kapwa: what is necessary / we are
A poem by Summer Smith.
move? : A poem by Amy Lu
“The light the media paints Indigenous peoples in is often racially-profiled, unfair and from a settler-colonialist point of view. I want to help rewrite the narrative with my poem and show the struggles these people are going through to protect their traditional territories. “
The Polite Monster
A poem by Aanchal Vachhani that explores how young girls are shaped, restrained, and molded into docile figures of "perfection"—how the ideals of politeness, beauty, and obedience are instilled so deeply that they manifest as an internalized force, a specter that haunts our every movement.
I Fight for Love, Unsullied
A poem about outrage at oppression and fighting for the queer experience by Tris Meagher.
All Things Love
A poem about self-love :)