Tuesday poem #654 : Nicole Mae : Your Skin is Where

 

 

I wrote my name on your back fifty-seven times

in cursive
          with a ballpoint pen. 

Soft, speckled boy,

your skin
          is where I come back to myself.

 

 

 

 

Nicole Mae is an interdisciplinary artist. Their poetry, films, and artworks reflect themes of nostalgia, longing, Prairie queerness, Hungarian diaspora, ill body, shame, and romantic love. Mae teaches poetry, hosts creative writing workshops, and runs a multimedia art subscription called Love Letters. A finalist for the 2025 Bronwen Wallace Awards, Mae lives in Treaty Four, otherwise known as Southern Saskatchewan.

the Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan