Spotlight on Poet: Nelly Vee
Winner of the May 2025 Inspired Poetry Corner’s “Poet’s Pulse” Contest
She Writes Like I Bleed
Nelly Vee
I met my daughter again— not in person first, but in poetry.
Fifteen years vanished like breath in frost. She was seven when they took her— my baby girl, now twenty-three, with words that echo wounds I once hid.
In every verse, I saw myself. The rage. The rhythm. The rawness.
No one told me she writes. No one told me she writes like me. As if absence taught her the shape of silence. As if pain passed down through blood and broken courts became art.
She writes like I bleed— unapologetically. And in her lines, I learned who she became without me.
Not a victim. A vessel. Of survival. Of fire. Of truth.
Now we sit—father and daughter— unpacking years in metaphors. She is my favorite poet. Not because she found her voice… but because she found mine, too.
The Caged One Writes Flame
Nelly Vee
They lock me away— not in bars, but behind betrayal.
Tore me from my children, ripped roots from the soil of family. Said I wouldn’t rise. Said I’d forget.
But the body they tried to bury held a spirit they couldn’t kill.
I became two— the man in chains, and the Fire that wrote through walls.
My enemies built a prison thinking pain would silence me, but my soul took the pen and scratched scripture on smoke.
I, the poet, am the part of me that burned only to become light.
Each word— a resurrection. Each line— a step back to my children.
I write from the wounds they never saw heal. From the ashes of courtrooms, cold visits, empty chairs.
Nelly Vee is a U. S. Marine Corps veteran. He is an accomplished author as well as the Founder & CEO of KVI Network Creations, LLC— an innovative platform elevating diverse voices in literature, art, and cultural expression. Renowned for his signature”Prosetry” style, he empowers creatives while mentoring youth, justice-involved individuals, and aspiring leaders. His work embodies resilience, vision, and a steadfast commitment to legacy-building through storytelling, mentorship, and service.
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