jp thorn is a queer, neurodivergent artist raised in & returned to the bible belt. advocate for destigmatization & radically open communication, their work is inspired by humanness, reframing traditionalism, therapeutic processes, unlearning patriarchy, identity, & global patterns.
Selected work
conclave or rearranging realism or master of robes by jp thorn
fifth wheel press, 2025
art as action by jp thorn
The Bitchin’ Kitsch, 2025
paving the way to a dream [(ico)n]
HNDL (Highlighted Neurodivergent/Disabled Life) Magazine, 2025
when a poet dies by jp thorn | Ink & Marrow
Ink and Marrow, 2025
fortune cookie aphorisms by jp thorn - manywor(l)ds :: place
manywor(l)ds, 2025
mysticism for beginners by jp thorn - manywor(l)ds :: place
manywor(l)ds, 2025
turnsole, by jp thorn
The Ekphrastic Review, 2025
letter to a young poet :: from your future cyborg — Zoetic Press
NonBinary Review, 2025
table talk by jp thorn | redrosethorns publications | gender-sexuality
redrosethorns journal, 2025
warm southern wind by jp thorn | redrosethorns publications | mental health
redrosethorns journal, 2025
self-regulating freeze state by jp thorn | redrosethorns publications | mental health
redrosethorns journal, 2025
who names you? by jp thorn | redrosethorns publications | gender-sexuality
redrosethorns journal, 2025
ringu - Graveyard of Things Unsaid | Hanahaki Magazine
Hanahaki Magazine, 2025
i'm following — jp thorn — fifth wheel press
fifth wheel press, 2025
JP Thorn — GROTTO
GROTTO Journal, 2025
re: courage by jp thorn - Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2025
epiphany
Screen Door Review, 2025
speculatively year five
Screen Door Review, 2025
brunch with my othering ~ FRUITSLICE Issue 7: Home
Fruitslice, 2025
i want to give you (Space) | GARLAND Issue 3
fifth wheel press, 2025
herculean nature ~ PEACH FUZZ ISSUE 32
Peach Fuzz Magazine, 2025
pink by jp thorn - Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2025
re: sand — ballast journal
Ballast, 2025
saṃsāra | Antler Velvet: Spirals
Antler Velvet, 2025
for the love of god
The Bitchin’ Kitsch, 2025
re:poem ~ oblivion haiku series | Cycles 2025
Sage Cigarettes, 2025
there is one who watches over you | Equinox Biannual Journal | hotpoet
hotpoet, 2025
fallingwater | Equinox Biannual Journal | hotpoet
hotpoet, 2025
ask jeeves about karma
Anodyne Magazine, 2025
complicated grief as ars poetica | All My Relations Volume 8
The Bitchin’ Kitsch, 2025
disambiguation by jp thorn — fifth wheel press
fifth wheel press, 2025
endless therapy
JAKE, 2025
you will never forget how to dance by jp thorn
Lothlorien Poetry Journal, 2025
the hours by jp thorn
Lothlorien Poetry Journal, 2025
for the suicidal man i don’t regret meeting in 2015 by jp thorn
Lothlorien Poetry Journal, 2025
open letter to you (there)
JAKE, 2025
memento mori on the dancefloor — UNSTABLE — Querencia Press
Querencia Press, 2025
natural (re)born entertainer — UNSTABLE — Querencia Press
Querencia Press, 2025
reclaiming the title 'the alchemist' — UNSTABLE — Querencia Press
Querencia Press, 2025
deified — fwp 2024: an anthology of queer writing
fifth wheel press, 2024
astronautilus — Heathentide Orphans 2024 — Zoetic Press
NonBinary Review, 2024
wagon wheel by jp thorn
Anti-Heroin Chic, 2024
duck, duck, gray duck by jp thorn
Anti-Heroin Chic, 2024
we all have our own history of migration by jp thorn
Anti-Heroin Chic, 2024
election day, just another day, we’re all on fire anyway by jp thorn • citizen trans* {project}
new words, 2024
tough love | PEACH FUZZ ISSUE 31
Peach Fuzz Magazine, 2024
spit or swallow
Litbreak Magazine, 2024
astronautilus (expansion)
Litbreak Magazine, 2024
small gust (the butterfly effect)
Litbreak Magazine, 2024
turnsole
Litbreak Magazine, 2024
bear market
Litbreak Magazine, 2024
deified — JP Thorn — fifth wheel press
fifth wheel press, 2024
fortune cookie aphorisms — JP Thorn — GARLAND Issue 2
fifth wheel press, 2024
addiction paints itself portrait — THE THIRD BULLSHIT ANTHOLOGY (paperback) — BULLSHIT LIT
BULLSHIT LIT, 2024
burn upon reentry by JP THORN — BULLSHIT LIT
BULLSHIT LIT, 2024
chanceless by JP THORN — BULLSHIT LIT
BULLSHIT LIT, 2024
cracked baby by JP Thorn — fifth wheel press
fifth wheel press, 2024