image of RL in a white shirt, black pants and shoes, and a belt standing in front of a brown fence and reading from their phone. a person with pink hair is sitting down in the background leaning against the fence.
graphic of RL in a blue patched jacket against a blue-green background with the following text below: “i remember // my name & listen to its sound / collapse in midair: spine snapped // in half: small bird escaping / that cavernous nothing // inside me” — “Precipice” by RL Wheeler
new poem up with Shade Literary Arts!! <3 you can read it here: shadeliteraryarts.org/single-post/rl…
AND i got to read this piece at Foglifter’s off-site event in LA a bit back, which was a joy!