PILGRIMAGES: Ashe Vernon, “Ashe’s Purple Shoes” (6/6)
Slam poet Ashe Vernon shares a performance of her poem, “Ashe’s Purple Shoes.” Performance originally published by Sole Sisters Film Shorts, a media project whose…
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PILGRIMAGES: Ashe Vernon, “Post Panic Attack” (5/6)
Slam poet Ashe Vernon shares a performance of her poem, “Post Panic Attack.” Performance originally published by Write About Now, a weekly…
PILGRIMAGES, Ashe Vernon, “To the Boys Afraid of Dying” (4/6)
I. They said you had no right / to the softer parts inside your chest. / They said / you were better off without them. / They said / it made you weak. / I’m sorry. / I’m so sorry.
PILGRIMAGES, Ashe Vernon, “To the Girls Afraid of Dying” (3/6)
i. I know that look. / I know what it means to be that kind of starving— / to fling open your arms and dare the sky / to meet you. / I know the fear of the sky…
PILGRIMAGES, Ashe Vernon, “Self Portrait Dressed as a Self-Help Program” (2/6)
Two years ago, you were all white knuckle and grit. / You abandoned your softness in a cardboard box / on the side of the road…
PILGRIMAGES: Ashe Vernon, “Rewind” (1/6)
Ashe Vernon‘s poetry first came to my attention a couple […]