A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
Poetry
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Grace F. Hopkins has been collecting myths and urban legends since she “wasted” her undergraduate degree studying English, Classics, and folklore. Read her poem at the link below.
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“It’s my first time. I sink into cushy recliner. A monitor tracks blood pressure. The therapist adheres a finger sensor, a final electrode as I shut my eyes.”
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In his latest poem, Andrew Hall writes about disability in the context of a relationship.
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“I’ll spend my whole life/Disentangling from you/That’s all fine/I can handle it.”
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Eli Underwood is a writer, organizer, and archivist living with CPTSD, ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and Long Covid. Read their poem, Invalid Invalid.
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For our one hundredth post at Knee Brace Press, poet Casey Sharp writes about her experience with ADHD.
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Brian Lee is a writer and poet from Singapore who scribbles when he should be having lunch. Read his latest poem, After the Collapse.
