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Episode 1

Lavender Waves

During Year 2 of the Covid-19 pandemic, I started using the word-guessing game Wordle as a prompt for short-story writing. My goal with these stories is to explore the use of they/them pronouns by writing about non-binary characters. More to come.

• The Treacherous Toady ~ 2022
• The Murder of Grandfather Henry ~ 2022
• Lucky’s Lucky Day ~ 2022
• The Forgotten Pizza Party ~ 2022

When I worked as a grocery store cashier, I sometimes filled the empty time-space by writing short stories using prompts I received from my coworkers.

• The Clan of the Prickly-Pear Cactus ~ 2012
• Pineapple Island ~ 2012
• Timmy the Biter ~ 2012
• Wrong Choice Adam ~ 2012
• Doesn’t Matter Where you Stand ~ 2011
• Floating Into the Horizon ~ 2011

These are real stories from my life that I have written down.

• It’s Been a While ~ 2012
• Grandma and Grandpa’s House ~ 2006

Everyday Magic has to do with the documentation of regular tasks, the application of mathematical frameworks like symmetries for simplification, and the transformation of the task into a ritual. This is a new project with more to come.

• Brushing My Teeth ~ 2020

I consider this the current poetic period. For now it remains relatively undeveloped.

• The only time I’ll ever hear this music ~ 2023
• Great Raw Punk ~ 2021
• Notes on Futurism ~ 2020
• Do they think this is sustainable? ~ 2019

For all intents and purposes, I “came out of the closet” in the autumn after I turned 21. Much of the poetry I’d been writing conveyed a profound sense of fatuous longing, but it transitioned as I gained more self-confidence over the years. I remain satisfied with the work I created during this time. It offers a rare glimpse into the early evolution of my queerness. Here are a selection of works from this period.

• Emergence of Self ~ 2013
• Lullaby ~ 2012
• When Maybe Means No ~ 2011
• Conflict of Interest ~ 2011
• The Navy Blue Forest ~ 2011

I began writing poetry almost as soon as I learned how to write. The poems I wrote as I developed through adolescence form the grounding for the work I create now. Here are a selection of works from this period.

• The Meaning of Life ~ 2008
• Marigold ~ 2007
• things your happy told me