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Sue Madecky's avatar

Love it:)

Joakim Blytt's avatar

What struck me here is how you frame poetry not as intention but as accident - almost like it finds you before you find it. The mix of therapy, cringe, laughter, and prophecy makes it feel alive, not polished into distance but beating close to the chest. And I think that’s what makes it reach those who never thought they’d read poetry - it doesn’t ask for reverence, it just insists on honesty. Brave work, Quinn.

Quinn Holm's avatar

This means a lot to me. Thank you for understanding my work with such clarity!

Elsewhere Echo's avatar

I liked this. It's masterpiece ✨.

Shabbir Jasden's avatar

This is stunning, Quinn.

Not just for the language (which flows with grace and grit), but for the intention behind it.

The way you speak directly to those who’ve armored themselves in logic and strategy, offering poetry as both mirror and medicine is powerful :)

Quinn Holm's avatar

“Grace and grit”, “mirror and medicine” — thank you for using such beautiful words to describe my writing. That really means a lot to me!

eva's avatar

This is written so beautifully<33

Quinn Holm's avatar

My writing is always memoir first, poetry second. In fact, I don’t like being boxed into any specific genre just for the sake of marketing or audience segmentation or publishing logistics. That’s not my job. I write from my lived experience, my truth and it contains multitudes just like the person I am. That’s the only thing I care about in my art.

Kashaf Rashid's avatar

Love it. It’s so beautiful