Tag: Poetry
The Visiting House (To My Little Self and My Little Brother)
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Maggie Young I love you with syrup in your hair and gum on the bottoms of your shoes. Don’t...
Read MoreThree Biku
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Martine Mussies to my younger self Embrace love’s vast hues, Don’t fret over fixed boxes, Be...
Read MoreThe Letter I Needed the Year Everything Broke Apart
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Alison Shea Hi there. It has been a tough couple of days, huh? You have had expectations of...
Read MoreLetter to Myself
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Alicia Vane Alicia, I want to be tender with you, but I know how that makes your skin crawl. So instead, let me grip your arm firmly and say: Your intensity is not a bad thing. You are not too much. Do not minimize yourself....
Read MoreLittle Gay Girl
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Rachel M.C. Finney Why are you tracing screenshots of Disney princesses, little gay girl—...
Read MoreTo My Childhood Self
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Amelia Díaz Ettinger Quérida Niña, That mystifying anger that erupts without warning, that...
Read Moreice cream drippings
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Ayla Rose Miller when courtney coulter exclaims that making out with curtis feels like ice...
Read MoreNovember Meditation (Letter to Myself)
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Mārta Ziemelis If your own mind is too loud to bear, if the world feels like it’s shattering...
Read MoreDoubting Myself. Finding Myself. Freeing Myself.
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Eleanor Twine I am now 15. Some still say, “It could be a phase” She’ll grow out of it “Are you sure?” Too young to know better “You’re still growing” She’ll grow out of it No one No one No one Says that If you say “I’m het”...
Read MoreLetter to Myself
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Jacq Valencia Beneath the sea noises are muffled movements, restrained while you’ve floated below, treading water in wait the pull has always been felt up your bones knew which way to rise your eyes knew which way the light...
Read MoreSecrets and Safety
Dec 8, 2023 | 2024 Winter - Bi+ World Wide Web, Poetry
By Fatima As I gaze outside my window I am reminded of my crimes all the warning signs my short-sighted copyrights tweets and receipts used against me. I could not go outside and I could not speak and I could not stay here alone...
Read MoreAm I Still Bisexual? A Quiz
Dec 8, 2023 | 2024 Winter - Bi+ World Wide Web
By Yolande House Still questioning your sexuality? Here’s a handy test. Choose A, B, C, all, or...
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