Tag: Poetry
Not Yet, But Maybe Soon
By KimtheBwordpoet I haven’t felt what it’s like to hold her hand. Know how our fingers will...
Read MoreNot Like You
Mia C. This is a prose poem about how much pain questioning my sexuality has caused me. I am and have been comfortable with identifying as a bisexual woman, but recently I’ve begun to question who I am and it one of the hardest...
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The Heron Knew What the Herring Did, Too
By Anne Marie Wells It was an odd story, but also common, of a herring and a heron meeting where...
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Around the World: Voces Fieras, Costa Rica
Voces Fieras (Fierce Voices) is a spoken word poetry group formed by sexual and gender dissident...
Read More2 poems by k.l.zelaya
Ode to the Emotionally Unavailable She kisses me like we aren’tin the men’s bathroomat a drag show. Her touch is so lightI wonder if she knowswhat she is doing. She breathes into melike she was never gone. King Princess and...
Read Morehow I find it
By Nest Valorfixer Self-portrait. Artist trading card 2.5 x 3.5. Acrylic paint on found-product packaging cardstock. our bodies whisperhonest need.I have too muchlove to carry.I was told I’d be ignoredfor my shamelessfat body.my...
Read More—being bi?
By Carol E. Moses there you aremy peoplebut you don’t see meso awkwardsome longingsome sparkssome isolationmissing youeven thoyou’re here
Read More—being out?
By Carol E. Moses who am Ito you? why do I have to tell youanything about myself? I am here to work.it is none of your business. I certainly don’t want to hearwho/why/how of your attractions (spare me!)well, yes, there are those...
Read MoreStrange Women
By Catherine Darwen They’re not perfect,They mess up sometimeswhen giving advice andthen back-pedaling ensues. They’re not perfect,They put their foot in itAnd then apologise profuselyFor experiencing curiosity. They’re not...
Read MoreThree by Jane Barnes…
You Look Like a Girl She looked down at my ID, and said,“You sound, look, and act like a girland this ID shows a man, therefore I’mnot giving you a laptop.” It looks just like me. I identify withmy ID. I wasn’t there dressed...
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