For readers navigating their own gender journey, or for anyone seeking to understand what it means to live honestly in a world built on binaries, these poems offer clarity, solidarity, and a place to breathe. #TransPoetry #GenderTruth #IdentityAndBecoming #Protyus

https://protyusagendherpoet.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/the-body-that-would-not-lie-2/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I have a run of upcoming poetry events—mix of in-person + virtual—featuring *VOIDGAZING* (gender, technology, queer online life):

**Apr 25 (Madison, in person)**
Never Again Action gathering for immigration justice
(poetry: *VOIDGAZING* + *DIFFERENT WITH HIM*)
🔗 https://www.mobilize.us/disappearedinamerica/event/935395/

**May 1 (Zoom, 6pm CST)**
Full *VOIDGAZING* reading (9 poems)
🔗 https://www.redrosethorns.com/event-details/a-live-reading-of-voidgazing-by-mk-zariel

**May 8 (Discord)**
Reading from *VOIDGAZING*
(DM for RSVP)

**May 21 (in person)**
Headlining Cliterati Open Mic @ Charis Books & More

Poems about:
→ doomscrolling
→ group chats & surveillance
→ gender as something iterative
→ queer community online

Would love to see folks there.

#poetry #queerpoetry #transpoetry #immigrantjustice #reading

Live Zoom reading of my chapbook *VOIDGAZING* (gender + technology + queer online life) on **May 1, 6pm CST**.

🔗 https://www.redrosethorns.com/event-details/a-live-reading-of-voidgazing-by-mk-zariel

Expect:
→ “every social feed” doomscroll poetry
→ group chats as panopticon
→ trying on genders like outfits
→ parasocial chosen family
→ “get loved, loser—get absolutely fucking treasured”

I’ll be reading the full book (9 poems).

If you’ve ever felt too online / not real enough / or both at once, this is for you.

#poetry #transpoetry #queerpoetry #digitalculture #reading

internalized transphobia fucking sucks

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#poetry #poetryOfResistance #transPoetry

my second book DIFFERENT WITH HIM is out 💖🏳️‍⚧️

a poetry collection about haphazard masculinities, belonging, and loving genders + genres in flux.

these poems are late-night texts for trans boys reinventing the world at 1 a.m., cis boys who could use reinvention, and the subcultures that shape us.

📖 https://www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/different-with-him

ISBN included—request it at your library!
dms open for events + collabs

#TransPoetry #QueerLit #PoetryBook #NewBook

🖤✊ Black Friday = capitalist toxicity. Today’s #ItchCreatorDay sends 100 % of sales to queer, trans, disabled creators. My store is 50 % off: cheapest zine < $1, popular < $3, all queer poetry ≤ $20. Support indie art, not corporate greed.

#Anarchist #mutualaid #TransPoetry #Discordian #GremlinEnergy https://itch.io/s/167957/black-friday-creator-day-2025

Allēna performed a very vulnerable piece tonight at Poet’s Monday.

This is called “body politics.” Here is the performance.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRdp_4VCQts/?igsh=MWdkYnRmM2prZHMxMg==

-Australis, he/him, hello, I’m new.

#ourpoetry #queerpoet #transpoet #transpoetry