Soulmate as a Verb Christopher Willard alternate timeline being created in

alternate timeline being created in the wake of every rash decision

but she’s not out

taking her animal friends around town on their animal business

this grimoire honors the light and shadow of the Full Moon and New Moon

Soulmate as a Verb Christopher Willard alternate timeline being created inBy: Kelsey L. Smoot Published by MIT Press, 2026 02 24 Poems of tender knowledge, buoyant survival, and Black, trans embodiment. The simple yet fraught experience of embodiment lies at the thrumming heart of Kelsey L. Smoots Soulmate as a Verb. Bodies make love possible, they enable tender connection and transmit electric joy, all while leaving one vulnerable to discord and abuse, heartbreak and grief. Like a body, Smoots daring poetry metabolizes