Relics of Unbearable Softness: A Poetry & Art Anthology of Queer Joy

Relics of Unbearable Softness is a collection radiating from queer joy. It is a celebration of our endurance and our love for every single one of us. This is a tribute to the soft, safe place of joy we were made to exist within. Embrace queer joy with us.

She moves like the tides / and her smile is a river in the sun. God was in that coffee shop rivering, / sunning each person.
-I Found God I Think She Might Be Queer, Becca Downs

we talk about getting matching disco ball tattoos to bask in the rainbow shards of joy we've shared
-Turn Up The Volume On Unbridled Joy, Victoria Montecillo

Blessed are the allies who don't treat understanding as a prerequisite for love. / Blessed are the queer elders who never got to grow old.
-New Psalm, Emily Long

we are a glitter like shrapnel / lodging in the viscous gaze of Friday's regular customers / And in we march
-Fall In Love With Your Friends, Spencer Mason

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