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PORTRAIT OF MY BODY AS A CRIME I'M STILL COMMITTING

PORTRAIT OF MY BODY AS A CRIME I'M STILL COMMITTING

PORTRAIT OF MY BODY AS A CRIME I'M STILL COMMITTING

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PORTRAIT OF MY BODY AS
A CRIME I’M STILL COMMITTING

POEMS FOR THE SOUND OF
THE SKY BEFORE THUNDER

lately: cherry tomatoes as small suns, laughter & candle smoke curling across the dinner table, rose-blushed golden hour in the city, the gentle astonishments of loving.

these are my recent (fleeting, mundane, miraculous) moments of joy. a remin

the kindest moment in teaching is watching poets surprise themselves ☀️

my past workshop students have won the @buttonpoetry short form contest, been published in @lunchticket @voicemailpoems @sinister_wisdom & more, been accepted to mfa progra

i was twenty-one &, on accident, alive ~ made a tiny zine with @evil.vile.levi about the time i met a ufo in a dunkin’ donuts & accidentally fell in love! available to order this week only through @pocket_pubs, or come to a show / bump

unruly, mysterious, affirming, absurd: joy flickers like sun through the branches of a poem. join me for six weeks of creativity & community in my first independent workshop, where we’ll let our joys light the way into our work.

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“laughter was light, and light was laughter, and … this was the secret of the universe”