Kristin Gustafson thinks she is funnier than she really is. She was one of Literary Cleveland’s 2023-2024 Breakthrough Writing Residents and is working on her first full-length poetry collection about mental illness and pop culture. Her work has appeared in Cleveland Scene Magazine, HAD, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, BULLSHIT LIT, Gone Lawn, and elsewhere. You can watch her scream into the void on Twitter/X/Elon’s hellscape @‌KristinTheRed or post the occasional dog or horse picture on Instagram @‌KristinGustafsonE

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Horse Poetica

By KRISTIN GUSTAFSON

Ask permission before approaching someone else’s poem.