April Wrapped (Poetry Edition)
a curated playlist of some of my favorite poetry I've read this month
**In alphabetical order because ranking things is stressful and I’m a coward**
I’m still experimenting with the formatting to make it more engaging than simply a list of titles. I’d love to hear if you have any thoughts or feedback you’d like to share
Angels by
but he made himself accept this; That his Icarus went out like a match into the sea, and felt nothing but the sun and the ocean cradling him, and that he was at peace
fuck the bunny. i want the part of you that died to finally feel worth rising for. by
easter is the seed splitting. the shadow work dressed as sunrise. the inner child crawling into god’s lap and whispering, “am i still loved?” and god saying, “especially now.”
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we are beautiful children, god’s green earth in our small hands. it is up to us to live. to leave wet footprints on the cement. dog-ear the pages on library books. laugh and scream and sing and speak and bite into life like a beating heart. we are here and we will leave evidence; this is important art.
It's Not Like Nikola Tesla Knew All of Those People Were Going to Die by Hanif Abdurriqib
Few things are more dangerous than a man who is capable of dividing himself into several men, each of them with a unique river of desire
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the fog is an entity of its own [...]
pink&green by
i must shower the rats i must carry everyone's shit to the ocean; an offering of all that we seem to have but should the Earth eat nothing but pain?
some men become writers. i became a mouth for her fire. by
them: is she the one? me: no. she is the zero. the circumference of god’s mouth before it spoke
The Soil Remembers the Blood by
For all life lost, a paranoid king selfish, senile, playing with figurines of human lives, porcelain dolls of human souls
The State by
Intoxicated by her scent, I reigned. A queen, Throned in bone and ache. Her gaze pooled in the hollow of my throat.
WWII German SS Lebensborn Stickpin $30 by Ava Nathaniel Winter
published in her award-winning collection, Transgenesis
Who would have leaned close enough to an SS officer's neck to read the legend of this tiny pin? Only a lover or someone backed against a wall...
Notable mention to this note from
which so enchanted and captivated me
I grew so ecstatic seeing this post in my inbox :)
Genuinely thank you so, so much for featuring my work. I haven't posted on Substack in so long, and this gave me so much encouragement. I also really love this newsletter round-up style of post! It feels very close to the community. I can't wait to read more of your pieces and become a Substack denizen once more.
Thank you so much for considering my work!! This made my day!