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Aug 5, 20192 min read
Latter Day Ace, by Artemis Raven
The Latter-day Queer experience Isn't an easy one. It isn't easy to live, And it isn't easy To describe. Here's the thing People don't...
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qmwproject
Jul 31, 20191 min read
by Something More
Some days are easier When I don’t see you like that Where we are just friends And we laugh And eat And cry Some days are harder When I...
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qmwproject
Jul 29, 20192 min read
The Knot, Anonymous
The body of the mother of my body sits small as a nutshell, in the care-home bed. Sometimes she hums. Some times she smiles, wan and...
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qmwproject
Jul 24, 20191 min read
The Battle, by Gabriela Amada
There is a battle in me. A war raging between what my mind has been taught to be true, and what my soul and body are fighting to live...
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qmwproject
Jul 23, 20191 min read
Mortal Aperture, Anonymous
I’m beginning to think that it was never meant to be a final goodbye. I am beginning to feel like the aperture of mortality was too tight...
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qmwproject
Jul 22, 20191 min read
Male Judgment, by Mormon Woman Unfolding
I hadn’t realized how wearing modest clothing was like Wearing male judgment right next to my skin. Boobs too big, or too small, with...
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qmwproject
Jul 19, 20191 min read
A Longing, by Gabriella Amada
I want to know when the longing will go away for you. A longing to share a secret circle of inside jokes. A longing to feel our fingers...
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qmwproject
Jul 10, 20191 min read
he does not come to you, by Elle Mae
they told me, "you come to God. he doesn't come to you." so i sat. listened. believed. dug my fingernails into my palm and pulsed. i...
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qmwproject
Jul 8, 20192 min read
Letting Go, by Alma Linda Martinez
Six years down the road perhaps there will be another woman who will stir heaven in my solar plexus. Perhaps the sound of her laughter...
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qmwproject
Jul 5, 20191 min read
Transfigured, by Ash
Transfigured by Ash Rowan I climb the mountain, alone: hand over hand and foot over foot, with no one to greet me at the summit...
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qmwproject
Apr 22, 20191 min read
A Closeted Grief, Anonymous
A random algorithm played one of your songs today. I listed to it once, twice, three times before I stopped to ask myself why we push on...
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qmwproject
Apr 18, 20191 min read
I Can See Now, by Liz
I can see now Why I've always felt awkward hugging other women. It felt so good And so shameful. I can see now Why I didn't have a...
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qmwproject
Apr 9, 20191 min read
Bisexuality, by Elle
And like Anne spelled with an E, she apologized for not being a boy, because that's what I wanted, right? And, no, all I ever wanted was...
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qmwproject
Mar 6, 20191 min read
The Ordinary Love of Iseult, by Kerry Spencer
True Love is no great thing It's more the wordless gift of a Diet Coke on your bedstand ("Because I just thought you would want it...
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qmwproject
Oct 22, 20181 min read
The New Name, Anonymous
My husband and I named my wife In the corner of a Wendy’s parking lot. Me, scrolling through baby names — Him, eating a cheeseburger....
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qmwproject
Aug 31, 20181 min read
Shift, by Jaclyn Foster
You love me And I don't feel like I'm not welcome When you tell me You only hate the sin How could I think It's hurtful Every time you...
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qmwproject
Jul 19, 20181 min read
I do not Sing for my Husband: a poem by Jenny Smith
Most of my memories are music. My grandfather sitting at the Tabernacle organ, his fingers dancing across the keys. Duets sung by my...
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