#danez smith

[leehallfae]

“of course you should address me in the plural. / said short: i am everyone. i am everything. / said shorter: i am.”

— danez smith, “they/them”

[leehallfae]

“i think that’s what / language does—builds a room made for living.”

— danez smith, “they/them”

[havingapoemwithyou]

They/Them By Danez Smith

[ambiguityenjoyer]

ONE MORE TIME FOR DANEZ SMITH

[katerobynmoments]

— Danez Smith

“I want to dig you up, let it rain twice; before our next good—bye.”

[jamelalatise]

[ommatidia]

new poem from Danez Smith for Tamir Rice’s 24th birthday

[perpetually-tired-valkyrie]

unfortunately, or blessed, it could have been hours, or years, but it was hours we disappeared into, touch i shouldn’t savor, not this day, not while missing you, not this deep in love, but a year ago, or was it days, we said i do which under it laid dozens more commitments, one being our commitment to pleasure, to touch, to the touch of others, so i do but also i will continue to do it, that it, with people that are not you—love, believe it, or not, lives in that promise too, i love the sounds others pull from you, i love your ecstasy even if i’m not around to engineer it, and here i am, on the other side of the promise, on the other side of the world, underneath this person who i have promised nothing but my attention and effort until it’s done, and it was, done under the moon until the rain started and, then, done under the rain, i am ashamed to say it, but i must say it: i would have asked them to stay, to do it again, to touch me forever had i not, and thank God i did, placed my forever in you, but amor, amor, you should have seen it, us: beneath the rain, a storm, under the promise, my loaned breath.

Do You Know What Today Is?

Danez Smith

(poets.org)