I still think that Dylan Thomas' "Fern Hill" is a perfect poem... So I'm sharing it here, if you need a poem today. Maybe read it out loud, it's got such a lovely music to it.

https://poets.org/poem/fern-hill

#poetry #mastopoets #wales #autisticJoy #literature

🐺 A new poem

For anyone who’s ever worn the wrong skin,
bit their own tongue,
or forgotten how to howl.

Sheepish Wolf and Hollering Dogs
by Raphael Hythloday/Wittgenstein's Monster/Eshu Elegbara/Clint

Once upon a time there was a wolf
that dreamed he was a sheep
While he slept a deep sleep,
he forgot how to leap.

#poetry #SouthernGothic #MirrorCycle #wolves #identity #resistance #queerSolidarity #MastoPoets

This essay I wrote in 2020 is the closest I have come to a mission statement.

Realising it was no longer available online made me sad, so I fixed that and rehomed it on Substack.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theartypoet/p/reflections-on-the-role-of-poetry?r=h76q5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#amwriting #grief #MastoPoets #mentalhealth #poetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare

@silhelm

There's a whole bunch of queer love poems: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/101691/queer-love-poems

Carol Ann Duffy is a queer poet: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carol-ann-duffy
Her collection The World's Wife is a good place to start.

This collection is also pretty cool: The Choreic Period (Latif Askia Ba) - you can read sample poems of his at The Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/latif-ba

And: Jericho Brown, who won the 2020 Pulitzer for poetry (collection: The Tradition)

#mastopoets #bookstodon

Time for #ThreeGoodThings :

1) the amaryllis flower has opened! second blossom is on its way.

2) made a tasty 'experiment' - a sort of vegan lasagna consisting of red lentils, soy mince, very finely sliced potatoes, vegan cheese and vegan cream.

3) sent out a poem today. (Chestnut Review is open to submissions until the end of the month).

#3GoodThings #Mastopoets

A helpful piece about ableism in workshop feedback / expectations, by Sarah Fawn Montgomery:

"I wanted to write stories about bodies and brains like mine without having to justify that yes, this really did happen and, yes, I really did feel this way, and no, I was not exaggerating to garner attention or sympathy."

full article: https://electricliterature.com/to-tell-my-disabled-stories-i-needed-to-unlearn-ableist-workshop-critiques

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#WritingCommunity #MastoWriters @writingcommunity #chronicIllness #neurodiverseWriters #disabledWriters #MastoPoets #cripLit

The new issue of Ouch! just came out, and I am one of 75 queer / trans / nonbinary contributors whose work is collected in it. You can read the whole issue online FREE (or treat yourself to a hard copy, which also helps support the journal):

https://www.ouchcollective.com

at the top of the page, go to 'Publications' to see the digital issues - the latest one is 4. There's a lot of visual and textual art to explore!

#MastoPoets #queerart #LGBT2QIA #QueerBookstodon #actuallyAutistic

Insightful, heartening read by Mia You on (non) native English, (poetry) translation, and who owns language:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1659311/poets-on-translation-the-alternative-speaker

"The English of possibility. The English in the imagination. The English reclaimed and reinvented by the (neo-)colonized speaker. You find a way to stretch the language to fit you and your stray prepositions."

#englishes #translation #poetry #language #MastoPoets

People speak of fog
Grief settles akin to mist
Encompassing soul

#dailyhaikuprompt #grief #haiku #MastoPoets #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss

True friends share courage
Offering a safe harbour
When the world is harsh

#dailyhaikuprompt #grief #haiku #MastoPoets #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #selfcare #suicideloss