I feel it ALL.

i was told & believed for so long that poetry wasn’t a practical or noble pursuit. so to take a chance on myself anyway, to go after my MFA, write & publish a book during it & have a whole crowd of people at my book launch & sell out of 50 copies…it’s everything. trust yourself.

📖: tender teeth

Putting together a -very- small stack of books that have been banned (in the U.S.) for a customer

THIS BOOK IS REALLY GOOD AND SO WORTH IT AND IF YOU DONT READ POETRY MAKE AN EXCEPTION!!

EVERYONE GO READ MY BESTIES POETRY BOOK WHEN IT COMES OUT NEXT MONTH

less than a month until the release of my poetry book, tender teeth!!! here’s the cover reveal to celebrate <3

it’s getting real!!!🥹

hi friends 🦋 if you love reading/writing poetry and want to help an indie author out, I’d love for you to consider joining my ARC and/or street teams! here’s the link to sign up (and there’s a bit more explanation of what this means at the top of the form) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

i am so excited to share that i am a contributing author to THE TONGUE IS SHARP - an anthology of feminine rage coming January 20, 2025🫀‼️

one of my poems got accepted to a female rage anthology 🥹

just presented my thesis and killed it even though i was so nervous!!!! social anxiety who!!!

Frodo got part of his bone removed in surgery and has sutures going up half his leg and in his armpit and he’s still the happiest little guy😭 making me remember to romanticize every part of my life fr

hiiiii 🦋

my name is val, I’m a poet/fiction writer/editor/bookworm & vegan who still masks, loves all things fantasy & female rage & circus related, and is looking for friends old & new <3

I still think this is the coolest embroidery I’ve ever made, so many hours of work but so worth it

#embroidery #textileart

ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted putrid evil men to die by my sword so that my girlfriends and i could leave their entrails as offerings to the goddess of the forest who blessed us with eternal life in exchange for their blood

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...