Women of Resistance

When a woman tells the truth, she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.

hen a girl pronounces her own name
there is glory
when a woman tells her own story
she lives forever
all the women i know are perennials—
marigolds, daffodils
soft things that refuse to die

you swam across a river under rain sang
using a dildo for a microphone stayed up
to watch the moon eat the sun entire
ripped out the stitches in your heart
because why not if you think nothing &
no one can / listen I love you joy is coming

You don’t know my god.

surge forward with

personal lyric essays

JAMES ALLEN HALL

She has a Master’s in Education and works with The Philly Youth Poetry Movement. Currently, she tours the country.

She has featured at over 200 colleges and universities; hundreds of high schools, non-profits, and cultural arts spaces; and performed at The White House in 2016.

forthcoming in Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color, and garnered over 7.5 million views online.