Written early in my transition, this poem is interested in the ideas of monstrosity and hybridity, as they map to cultural conceptions of transfemininity. In particular, I was interested in inverting these conceptions' typically negative tone to make a source of self-love and empowerment, the poem moving in and through monstrosity before arriving at the mythic origin of Aphrodite, metaphorically birthing myself as a woman through an act of eros.
torrin a. greathouse on "Masturbating to Greek Myths" |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Lloyd Wallace on What Keeps Us
"The sub-title of this installment of What Sparks Poetry is 'Poems to Read in Community.' The Poetry Daily team convened this semester, inspired by C.D. Wright’s 'What Keeps,' to select a group of twenty poems, most from our last year of publication, that one might pass across the table—to a loved one, to oneself. In last year’s version of this feature, Kerry Folan said the poems selected were meant to 'offer sustenance.' Roque Dalton did say that poetry, like bread, is for everyone. And I still think that holds true." |
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