Poetry: Counterfeit Menagerie
onelonedandelion
September 15, 2019
Creative writing in the form of freeverse poetry. An autistic portrayal of what lies behind the mask.
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Poetry: Do You Hate Me?
vormaen
September 11, 2019
Do you hate me because I have the unique ability to question my surroundings objectively without superstition to cloud my judgement? Do you hate me
Poetry: Creators of a New World Order
vormaen
September 8, 2019
“Take what is yours, give everything back. Become who you were always destined to be.”
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: 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: Forayer
stinkyzen
August 4, 2019
An autistic marauder finds more than contentment in nature.
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.
Autistic Skill Sets: A Spiky Profile of Peaks and Troughs
Oolong
July 5, 2019
Autistic people are often differently-capable, with areas of remarkable skill and troughs of profound weaknesses– an exploration of this phenomenon.
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.
