Poetry

Grounded in anticapitalist thought and shaped by Jewish, feminist, and queer theory, my poetry interrogates the dynamics of power, desire, and identity. As Audre Lorde asserts, the personal is political; language functions both as a tool for challenging dominant ideologies and as a medium for disrupting systems of power. My work draws on dramatic literature and ancient myth to examine how narratives construct, constrain, and complicate identity, and how these cultural symbols of authority and domination can be reclaimed as acts of defiance and renewal.

Influenced by Aristotle’s notion of catharsis, I am particularly interested in the performative power of language—its capacity to evoke transformation and provoke critical engagement. Writing, in this sense, becomes a ritual of connection. Drawing on Victor Turner’s and Arnold van Gennep’s ritual theory, I view poetry as a liminal space that transcends time and place, where societal structures are suspended, enabling transformative dialogue between writer and reader. By framing writing as a collective ritual, my poetry seeks to create a shared space where human experiences—such as loss and longing—are not merely observed but actively engaged with, offering readers the possibility of reimagining their own narratives and identities.

Rooted in postcolonial theory, my work seeks to decolonize language, subverting the linguistic frameworks that have been co-opted to reinforce systems of oppression, thereby reclaiming it as a tool for both personal and political resistance.