Writing Contest Winners

Gideon Rodrigo

The winning haiku of the first B.H.L.M open camera submitted by Gideon Rodrigo.

Poem, art, and image from B.H.L.M's featured artist for April, Gideon Rodrigo.

Collaborative and Event Poems

B.H.L.M Renga #2.

conducted at the Crystal Ballroom, Saturday, May 10th. Verse by verse attribution pending cyber-security proofing.

Event Photo:

it’s closing time -

Brain hurts, the rain is gay.


Glitter is melting off my face

Madonna is playing

And so am I


Fuck!

I broke a mug and my research paper sucks


I’m feeling lucky,

I got magnets

And sushi for dinner tonight!


Whip on my mirror

Reflections on my mind

Whip it, whip it good


Cream in my coffee

Swirling smooth reflection in dark


Kaleidoscope eye

What mystery looks at you

From so deep within


Corazon, plants and nostalgia

Meeting new friends and getting shiny things


Light the candle,

Fire moon

Breath of mother

B.H.L.M Renga #1

New moons

Over Sommerville

Vamping about

You caught me 

let’s play

Eat your veggies 

On a rainbow bike

Morning glories

tuff stuff 

can’t get enough

Brass rings with sun 

Glass shines at night

Second shopping is tight

Blowing the horn of abraxis 

shredding dimensions with praxis 

Twenty five visions glimmer and

Shake with a deep inner quake 

A whisper escapes 

I’m not like other girls-

I’m totally overwhelmed 

Fish the Haiku Poet, of B.H.L.M

Viktor, of Smut Slam Boston Fame

Felt Nouns, of Felt Fame

Coopsy Art, of Printmaking Fame

BeerexCrafts, of Craft, Retro, Horror, and Community Fame

B.H.L.M Response Tanka #1

Completed, pending cybersecurity protocol: written Sunday, April 13, 2025, at the Trident Poetry Open Mic, part of the Trident Poetry Collective where Fish serves as Chief Strategy Officer for 2025.

Staff Portfolio Debuts

Fish, memoir and recovery writing, as a young trans person for other trans people and those who love us:

NOW IT IS

GETTING

LESS COLD

a sympathetic brutalist essay by fiSH