Embodying Language
A visual poem by Jill McCabe Johnson - "The body is a situation" Melissa Mathewson
Nominated for Best of the Net 2023
Under the Thumb of Patriarchy
A visual poem by Jill McCabe Johnson
The Widowmaker Tried to Kill Me, But Failed Miserably
I didn’t know I’d had a heart attack until the morning after, once the stent was in and I’d had a good night’s sleep flat on my back with a weighted pillow on my upper thigh where the surgeon cut into my femoral artery.
the reason my insides are so swollen
CW: talk of muscles and bones, dysphoria
(safe house)
CW: fire/smoke, death, religious trauma
Make a Wish
Grown-ups were always telling us to make a wish; when blowing out our birthday candles, when finding a four-leaf clover, when snapping the wishbone on the chicken after Sunday lunch.
Jazz Standard
“i’m old fashioned”