Nairy Fstukh is writing because s/he needs to tell the truth. S/he writes because there are knock offs that can pass off as the real thing if s/he doesn’t write their own experiences vaguely understood, their own life half digested. The moment s/he finds the exact word, the exact truth, a rift between them and the world is healed. The moment they share it, they hope to provoke the same salve in their reader. Honesty is the most distilled form of love. That is what their poetry does: distills the truth – the emotion so dense with complexity, it is easier to just let it be. But no, s/he listens. And s/he speaks its confession. A lot of their writing centers on love and some days, a poem is a beautiful rest spot for a tired love or a final resting place for love that has passed on. Other days, s/he lets love fight in a poem. Love is no one’s prisoner. S/he often writes their truth through the lens of the cosmos. As above, so below. Because astrology itself is the poetry of the cosmos, s/he invites it into their personal skyscape and allows the transits to speak through their writing. As an astrologer, s/he has an intimate relationship with the textiles that make up the fabric of reality. These poems serve readers with the emotional resonance needed to connect with astrological weather and provide a deeper layer of clarity into the workings of the universe. S/he shares their writing with you because their truth will meet your truth and for a moment you will both feel like even the most peculiar and nuanced experience has a home. S/he shares because their words narrate dark attic corners that folks haven’t seen for years. S/he shares because when we sit in the truth, we see it is shared. And s/he has hope. To understand, to be understood, to see, to be seen. S/he shares because in a society that wants nothing but their lack of soul, their poetry is a very act of rebellion.
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