Index
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This page provides a brief description of each work in this special issue. To go to a work directly, click the bolded titles.
A spirited poem about running and birthmarks.
A beautifully descriptive poem about why the author loves making portraits of port wine stains.
Also in the author’s collection titled Shine Bright My Superstar, the poem is about the many other strong qualities they want people to focus on instead of their differences.
A metaphorical poem about trying to hide insecurities by becoming something they’re not.
A powerful poem about growing up with a vascular birthmark and learning to embrace it.
An introspective piece detailing feelings of isolation, anxiety, self-acceptance, and the thoughts the author had growing up with a port wine stain and Sturge-Weber syndrome.
A narrative essay about life and the author’s experiences with a facial difference.
A heartfelt homage written for a very close friend and their birthmark.
The first chapter of a fairy-tale-style story about the author’s discovery of their ‘birthmark twin’.
