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...
laughing enlightenment remember
If you ever reach enlightenment. will you remember how to laugh?
piano keys ribs
Touch me 'til my ribs become piano keys.
love-you small-talk
Everything but "I LOVE YOU" is small talk.
song home cutting
Love isn't always magic. But if I offered my body to the magician, if I told him to cut me in half so after that I could come to you whole and ask for you back would you listen for this dark alley love song? For the winter we heated our home from the steam off our own bodies?
inspirational team kids
So guess what, if I ever have my own team I am picking everyone first even the worst kid and the kid with the stutter like a skipping record 'cause I know all of us are scratched, even if you can't hear it when we speak.
heart empty weak
You are not weak just because your heart feels so empty.
land fire volcanoes
Remind me that the most fertile lands were built by the fires of volcanoes.
gun safety safe
Safety isn't always safe. You can find one on every gun.
inspirational light new-orleans
And we were Banksy on an overpass in New Orleans spray-painting porch lights on the hurricane. We were welcome mats for the un-forgiven. We never sold our windpipes to make a living. We were the letters sent to the wrong address, but opened anyway. We opened anyway.
stars dark flashlights
If you’re handing out flashlights in the dark, start handing out stars.
believe mirrors temples
What Gods do you believe in? I'll build you a temple of mirrors so you can see them.
growing-up simple boys
Hey, are you a boy or a — never mind, can I have a push on the swing?” And some day, y’all, when we grow up, it’s all gonna be that simple.
doors window written
I’ve written this poem before but always through a window, never through an open door.
inspirational sweet heart
My heart is still a leather jacket I am waiting to give to someone sweet.