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Words of Poetry to Voices of Spoken Word

I believe that history reinvents itself. The world today is comparatively different from the past two centuries not only culturally but literarily, as ways to express the human condition and societal problems evolved in the realm of poetry. History has been written and we are still in the process of telling it; literature should beContinue reading “Words of Poetry to Voices of Spoken Word”

A Time Long Forgotten

Dylan Silcox With thought, it’s hard to remember The times that we want. Back when things were right And the only wrongs Were the ones that We made ourselves. It’s taken some time To regain what it’s like To hold onto what we love, To feel the hold of what we know. The faded memoryContinue reading “A Time Long Forgotten”

Never be afraid. Or if you are tell no one.

I made some poems based on Wide Sargasso Sea because poems are my default when shit seems too overwhelming. Turns out, at least one was about rape, but that doesn’t mean that my trauma needs to be front-and-center here, so let’s just set into it and then grant y’all with my reflection so we canContinue reading “Never be afraid. Or if you are tell no one.”

Final Project

For my final project, I chose to analyze a poem written by Sir Philip Sidney titled “Leave me, O’ Love, which reachest but to dust.” This poem was part of one of Sidney’s collections titled “Certain Sonnets” that he wrote in the 1570s into the 1580s. It is noted that Sidney’s poems were not publicizedContinue reading “Final Project”

Breasts, Eggs, and Other Things That Make Me Dysphoric

The content of the below post may be disturbing to some. It involves gender dysphoria, body dysmorphia, dissociative identity disorder, body horror, gore, contemplations of suicide/death, and I think mentions of eugenics, technically. Please only continue if these topics will not prove too upsetting to you personally; only you can make this judgement for yourself.Continue reading “Breasts, Eggs, and Other Things That Make Me Dysphoric”

Accidentally a Demon

The content of the below post may be disturbing to some. It involves gender dysphoria, body dysmorphia, dissociative identity disorder, body horror, gore, and contemplations of suicide/death. Please only continue if these topics will not prove too upsetting to you personally; only you can make this judgement for yourself. Consider yourself forewarned.  In all honesty,Continue reading “Accidentally a Demon”

Avid, for Ava

As my project, I attempted to queer themes found in Astrophil and Stella, and instead rediscovered my hatred for creating poetry! It was an adventure, to say the least. Below, there are two poems I wrote after pulling apart the common themes between Nic’s selection of Sidney’s poetry, followed by a discussion of how thatContinue reading “Avid, for Ava”

Kinda Nervous

Andrew (sometimes Andy, but never Drew) looked into a mirror and adjusted a jean jacket. He liked how it filled out his shoulders, he liked the cut, he liked how it slimmed him out. He sucked in his gut and held a pose and bobbed his head with approval. Emma (Em to her friends) shiftedContinue reading “Kinda Nervous”

The Story of High Paladin Ogdin

I’ll spin a yarn for thee Of time I’d spent in little Bovree Of my impossible fear For Paladin Ogdin of Tyr And I’ll tell you, the first story’s free Ogdin was the tower’s guard I was instructed to be his bard To tell all his tales To keep him looking hale And to giveContinue reading “The Story of High Paladin Ogdin”