Poetry

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“I am not saying you will find the meaning of life in other people. I am saying that other people are the life to which you provide the meeting.”

-Neil Hilborn, This is Not the End of the World


“I think the life I want is the life I have, but how can I be sure?”

-Hieu Minh Nguyen, Heavy


“I cannot tell anymore when a door opens or closes, I can only hear the frame saying, Walk through.”

-Ada Limón, Sharks in the Rivers

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Where to Find My Work

A Note on Grief,” Bellingham Review: Issue 89

Love Letter to Dissociation,” Button Poetry YouTube

“I only take showers,” Quartz Literary: Issue II

The Only Time My Mind Goes Blank is With Your Hands On My Hips, Descending,” The 2021 Poetry Marathon Anthology

Taxonomy of Moving in with Your Parents in Quarantine,” Beyond Queer Words (2021)

Blackthorns & Clay,” The Closed Eye Open: Issue IV

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