Zaphra Stupple is a poet and multimedia artist living in Michigan. They are the author of There Will Still Be The Body (Red Beard Press, 2018). They were the 2017 Ann Arbor youth poet laureate. They were featured in Ann Arbor’s annual poetry show, Poetry Night, and are one third of the accompanying book, Joy, Despite. Their work has been published in HEArt Journal, |tap| magazine, The Journal, and Vinyl, among others.

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blue cento

By ZAPHRA STUPPLE

my blue body
red as war
under him.

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red manifestation

By ZAPHRA STUPPLE

I bled to prove:
so this is pain.