new chapbook Love That For Us @andchangepoetry. craft book forthcoming @noemi_press. 2 books @boaeditions. abolish the police & free palestine
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let me stay tender-hearted, despite despite despite
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a constant struggle: actually feeling my feelings and fully moving through them, rather than immediately (automatically) intellectualizing and aestheticizing them
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Jun 12
beyond the romanticized desire to write and all the sophisticated ideas for writing lives the next real poem, the one forged (again) from failure and surprise, the one made by actually, painfully, joyfully making
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Anyone who writes is a seeker. You look at a blank page and you’re seeking. The role is assigned to us and never removed. I think this is an unbelievable blessing.
—Louise Glück, from an interview
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Jun 11
rest in peace to the late great photographer Duane Michals. a groundbreaking artist who mixed melancholy and humor together, combined handwritten text and image, and made collections of still photographs into unfolding stories.
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probably my favourite david hockney painting
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RIP David Hockney I once printed these out at Walgreens and when I picked them up the employees at the photo studio were laughing at me and I was like “this broke a record for most expensive painting by a living artist” as if that was going to make me seem like less of an f word
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Jun 11
thanks to @MickiePoet for asking me to contribute! everyone should subscribe to Queer Poem-A-Day for more queer poetry—
substack.com/@queerpoems
Jun 10
new love poem for pride month!
big thanks to Queer Poem-A-Day for publishing “Ode to the Profoundly Gay Night We Just Had.” this one’s about a particularly memorable (and hot) anniversary night.
you can read it & listen to me read it here:
tinyurl.com/yc4yn4j9
ALT official Queer Poem-a-Day graphic with author photo (headshot surrounded by green in a park) and poem title (“Ode to the Profoundly Gay Night We Just Had”)
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Jun 9
“The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.” -bell hooks
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Here’s Ally Ang with our Wednesday favorite poem!!
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May imagination always come before knowing
—Tilsa Otta, from "Like shadows of a musical theme,” translated from the Spanish by Farid Matuk
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Jun 10
new love poem for pride month!
big thanks to Queer Poem-A-Day for publishing “Ode to the Profoundly Gay Night We Just Had.” this one’s about a particularly memorable (and hot) anniversary night.
you can read it & listen to me read it here:
tinyurl.com/yc4yn4j9
ALT official Queer Poem-a-Day graphic with author photo (headshot surrounded by green in a park) and poem title (“Ode to the Profoundly Gay Night We Just Had”)
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Jun 10
this poem will also appear in my next book, Quintessential Earthly Activities, out next spring from @boaeditions 🌱
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