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All I Can Say
This week’s poem comes from Danny Whitty, a nonspeaking autistic writer, poet, and advocate whose life opened up with Spelling to Communicate.
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Instead of Tea in the Harbor
A bonus poem from Joel Nyland.
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True Friends
This week’s poem is a testament to friendship, written collaboratively by nonspeaking poets (and devoted advocates) Nico Segrera and Graciela Lotharius.
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How To Rest
Hello everyone,
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Sucking Face in the Park
This week’s poem comes from Joel Nyland.
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Acquiring Beautiful Energy
This week’s excerpt from Lights in the Darkness comes from Lucy Cohen, who describes herself as “a life-loving teenager pursuing energy in the nine.
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A LIBRARIAN OF MOLECULES
We have a first for the Listening World this week: a cover reveal!
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I Cried a River Last Night
This week’s poem comes from a nonspeaking autistic student-writer who wanted to preface it with this: “To be shared anonymously, as I feel sensitive to…
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My Hunger
This week’s poem comes from Matthew McGugan, who introduces himself this way: “My name is Matthew McGugan, 23 years old, and a resident of Orangeville…
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Volumes
Today’s poem was collaboratively written (just this morning!) by Joel Nyland and Chris Martin.
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breezes
We come to you this week with our very first serial offering.
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Hey Love
My name is Lumi Akintunde, I am an advocate for human beings.
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