The closet in the room once held the dresses Zack refused to wear Of course, he was a little girl then but had I known then what was going on, he could have been spared some amount of grief Once he opened the closet…
Tag: Transgender
2022 Poem Twenty-One
Untitled What am I if by another name? I will be who I was meant to.
2022 Poem Sixteen
I Have Made Mistake But You Weren’t One Every scroll through my camera roll shows me that stark amber circle hugging hazel eyes barely clinging to life. Every photo is full of mossy greens, grey blues that rival the North Atlantic, and honey browns….
2022 Poem Twenty-Two
Bricks Everything will be alright with you by my side. We can share our bricks.
2022 Poem Ten
CW: Eugenics, June 2022 current events but not named specifically Catching up on the news means: relearning that justice doesn’t exist and that people don’t learn. I was born to be: a canary in a coal mine; the PSA on who you aren’t supposed…
2022 Introduction
Hello everyone! I’m River (they/it) and I’m from the rural reaches of Maine. I’m a queer, cripple, mad, anarchist writer whose work is heavily influenced by those identities. Namely, I write poetry but flash and short stories also happen from time to time. I spent…