some of my favorite poems! click the title to view each poem. very loosely grouped in ways that make sense to me.
see more poems (as long comics) on my tumblr :)
Table of Contents
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, T.S. Eliot
Hammond B3 Organ Cistern, Gabrielle Calvocoressi
I THINK I AM GOING TO CUT MY HAIR, tumblr user seravph
What You Missed That Day You Were Absent From Fourth Grade, Brad Aaron Modlin
Feeding the Worms, Danusha Lameris
The Light That Shines When Things End, Iain Thomas
Texts Between Angels Trying to Live as Mortals, Keaton St. James
Rural Boys Watch the Apocalypse, Keaton St. James
History Student Falls in Love With Astrophysics Student, Keaton St. James
Jessica Gives Me a Chill Pill, Angie Sijun Lou
Untitled, tumblr user inkskinned
Untitled, tumblr user inkskinned
The Cannibal's Cancion, Gloria Anzaldua
Prayer for Werewolves, Stephanie Burt
Untitled, tumblr user rollercoasterwords
I Saw the Devil in the Cane Fields, Shastra Deo
Excerpt from "The Third Hour of the Night," Frank Bidart
Anthem for the Modern Lesbian, Salem M. S.
A Beautiful Creature, Karleen Pendleton Jimenez
Rip Up those Roles, Leanne Franson
Ode to Trucking Company Names that Include "Trans," Dri Chiu Tattersfield
Untitled, tumblr user kimabutch
Untitled, tumblr user assaultmystic
Quote from Harvey Fierstein in "The Celluloid Closet"
Make Out Sonnet, F. Douglas Brown
Excerpt from "You Are Jeff," Richard Siken
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, Chen Chen
When I Say Loving Me is Kind of Like Being a Chicago Bulls Fan, Hanif Abdurraqib
Ode to Elliot Smith, Ending in the First Snowfall of 2003, Hanif Abdurraqib
I THINK LOVE IS SOMETHING / THAT HAPPENS TO OTHER PEOPLE, Michael Gray Bulla
After the Threesome, They Both Take You Home, Sue Hyon Bae
The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac, Mary Oliver
Kupu Rere Ke, Alice Te Punga Somerville
Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying, Noor Hindi
The Tongue is the Strongest Muscle, Olga Tokarczuk
Excerpt from "Still Life With Oysters and Lemon," Mark Doty
The Why Cheap Art Manifesto, Bread & Puppet Glover
Excerpt from "Nothing Personal," James Baldwin
Excerpt from "Return from the Stars," Stanislaw Lem
Sharing a Cigarette with Joan of Arc, Dante Emile
Chemotherapy, tumblr user ocdwilson
When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be, John Keats
Riddle at 29,000 Feet, Tracy Brimhall
A Drink of Water, Jeffrey Harrison
Adjusting to the Light, Miller Williams
Because the Color is Half the Taste, Paige Lewis
Similar Cases, Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman
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