Entering Existence

"Entering Existence" is a small chapbook by Noelle and Sonia, a transfem plural system (twitter). Together they say that this is "a chapbook of 10 to 12 poems centered on our reckoning with plurality, our dreams, and our fears. We experimented with a lot of different forms and styles here, so, hope you like at least some of them!". It's really great to see a submission specifically about plurality/systems, as I know in some trans/non-cis scenes that's a really important experience and topic that so many amazing creative content makers are constantly exploring in their work. It's not an experience I personally share, but I know it's very significant to a lot of people, so it's great to see it here. The poems within are really really good. They have so many different visual presentations, and topics, and sentiments that it just feels like a uniquely coherent but compiled read. I would definitely recommend this if you're wanting to read something about desperate emotions, or see a great example of the variety that poetry can consist of. There are so many great lines I found it really hard to pick one. It's a great length at 16 pages, and I found myself definitely into the stories it was telling. It's so much about the exploration of the inner self and the inner mind. It really paints what it's like to be so introspective. Not in a self-important or concerning way; not at all. Just a really vivid illustration of trying to discover what it means to be in tune with yourself or yourselves and how one person and one body can live multiple lives all in one go.

"THE GREATEST SIN EVER COMMITTED WAS NOT THE EATING OF A POMEGRANATE NOR THE KILLING OF A BROTHER NOR ANY OTHER BIBLE STORY I CAN BARELY REMEMBER FROM WHEN I WAS TWELVE PROPHECY IS A SHAM PERSONHOOD IS A SHAM LIVING AND DYING IS ALL THERE IS TO IT BUT OH HOW I WISH THERE WAS MORE"