Lisa Summe
Lisa Summe was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH, earned a BA and MA in literature at the University of Cincinnati, and an MFA in poetry from Virginia Tech. Her poems have appeared in Juked, bedfellows, Waxwing, Salt Hill, and elsewhere. Her first book, Say It Hurts, is forthcoming from YesYes Books in June 2020. You can find her running, playing baseball, or eating vegan pastries in Pittsburgh, PA and on Instagram and Twitter @lisasumme.
Poetry, ShowcaseComing Out & Other Poems
The First Time I French Kissed You was the same as the first time I kissed a girl the same as the first time…
PoetryI’m Sorry I Cannot Attend Your Party
It’s not your taste for cheap beer or the fact that your couch smells like boys. It’s not the way your little cat gets…
Fiction, PoetrySelfie with a Dying Cat
I’m at the vet with my roommate while her cat is dying behind a few sets of closed doors, & I notice the purple…
PoetryThe first time I French kissed you
was the same as the first time I kissed a girl the same as the first time I kissed anyone. My tongue in your…
PoetrySelfie as a Dyke
The problem with being a dyke is standing in front of your mirror, naked, feeling both admiration & shame for the woman in front of you,…
PoetryThe Right Things
I eat a half dozen Funfetti cupcakes & then one more because I cheat on my diet & I cheat on my girlfriend in…
PoetryPoem in Which I Imagine My Dad Agrees to Shave My Head
When he asks why, I say because I’m out of money. & because I know there’s a shoebox in the garage with a pair…
PoetryComing Out
I didn’t really learn what bisexual was until college, part Intro to Women’s Studies textbooks, part kissing girls with boyfriends. The books spit out…
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