Holy Boys Kids25 a couple encounters a “weeping

a couple encounters a “weeping woman”—a professional mourner—sobbing inconsolably at a funeral

well-being and optimism

a RAF veteran

Warm up over a bowl of fragrant stew or juicy baked fruit from the namesake trees of White Orchard

He shows how various falsehoods run deep

Holy Boys Kids25 a couple encounters a “weepingHoly Boys seeks to address the lingering echoes of adolescence and the pains of living a life in the shadows of unspeakable desires and all consuming longing. These poems are a means of finding language in youth, gathering experience in pubescence, and serving as testament to survival in a world that demands silences throughout queer life. These poems are an archive which maps physical desire and emotional needs while pushing past dogma and self