hey! we're back! excited to share all new poems on the tenderness lit website. visit the link in bio to read them all! we will be sharing individual excerpts over the next few days.
https://t.co/3ANHi3TsMi
We want your poetry! Looking for a place to send the poem you finished yesterday? Last week? Three years ago? Look no further. We accept poetry on a rolling basis, and our rate is $25 per published poem.
excerpt from virginia is for [gay] lovers
by Paxton Grey
"...because i'm going to see if i can assemble the moon for [him]. manipulate glowing chunks of rock in the void of space."
https://t.co/SezSbcKi3J
here's my most recent pub with @tenderness_lit
thank you to sunday scaries, my ex, the wagon that's long been donated to goodwill, Z and the rest of the TL team💗, and my dog annie who finagles her way into all my writing.
excerpt from Solidarity by Oliver Scofield
Today we will rage against shores of injustice then
our tide ebbs compassion gently recedes. Warm waves now unconcerned and cold turn
excerpt from "Train to the Edge of the City" by August Jane
"Leaves have begun to grow on my spine, my knuckles, the insides of my elbows, and I pretend that I do not need to be loved. The flowers that bloom are hidden beneath my jacket."
https://t.co/aqPpetsuag
excerpt from "Train to the Edge of the City" by August Jane
"Leaves have begun to grow on my spine, my knuckles, the insides of my elbows, and I pretend that I do not need to be loved. The flowers that bloom are hidden beneath my jacket."
https://t.co/aqPpetsuag
my poem "When You Tell People I'm Sensitive, I Want to Kill You" is included in this bunch 🤍🤍
it's such a joy when poems are paired with artwork! Peep that blanket-bundled wagon & dog pair 😍
trying to explain how much i like this poem by @caseylikekc, but all i can come up with is that it makes me feel like throwing my laptop across the room
@caseylikekc ty x1000 right back at you casey !! it was such a delight to sit with this poem while illustrating it, thank you for bringing it into this world !!
excerpt from "i hope this finds you well" by @caseylikekc
"it’s true—i’ve been absentee. less working more eating my own shit than groceries all the raisins my fingertips have become look sweeter by the second"
https://t.co/2is5xndaD1