Poems
Small Enough to Fit
If you were small enough to fit on a bite of mashed potatoes, would you go up or down? What does September mean?
Things That Happened to Me in High School
That would not be appropriate for me to talk about in a high school. Rhonda cornered me in the bathroom and asked…
Submissive
All day long I expend. I hold together, I lift up, I give out. I pour light for our food supply I irrigate crops with my mouth.
World’s Tallest Hill
In Poteau, Oklahoma there stands the World’s Tallest Hill. One foot shy of being a mountain. 1,999 feet of boasting pride…
Rainbow Revolution
Once upon a time, they said our love wasn’t fit for sunshine and open air. Once upon a time we hid in siren ready dives…
Chasing Grace
In the pages of Admiral Grace Hopper’s logbook, you can find the remains of a moth, plucked from the relay of the world’s first computer.
To The Oklahoma Progressives Plotting Mass Exodus
There’s a sick pit in your stomach. A plantation in your front yard. The silent flicker of black and white. An absurd…
Benediction for the Hustlers & Gardeners
When you were 18, we thought you’d be famous before you were 21. You won all the seed spitting contests. Carried matchsticks…
Video by Sterlin Harjo
Way back in 2011, Sterlin Harjo, known for FX show Reservation Dogs and award-winning films like Barking Water, made a promo video for Lauren that features samples of several of her most popular poems.
Video by Jerre B. Fine
Circa 2012, Jerre B. Fine made this promo video for Lauren that features samples of poems and a cameo from beloved queer activist poet, Andrea Gibson.