read – outlander zine

10 things I want to tell my younger self

10. Sunscreen. Three finger lengths. Every day. Rain or shine.

The Other Side

Perhaps I would’ve died sooner than the unfaithful plan of fate,

If These Walls Could Talk…

Centuries of history form the foundations

Playing a Song on the Piano

Every time she played a chord of a song on the piano

Only a Pinky-Width Apart

I only have one day with you
before you leave for Europe.

Writing as the Act of Doing: Kwame Daniels

“My creative process is simply the act of doing. I like to just write. I like how it flows from my fingertips, how each poem is an act of grace in concert with myself.”

That of a Man Who Kept a Wolf For a Dog

Bark dog, bark!

A Mother

There must be a way to both constrict and construct a mother:

From QR Codes to a Poetry Debut: Creating the intimate, distant, and exacting with Emily Marie Passos Duffy

“My favorite part is the flow, presence, and devotion that comes through making. There is lots of doubt, sure, and also a surrender — to a hope that no matter what happens it’s going to turn out as it’s meant to.”

Lovesick

A week ago, you bugged me—practically harassed me.

Let me Remember your Sunshine

Memory doesn’t usually work in my favor.

Disaster

I’m a disaster walking
down the street.

Ihminen

We humans, all so tastelessly mortal.

A Robot Drives Me Home

A beep—the sensor scans the chip in my arm, clocking me out for the day.

Depression Dust

Depression convinced me to hole up in my apartment.

A Midwest Spring

Unfurl my warranted design and point towards

Writing the immersive, haunting, and raw with Pushcart Prize nominee Bryana Lorenzo

“Essentially, I’m inspired by the unheard, by those with a story to tell but who are often ignored or forgotten or even villainized for doing nothing but existing… Rage against justice not done and rage against the burying of stories untold is the true lifeblood of my work.”