James Roach (they/he) is a queer, trans, sober poet who suffers and revels from the embarrassing and magical ordeal of falling in love. He writes at night because that's the safest time for vulnerable thoughts. He currently lives in the moment but often relocates to the past because sometimes, that's the only place the sun rises.
Selected work
- Poetry
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Withdrawal
The Periwinkle Pelican, 2024
Recompose
The Periwinkle Pelican, 2024
Honey
The Periwinkle Pelican, 2024
Bruised Citrus
The Periwinkle Pelican, 2024
Group Therapy
The Periwinkle Pelican, 2024
Scout's Honor
Wicked Gay Ways, 2024
Attention Deficit Fuck You
Serotonin Poetry, 2024
Orion and Cassiopeia Start Rumors
Nap Lit, 2024
Lullaby of Genocide / A Little Long for a Sunday Drive / San Diego
abducted cow magazine, 2024
Unfiltered
Whale Road Review, 2023
Unrighteous
The Erozine, 2023
A Sad Haiku
Vulnerary Magazine, 2023
Tell the Miles to Go Fuck Themselves
Ballast, 2023
Vacancy of Grief
Exist Otherwise, 2023
Step Ashore
orangepeel, 2023
Both/And
Vast Chasm Magazine, 2023
Carrot Cake
Exist Otherwise, 2023
Mixed Drink Melody
Button Poetry, 2023
Long Drive
Delicate Friend, 2023
Slow Burn / The World's Only Red Polar Bear / Jane
Aberration Labyrinth, 2023
My Own Hands Put the Monsters in My Mouth
A Thin Slice of Anxiety, 2022
Catamenia
BULLSHIT LIT, 2022
Plum / If I Weren't Bound / This Already Wrecked Heart
RESURRECTION Magazine, 2022
Adventure Dog
boats against the current, 2022
Tuesday Night
BULLSHIT LIT, 2022
Find Someone Who Looks at You the Way My Crush Looks at Her Husband
Roi Fainéant Press, 2022
Cost of Living
Gnashing Teeth, 2022
We Live in the Gray
Hearth & Coffin Literary Journal, 2022
A Grief He Visited Everyday
Quail Bell Magazine, 2022
Lovesick
Discretionary Love, 2022
A Prayer Beneath the Half-Spring Sun
Agapanthus Collective, 2022
On a Rainy April Night, We Meet for the First Time
Quail Bell Magazine, 2022
More Than Just My Flesh
Autofocus, 2021
Before
Sledgehammer Lit, 2021
Soft Lines
Riveting Rants, 2021
The Sharpness of Calm
Olney Magazine, 2021
Distance Between Us
Capsule Stories, 2021
Too Much Fire, Too Much Distance
Anti-Heroin Chic, 2021
How it Works / Smaller Than a Breadbox
Disquiet Arts, 2021
Alcohol is a Flammable Substance
Gnashing Teeth, 2021
Group Therapy
The Poet's Billow , 2017