Love_Is_Love: Anthology For LGBTQIA+ teens
Love_Is_Love is a collection of poems, short stories, and visual art for LGBTQIA+ teens, edited by Emma Eden Ramos.
We are delighted to share one of the collection’s poems and two of the artworks.
Shapeshifter
By Robin Anna Smith
I exist somewhere between `
a match and a flame,
a tear and the sea,
a handful of clay and a sculpted vase.
No other being determines or
influences which form I take,
which direction I follow,
which air I choose to breathe into my lungs.
Those who fear my state of being
fear the unknown,
the unsubscribed,
the undeclared.
And that which causes their unease is my strength.
*originally appeared in Burning House Press, October 2018
Robin Anna Smith (she/her/Mx) is an award-winning, Pushcart-nominated writer and visual artist, whose work focuses on disability, gender, trauma, and loss. Her work is published internationally, in a number of online and print journals, including: Blithe Spirit, #FemkuMag, Into the Void, Modern Haiku, and Sonic Boom. Her work is featured in the following anthologies: Unsealing Our Secrets, You Are Not Your Rape, We Will Not Be Silenced, and Love is Love: An Anthology for LGBTQIA Teens.
Robin is the founding and chief editor for Human/Kind Journal and a regular contributor at Rhythm & Bones Press’ Necropolis Blog – Eraser Marks. Member of Haiku Society of America and British Haiku Society.
About LOVE_IS_LOVE
“#GirlLovesGirl” by Harri Aburrow-Newman
Love_Is_Love is a forthcoming collection of beautiful stories, poems, personal essays, and artwork for LGBTQIA teens.
We hope Love_Is_Love will help lend support to LGBTQIA teens struggling to deal with the pervasive homophobic and transphobic rhetoric that can make the world feel like a terrifying and unsafe place
All of the proceeds will be donated to The Trevor Project, an organization that has been saving the lives of LGBTQIA+ teens since 1998.
It is our hope that Love_Is_Love will help lend support to LGBTQIA+ teens who are struggling to deal with pervasive homophobic and transphobic rhetoric that can make the world feel like a terrifying and unsafe place. In addition to dedicating this collection to The Trevor Project,
“Bliss” by Natascha Woolf (paint on wood)
We would also like to dedicate Love_Is_Love to the young adults whose lives were cut short because of bigotry, cruelty, and ignorance. Matthew Shepard, Brandon Teena, Lashai Mclean, Paige Clay, Mollie Olgin, Tiffany Gooden, Gabriel Fernandez, and countless others, you ARE ALL LOVED, MISSED, AND CHERISHED!
Love_Is_Love can be purchased at Love_Is_Love at lulu.com
Love_Is_Love can be found online at our website
Love_Is_Love can be purchased at Love_Is_Love at lulu.com
Love_Is_Love can be found online at our website
Category: Contemporary Women Writers, On Writing
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