A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
Poetry
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Christa Fairbrother’s poem A Villanelle for the Utensils is an ode to spoonies everywhere – and the effort it takes for us to complete the tasks others finish so easily.
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“My chest aches. A deeply centered tightness. A pain in the bones./I fight to breathe, bend or twist.” Poet Hannah Frost lets us in on her life with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
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In her newest poem for Knee Brace Press, the prolific Mandy Beattie asks, “How many footsteps in a full stop?”
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In her new poem, April McCloud describes her experience as a disabled person having disabled friends.
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Hannah Frost is poet and volunteer with The LUNA Project and Migraine World Summit.
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“He squats undercover/beneath unlit lintels, mantles, dust mites/spores.” Poet Mandy Beattie writes about the trauma of war in her first poem for Knee Brace Press, Stuck on That Ledge.
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Is your disability invisible, or is it not real at all? In her newest poem, April McCloud tackles medical gaslighting, self doubt, and more in a single declaration.
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“I resent being 34 with no sense of self/beyond the trail of burned bridges,/broken trust,/and unfinished dreams.”
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“It’s getting bad again – I mean, this is technically the worst it’s ever been …” In her new poem, sickness in the seams of it all, Sophie Mattholie writes about her experience with POTS.
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In her follow up poem for Knee Brace Press, Heather Ann Pulido writes about finding community with people who love and support her, anxiety and all.