May Lafer-Kirtner
IN WHICH I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO MY FATHER WHY IT HURTS
“I AM SO TIRED OF BEING UNSEEN.”
We Are the Girls
“Ask a girl the first time she was afraid”
Ocean Girl
"I can’t remember the last time I have ever loved a girl not made of liquid nitrogen"
Becoming the Wicked Child
“I am full of fire and this time it is not burning me down/ It is lighting me up.”
Dime & Emmy
"I both miss her, and am over her, and am angry with her."
The Night I Wrote My First Poem
"The night I wrote my first poem was the same night I had my heart broken"
Spilled Blood
An opinion piece on the events of the Texas hostage crisis at a synagogue.