a time when I thought things in Venezuela couldn’t possibly get worse. Venezuela is…
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April 16, 2025

Letting Go, Poetry/ Short Stories

The Ride That Changed Us

We were two little girls sharing a saddle, a heartbeat, and a fear we didn’t yet know how to name. When San Vicente panicked and…
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April 16, 2025

Letting Go, Poetry/ Short Stories

Cabalgatas que dejan huella

Hay recuerdos que no se van; se quedan quietos, como tierra caliente pegada a la piel. Aquel día, dos hermanas cayeron de un caballo, pero…
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April 11, 2025

Memory, Poetry/ Short Stories

When I Learned to Write

A childhood story about silence, mystery, and the first time I found my voice on paper. This story was written as part of a creative…
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April 10, 2025

Memory, Poetry/ Short Stories

Pantoum: Edible Memory

Written in a creative writing class at Stanford Salty and sweet,Greasy and lumpy.In Venezuela, there’s no peanut treat—It sticks to your palate and also your…
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April 9, 2025

Identity, Poetry/ Short Stories

And Here We Are

by Valentina DuPont You want to succeed,You want to lead,While others you leave to bleed. You want to shine,You want to fine dine,While others die—I’m…
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