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...
girl cutting boys
Yes, I like girls; Yes, I like boys; I like boys who like boys; I like girls who wear toys and girls who don't; I like girls who don't call themselves girls; Crew cuts or curls or that really bad hair phase in between.
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
song home cutting
Love isn't always magic. But if I offered my body to the magician, if I told him to cut me in half so after that I could come to you whole and ask for you back would you listen for this dark alley love song? For the winter we heated our home from the steam off our own bodies?
hitting hitting-back bottom
But when I thought I hit bottom, it started hitting back.
storm sunny-day sunny
I have always been comfortable weathering the storm. I’d like to get more comfortable weathering the sunny day.