Avery Y-W

(they/them) trans, queer, young but less young than yesterday. sometimes i make poems in my toaster

MD, United States

Selected work (8 publications)

Peach Mag, 2022

The Other Day on Wikipediaas a child I did study dinosaurs because I was fascinated with their dubious reality, and learned their colors are undetermined even by scientists. And some dinosaurs were named twice because their discoverers never swapped notes.

Ice Lolly Review, 2023

you asked me what i write poetry aboutSo when I say I am a poet, condemn me as a thief. I make myself avoid the appearance of listening (page 34)

Split Lip Magazine, 2023

Benediction and #4 Clippers she teases, "don’t get me pregnant, that’s the old wives’ tale." maybe she implies wives are swept off their feet, or maybe kneeling can name any floor an altar.

Portland Review, 2023

RuminantiaI used to clean her yard of remnants, slotting femurs and calves into a bucket, so they wouldn’t decompose near her zucchini. She saved each piece on hooks in her basement. She was trying, I think, to build her own framework of a deer.

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