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Wild Lion*esses Pride by JayHALLELUJAH IN THE STREETSFROM THE GRENZLANDMUSEUM TO THE STREETS OF AMERICAI walked through the remnants of the border today. The watchtowers. The fences turned inward. The silence forced on a people monitored by their neighbors. The flags of ideology that looked different but functioned the same.Germany lived through both extremes. The right devoured lives in fire. The left locked freedom behind concrete and glass. Indoctrination wore uniforms. Surveillance came in whispers. Dissent vanished in files. And I see it rising again—across the ocean, beneath familiar slogans.Let this be a record. A resistance. A...2025-05-1118 min
Wild Lion*esses Pride by JayWhere Music Becomes ConnectionWhere Music Becomes ConnectionIn this episode, I explore how music becomes more than sound — how it becomes connection, memory, and transformation. Inspired by two NaPoWriMo prompts (Day 24 and Day 25), I share a deeply personal reflection and two original poems shaped by a powerful concert experience with accordionist Martynas Levickis.The first piece, Sound Woven Through Steel, recounts how live music in an industrial steel hall became an immersive, emotional experience — one where I found myself floating, not alone, but in silent communion with a stranger.The second, Floating Together, is a lyrical resp...2025-04-2516 min
Wild Lion*esses Pride by JayA Collection of Poems from April 7-9th 2025A Collection of Poems from April 7–9, 2025Episode Summary:This episode gathers five poems written and compiled between April 7th and 9th, 2025, as part of my National Poetry Writing Month practice. One is a prompt-based original. Four are found poems—shaped from the shared sentences and voices of fellow writers on Notes. Together, they explore queerness, resistance, wildness, emotional truth, and the poetry of presence.Episode Notes:Since Monday, April 7th, I’ve been creating one poem each day as part of NaPoWriMo—some guided by prompts, others built from shared reflections, conversations, and communal insight. This epi...2025-04-1016 min