Poetry: Arson Season
avouleance
August 19, 2019
It hurts to hold this hissing light.
Sears the skin.
Leaves ugly scars.
Where it tears with acrid claws.
Poetry
Poetry: Annoying Noises
stinkyzen
August 16, 2019
An autistic exploration of the sounds of the world in the form of a humorous sestina, a type of poem that follows a pattern of repetition.
Poetry: Here I Must Belong
insideamirrormaze
August 14, 2019
An autistic woman explores feeling displaced in a world not designed for her.
Poetry: Autism Is Invisible
Autistic Science Person
August 8, 2019
Autism is invisible. The autism was invisible When I said the TV was too loud. The autism was invisible When I asked why people say
Poetry: Forayer
stinkyzen
August 4, 2019
An autistic marauder finds more than contentment in nature.
Poetry: Encounter
stinkyzen
July 15, 2019
Feel my gaze as a wild thing’s nearby attention— when you meet it, be gentle. My burrow is close, to hide me from sudden strangers.
Poetry: Away and Apart
stinkyzen
July 9, 2019
A powerful poem about imagination, the value of solitude, the experience of nature, and the separation between an autistic and the rest of society.
Poem: They Called Me a Vulture
JD Leza
June 27, 2019
When Leza was bullied for standing up for survivors of sexual abuse, they turned the abuse on its head by forging a symbolic connection with an oft-maligned but useful animal, the vulture.
Poetry: Unmasking As Autistic Pride
Michelle Sara
June 16, 2019
in the world we live in,we are told the following thingsoverand overand overagain: “get up.” “try harder.” “use your words.” “speak louder.” “stop whining.” “you’re
Chains, a Poem by Elyana Ren
Prismatic
June 11, 2019
Thinks in poetry, lives in prose Dreams in colors she cannot understand The music of her words is lost In the starts and stops of
