Welcome back for our premiere Spring edition of Wordplay! In this issue, we will be featuring the work of Skye Newhall (they\/them) ’24. Skye is an English Literature and Linguistics double major, with a minor in Classical Languages. Skye hails from Salem, Massachusetts and just returned from studying abroad in Dublin last fall. I asked Skye to describe a little about their piece, \u201cWhat Are You?\u201d, which they so graciously shared for us today:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c<\/span>This poem was inspired by <\/span>The Song of Amergin<\/span><\/i> which is an ancient litany poem about Ireland. Rather than writing about the land, I chose to write about myself and my identity, particularly my identity as a trans-non-binary individual. Trapped in the binary ideas of masculine and feminine, this poem attempts to explore those heavy feelings and uplift those who don\u2019t necessarily fit inside them. \u201c <\/span>-Skye Newhall<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am muddied knees<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am pure, pristine, and clean<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am unbrushed hair<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am ringlets and hairdryers<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am hand-me-down swim trunks<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am too tight, too small, bikini lines<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am his unclimbed tree<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am the book she reads beneath the tree<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am superheroes and videogames<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am princesses and mermaids<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am bound breasts and tight tucks<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am out of body, detested body, and nobody at all<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Who washes clean the bloodied knees?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Who dries eyes and cradles the lost boy until she sleeps?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Who will tell her, who will finally tell him<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n that they are Freedom\u2019s dream?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Words<\/span><\/i> thanks Skye for graciously sharing their work with us!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Sydney Ellison ’24, Welcome back for our premiere Spring edition of Wordplay! In this issue, we will be featuring the work of Skye Newhall (they\/them) ’24. Skye is an English Literature and Linguistics double major, with a minor in Classical Languages. Skye hails from Salem, Massachusetts and just returned from studying abroad in Dublin […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5009","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5009"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7019,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5009\/revisions\/7019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} <\/h1>\n\n\n\n
“What Are You?\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
By: Skye Newhall<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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