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...
aspect produced students written
The interesting aspect of this publication is that it was produced and written by undergraduate students.
awhile email heard iraq love wake worry
He is over in Iraq now, ... I worry every day when I wake up. 'How's he doing? I haven't heard from him, what's going on?' Every once in awhile I get an email and he'll say, 'I'm okay, I love you' and that's pretty much how it is.
edition fund funding future given hope secure special university year
This year we were given a one-time fund for this special edition of Engage. We hope to secure funding from the university for a future publications.
people important plans
I don't have a single plan for my life more important than learning to love people well.
coffee book tea
I'm good at loving books. I'm good at loving soft bed sheets. I'm good at loving coffees and teas. I am good at loving things that can't love me back, that don't have the power to leave. And maybe, that's why I love them.
inspirational stars shining
You never wish on shooting stars. You wish on the ones that have the courage to shine where they are.
loving-yourself lifetime radical
Commit to loving yourself completely. It’s the most radical thing you will do in your lifetime.
wall fists rooms
Everyone’s chest is a living room wall with awkwardly placed photographs hiding fist-shaped holes.
inspirational lonely heart
Cause I might be naked and lonely Shaking branches for bones But I'm still time zones away From who I was the day before we met You were the first mile Where my heart broke a sweat And I wish you were here I wish you'd never left But mostly I wish you well I wish you my very very best.
healing people sometimes
Sometimes the most healing thing to do is remind ourselves over and over and over, other people feel this too.
keys soldier different
and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the first time his finger clicks the trigger. We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.
inspirational tree poetry
Forests may be gorgeous but there is nothing more alive than a tree that learns how to grow in a cemetery.
halloween stable knows
For Halloween I'm gonna be emotionally stable. No one's gonna know it's me.
ocean kissing storm
I would kiss you in the middle of the ocean during a lightning storm cuz I'd rather be left for dead than wondering what thunder sounds like.