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Shifting, a poem of hope

Shifting
Ajune’s past was
scratched off and abandoned,
an old snake’s skin left to decay on the couch.

Free of old fears,
unblinded eyes registered
the beauty of the moment as each box filled.

Youth is moved through
trembling fingers, shifting
innocence from the present into the past.

The ones who should
shelter and care, instead
crumple pictures and faces, turning away.

The last scene of
a bystander life fades
into an exciting new play called Freedom.

Family should love.
But the freed soul can shine
from within, blooming with courageous self-love.

Shedding hurtful
perspectives and cruel words,
Ajune passed through, into a hopeful future.

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/2026/07/16/the-body-that-would-not-lie/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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

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

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

Sloppy kissers, swamp suitors, scrappy “limbwrecked boys,” and drag queens drenched in glitter sweat... Next Saturday, South Carolina poet Evelyn Berry will share work from her recently published collection "Grief Slut" alongside readings by local poets Dustin Brookshire and Sera Joy.

"Grief Slut" is an examination of the queer lineage of pleasure, grief, and resilience in the American South. Berry offers a portrait of a girl living through boyhood and grappling with the violence of nostalgia in poems that blend high art, archival slivers, and Taco Bell. This collection invites us into a landscape where each day is trespass and queer youth fight to hear one another breathe just a little while longer.

More information about this free, in-person event can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3125-grief-slut-a-poetry-reading-with-evelyn-berry-and-friends.html.

#QueerSouth #QueerPoetry #TransPoetry #GriefSlut #EvelynBerry #FirestormCoop (- L)

Reminder that Jewish trans poetry day is on JUNE 16, so you might as well start preparing........... about now 😹​

We had this thread last year on Twitter with ten works from Jewish trans poets:

https://twitter.com/JPoetryProject/status/1537532990020009997

#Poetry #Mazeldon #Jewish #JewishPoetry #Trans #TransPoetry #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

Look, a poem by Joy Ladin in our newest Haggadah!

Haggadah Min HaMeitzar: A Seder Journey to Liberation by Gabriella Spitzer.

Already shipping & you can buy it directly from us:
https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/haggadah-min-hameitzar/

Or from Amazon (associate link)
https://amzn.to/3ZxZ1Jz

#Poetry #poems #JewishPoetry #JewishPoets #TransPoets #TransPoetry #Haggadah #Jewish #Mazeldon #time

Amazon just discounted The Shortest Skirt in Shul by Sass Orol!

Wonderful trans Jewish poetry now for the extremely impulse-buy-worthy price of $3.48...!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1953829120?tag=bypress-20 (Associate link + a reminder that Amazon pays publishers royalties after the full price if *they* discount something, so do please buy if interested.)

#Poetry #Mazeldon #trans #TransPoetry #QUILTBAG #Jewish #Nonbinary #TransFem #Bookstodon

If you're interested in #lgbtq #lit, and since it's #trans awareness, here's a book of poems you might find rewarding: the little volume Dialectic of the Flesh (Roz Kaveney). I wrote a review of it a little while back: https://outsideofacat.wordpress.com/2015/10/25/the-day-you-change-dialectic-of-the-flesh-roz-kaveney/
#bookstodon #books #poetry #transpoetry #translit #smallpress #writingcommunity #lgbtlit