Jamilla VanDyke-Bailey is a pro-black feminist poet and essayist, and MSW student. Her creative nonfiction piece, “The Bailey Boys,” is live on The Palisades Review. She is the author of the poetry chapbook, than we have been, (Weasel Press, 2022) and the full-length book of poetry, the womxn (Finishing Line Press, 2023). Instagram: @alli.maj

Issue 03
“He was born gentle” (poetry)