@laurensaxon235
Poet + Engineer
Website + Selected Publications
Website + Selected Publications
Lauren Saxon is a queer, Black writer and engineer in Portland, Maine. She is Editor of Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and her poetry is featured in Flypaper Magazine, Homology Lit, and more. Her first chapbook, "You're My Favorite" is forthcoming with Thirty West Publishing.
Celebrating National Poetry Month with Lauren Saxon
Celebrating National Poetry Month with Lauren Saxon
Poetry Medicine for the Soul · Episode
“Roadkill” – Ninth Letter
“Roadkill” – Ninth Letter
Roadkill My girlfriend snaps when she sees roadkill. She used to do a single clap, but that felt weird. Like I was applauding the death, so now she snaps. Just once. I add the sound her fingers make to the list of things I love about her. Decide to start doing it too (snapping), and [...]Read More... from Lauren Saxon
You Once Told Me
You Once Told Me
by Lauren Saxon VOICEMAIL POEMS · "You Once Told Me" by Lauren Saxon Lauren Saxon is a queer, Black poet and engineer living in Portland, ME. She loves her cats, her Subaru, and spending way too much time online. Lauren’s work is featured in Barrelhouse, Empty Mirror, Across the Margin, Homology Lit, and more. HerContinue reading "You Once Told Me"
THIS POEM IS ABOUT - phoebe
THIS POEM IS ABOUT - phoebe
Lauren Saxon bones. about kneecaps. how easily they dimple the earth’s wet surface. this poem is about kneeling. consider the body’s position. the way our limbs fold into one another. the way weeping and praying often yield the same silhouette. and here is a poem about muscle. focused not on its shape, strength or size.
Order My Chapbook, "You're My Favorite"
Order My Chapbook, "You're My Favorite"
A debut chapbook and winner of the 6th Annual Wavelengths Chapbook Contest, Lauren Saxon’s Pushcart Prize-nominated poems are intimate and confessional. A dramatic repertoire of racial equality, queer love, mental health, and grief dance along each page. You will end this reading experience knowing
"Lifeway Christian" — Across The Margin
"Lifeway Christian" — Across The Margin
"Lifeway Christian" by Lauren Saxon — Across The Margin
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