Hello I'm Felix Leigh, a creative writer, artist, and activist and am the nerd who is currently working on writing a Cozy Fantasy Audio Drama called "The Firefly Café". I'm a queer, neurodivergent, disabled, POC, writer, artist, poet, photographer, singer, wannabe voice actor and signer (American Sign Language).
I write and post poetry on here about once a week on Wednesdays, using the backlog of poems I have in my notebook and Google Drive. For the most part my poetry is very depressing dealing with a lot of taboo topics (death, suicide, self harm, abuse, neglect, poverty, American Politics, queer issues [such as sexually, gender identity, queerphobia ex.] racism, neurodivergence, depression, anxiety and probably a bunch of other things I can't think of right now) and the occasional poem that isn't me just spreading my trauma like a dandelion loosing their seeds to the wind. I have made my partner cry with three of my poems. I am kinda proud of that and is now a formal part of my resume.
On the last Friday of the month I post updates about "The Firefly Café" or as I'm going to affectionately shorten it to "FFC" (which yes does in fact stand for "Flexible Flat Cable" in the electrical world and I don't care) most of the time it's just me yapping about random ideas I had.
When time hasn't aligned with those days of the week, I reblog random things I find, harass my moots, give unsolicited music recommendations in the tags, and post things about my life.
(The Tag list is below the cut.)
Please don't send in asks, tag me in things or message me trying to get me to donate money. Im broke and don't have a job, so I can't donate money. I need the little I have for me. I plan on volunteering at food shelves/banks in the near future and if you can I recommend you do.
**This User is Anti Gen-AI**
Tag List:
Poetry:
#original poem - A poem I wrote.
#poetry reblog - a poem I reblogged
#tw or #cw - means that the poem has some kind of content I have deemed worthy of a trigger warning in the tags. If the content is incredibly prevent I'll include the trigger warning at the start before the poem as well.
#old, #past trauma, #moving on, #im better now, #im safe now- commonly goes on poems that have to do with suicide, self harm, or abuse. These tags indicate that I don't feel like this anymore and am NOT a risk to my or anyone else's health or safety.
#new or #first draft - means that I probably wrote this the day of or night before posting, I try my best to make sure that there are no spelling or grammar errors but ADHD and Dysgraphia are very very annoying.
#draft - probably not a Wednesday poem, but it means that this is a brand new poem and I'm probably also asking for advice on how to write it.
#required reading - things my partner (or therapist) need to read.
The Firefly Café:
#the firefly cafe - Just things I post that are vaguely relevant to FFC or things that I feel like are similar to the plot or a good representation of one of the characters
#the firefly cafe updates - Those once week posts. If someone else uses this tag besides me, the official cafe blog or anyone else who I have deemed a accurate source of information, it's probably fake.
#the firefly cafe announcement - Announcements! Casting Calls, production updates, etc will be posted with this tag. If someone else uses this tag besides me, the official cafe blog or anyone else who I have deemed a accurate source of information, it's probably fake.
#the firefly cafe bulletin - character posts, art submissions, silly stuff
Other:
#non writing -not writing related
#on writing - about writing but not writing it's self
#on writers - about the struggles or life as a writer
#ask box - came from the ask box
#poll - poll. Because I can't make up own mind without strangers input
#notes - things that I reblogged for me to have later
i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users
would be remiss not to mention that the rainbow notably straight up just removed the trans flag colors from it. like they’re gone. it’s the progress flag minus the trans flag colors.
So I'm struggling to fall asleep and so I go to turn on some music like a normal person but unlike normal people I play video game soundtracks and so guess who accidentally started playing Rude Buster at 75% volume at 11 pm
Song if you don't know it btw or just wanna jam out
It’s finally June; season of long days, heatwaves and thunderstorms. Also, there’s plenty of audio dramas and fiction podcasts set to start.
it’s the monthly roundup of podcast news! We’ve got several new fiction podcasts, minisodes, crowdfunders and one big event to spotlight.
If you know any audio dramas releasing their first or second episodes this month that I missed, feel free to lmk in the comments and I’ll update the article 😊
I met a photographer who
reminds me of you, but maybe
everything does. His bookish manner,
observing, visibly thinking,
soft but certain voice, the
way he wears jeans. Secret
southern smoulder radiates
from skin. I map all these traits
on to this person, in the
hopes of finding you again.
This is not a poem about a new love;
It's a way for me to reckon with
my grief over losing you.
