Index
- Angelina Cheng
- Aug 1
- 2 min read
This page provides a brief description of each work in this special issue. To go to a work directly, click the bolded titles.
A lyrical essay about remembering oneself through language, culture, and the stories that shape identity.
A storybook reflection on the expectations of individuals to restrict themselves from childlike qualities.
A wishful poem about the negative qualities one would leave behind if given the ability.
An illustration of how shame can fester within us like a contaminant, ultimately revealing that our own hands that set the fire also hold the power to extinguish it.
A reflection of the feelings that follow intrusive thoughts.
This piece illustrates the poet's experience with depression as a companion; a constant, rhythmic rain that captures its lingering, inescapable presence.
A series of haikus representing the endless cycle of chronic depression and complacency.
A reflective piece written in third-person on the experience of loneliness.
A poetic illustration of feeling stagnant in the moment.
A metamorphic poem about choosing to become unstuck rather than living life directionless.
A poem about learning how fear may soften when staying with oneself long enough.
A poem about how an individual's mental health complications and past traumas can affect their relationships.
A poem detailing one's lived experience with invisible disabilities through the memory of wanting to dance with their wife at a wedding, but being unable to.
A poem about holding on to hope for the future while struggling with mental illness. This poem was self-published in the poetry collection Hallways: A Journey through Grief,
Trauma, and Love by Shell Walsh.
A metaphoric poem about the emotions surrounding an abortion.
A short work about how early loss/grief reshapes your expectations of life
A reflective piece on how individuals are perceived while grieving death.
A poem about the world and everything going on within humanity and politics.
A poem about escape, longing for freedom, and the desire to leave a lasting impression.
A journal entry detailing the experience of growing up in a conservative religious environment and its effect on them today
