This post features three poems written by Makshya Tolbert and artwork by Pace Taylor, selected by Makshya. Good morning y’all, My heart is bright and full with the great honor and privilege I have today to share a post created and curated by my beloved, brilliant friend Makshya Tolbert. Makshya is the friend whose texts you save, the poet whose work and words and ways take your breath away and then flush it right back into your system revitalized, the being who teaches tenderness in infinite gestures of sensitivity and care. There are so many times in my friendship with Makshya where I’ve asked myself,
What a gorgeous listen and read this morning. Such a beautiful rumination on our tree friends. I also enjoyed the ending note on what inspired and informed Makshya’s process. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing Makshya! I love the way you weave solitude and flora in these words and the partnered figures in the illustrations add to a sense of sweet longing. Sending you love and cool breezes these days 💕
Makshya Tolbert: leaves, love, and its little clues
Such stunning, tender poems... I've savoured each one and know I will return to them again and again. Thank you so much for sharing
Gorgeous weaving of the natural world and your internal world, Makshya.
What a gorgeous listen and read this morning. Such a beautiful rumination on our tree friends. I also enjoyed the ending note on what inspired and informed Makshya’s process. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing Makshya! I love the way you weave solitude and flora in these words and the partnered figures in the illustrations add to a sense of sweet longing. Sending you love and cool breezes these days 💕
Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing Makshya with us, I can feel these poems blessing my morning and I’m excited to do it differently <3<3