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“PTSD” – Poem by Xica Necia

Posted by strange on August 28, 2018

Watch “PTSD” poem by Xica Necia, a Latinx, sexual abuse survivor and activist who recently published a zine called “I’m Still Here” featuring queer survivors of color.

Posted in: Interviews of Poets, Shannen | Tagged: poem, ptsd, PTSD art, PTSD awareness, PTSD awareness month, PTSD poem, QPOC, QPOC poet, queer poet, Xica Necia

Memory: Poetry by Georgia St. Jones

Posted by Georgia St. Jones on July 23, 2018
Memory: Poetry by Georgia St. Jones

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Georgia St. Jones is a California broke girl using music, art, and literature as a way to be universal and staff contributor for The Strange is Beautiful.
Follow her here: Instagram, SoundCloud.
See her latest posts here.

Posted in: Georgia St. Jones, Poetry, TSIB Staff Poetry | Tagged: #thestrangeisbeautiful, georgia st. jones, love, love poem, memory, monthly theme, poem, the strange is beautiful

Accepting Difficult Change: Poetry by Georgia St. Jones

Posted by strange on October 17, 2017
Accepting Difficult Change: Poetry by Georgia St. Jones

My mother had been wanting to move to Lancaster since we started going through the moving process. It was me and my negative energy that kept us in L.A. for so long. It took me a long time to accept that my future was no longer in Los Angeles.

Posted in: Georgia St. Jones, Poetry, TSIB Staff Poetry | Tagged: anxiety, black poets, depression, georgia st. jones, lancaster, poc poet, poem, poetry, sad poems, the strange is beautiful

Meditation Mondays: Alejandra Pizarnik’s Diana’s Tree

Posted by strange on December 12, 2016
Meditation Mondays: Alejandra Pizarnik's Diana's Tree

hihi!! here’s a link to Alejandra Pizarnik’s poems in Spanish:

Posted in: Meditations for Mind Obstacles, Self Care | Tagged: alejandra pizarnik, arbol de diana, diana's tree, meditate, meditation, meditation monday, meditation mondays, octavio paz, philosophy, poem, poema, poet, self help, the strange is beautiful

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