Swallowing the AshIn their debut chapbook, Reynolds examines ways to weaponize and abandon girlhood after being assaulted.Bottlecap Features, 2023
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Laurel Reynolds
Laurel Reynolds (she/they) is a poet attending Brandeis University for an MA in English & Gender Studies. Her work often explores the connections between queerness, pop culture, trauma, and relationships. Editor w/ JAKE🤙
Boston, MA, United States
Chapbooks
Selected work (13 publications)
"Malibu" (Best of the Net Nominated) & "Some Call It Greed"I want to punch a wall–
skin and clean my knuckles in plaster.
I want to go to the ER
for something tangible.
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If I was a dog, I would have been put down by now.
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I want to be a Malibu Barbie Doll to
pull apart my joints and scrub the disease
i realized i forgot to say i love youif words were meant to elaborate on
us, we would have to wait until the
waves left the sea to learn the
language. do you ever reminisce
& remember driveway PIG or
midnight microwave nachos?do
you ever not miss me but hold
pinkie promises to the heart
My Father Votes in Favor of Capital PunishmentMy Father Votes in Favor of Capital Punishment
and it gives me hope
that he won’t kill us.
In My Dreams, My Family Tries to Euthanize MeI bowed, bah-ed, been the perfect black sheep
to the perfect midwestern farmers, and still,
I’m milliliters from death on their barn floor.