"writing is roaring" is a tribute, an ode, a love poem to the resistance of words, the power of writing.

writing is roaring (avrina)

"metaphors for my skin" are words that broke me and made me / an angry resistance to the inherent colourism that makes us hate ourselves / a reclamation

metaphors for my skin (avrina)

"my phenomena have names" recalls the times when the spirit left the body, dissociated to protect itself. there is no other consolation than the body. no other home.

my phenomena have names (avrina)

"the body poem" chats about what it means to lose one's appetite, a desire for coded memory.

the body poem (avrina)

"a and another you" is how this woman who is a mother is so many people at the same time and in so many pasts.

a and another you (avrina)

"you are rembrandt" is something i wrote about how art is sometimes so far away and the other times, so close. rembrandt is a metaphor. for what, you've got to tell.

you are rembrandt (avrina)

"my 3d brain" is an effort to talk about oneself, one's head. and the little creatures that inhabit it.

my 3d brain (avrina)

feminist spoken word / 

(all poems by (avrina). recorded with Lüü). (for feedback / collaborations / opportunities, please write to avrinajos@gmail.com)

Avrina Joslin

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