This is so powerful to read as a queer person who also has gone through a period of gender discovery. Being raised as a girl only to wonder if you connect is such a raw and intense experience that you explained so well. I also came out at around the same age, and fitting the stereotype is so relatable. I think at such a time, labels became absolute instead of interpretation and personal use. Learning to express femininity is so profound to me, and I'm happy you shared your story. :)
I love love LOVE the capitals at the end of some of the lines and making some of them all capital. It makes everything feel important and like it is a formula to becoming a writer.
The use of juxtaposition with the night and day chasing each other helps the poem flow and convey its meaning. I also liked the personification of the season and how you paired them. Almost like lost friends.
You write with the descriptive power of a novelist, truly setting this scene for us. It's not just easy to picture your graveyard but easy to elaborate on that picture, let myself as a reader be carried away by it, get lost in it. That there is no central action occurring in your story rather seems to fit your writing style, which naturally lends itself to the more contemplative tone and eerie musings it takes on at the end.
This is so powerful to read as a queer person who also has gone through a period of gender discovery. Being raised as a girl only to wonder if you connect is such a raw and intense experience that you explained so well. I also came out at around the same age, and fitting the stereotype is so relatable. I think at such a time, labels became absolute instead of interpretation and personal use. Learning to express femininity is so profound to me, and I'm happy you shared your story. :)
Thank you so much!!!
I absolutely love the title, such a creative piece and absolutely amazing to look at. Wonderfully done.
I love when people talk about the little things and you presented it beautifully
I love love LOVE the capitals at the end of some of the lines and making some of them all capital. It makes everything feel important and like it is a formula to becoming a writer.
I love the repetitiveness of "I gave myself an A" I feel like it helped keep the rhythm of the poem.
Thank you!
The use of juxtaposition with the night and day chasing each other helps the poem flow and convey its meaning. I also liked the personification of the season and how you paired them. Almost like lost friends.
Thank you!!
You write with the descriptive power of a novelist, truly setting this scene for us. It's not just easy to picture your graveyard but easy to elaborate on that picture, let myself as a reader be carried away by it, get lost in it. That there is no central action occurring in your story rather seems to fit your writing style, which naturally lends itself to the more contemplative tone and eerie musings it takes on at the end.