Andrea Gibson
Andrea Gibson
Andrea Gibsonis an award-winning poet and activist who lives in Boulder, Colorado. Gibson's poetry focuses on gender norms, politics, social reform and the struggles LGBTQ people face in today's society...
land fire volcanoes
Remind me that the most fertile lands were built by the fires of volcanoes.
heart empty weak
You are not weak just because your heart feels so empty.
inspirational team kids
So guess what, if I ever have my own team I am picking everyone first even the worst kid and the kid with the stutter like a skipping record 'cause I know all of us are scratched, even if you can't hear it when we speak.
love-you small-talk
Everything but "I LOVE YOU" is small talk.
piano keys ribs
Touch me 'til my ribs become piano keys.
laughing enlightenment remember
If you ever reach enlightenment. will you remember how to laugh?
inspirational heart home
Last night I saw your ghost pedalling a bicycle with a basket towards a moon as full as my heavy head and I wanted nothing more than to be sitting in that basket like ET with my glowing heart glowing right through my chest and my glowing finger pointing in the direction of our home.
inspirational poetry house
This is my heartbeat like yours, it is a hatchet It can build a house or tear one down.
body mines
This is my body. It is no one's but mine.
ignorance pieces left
Your ignorance keeps dismembering every piece of patience I have left.
love-is magic melting
Love isn't always magic. Sometimes it's just melting.
someday dare trade
Someday we will dare to trade good for true
letting-go hands verbs
Fear is only a verb if you let it be. Don't you dare let go of my hand!
wings feelings world
she's wondering how many women are walking around this world feeling the tingling of their amputated wings remembering what it was to fly to sing