Setting the record straight since 1976

A Creative Approach

 
 

Ariel writes poems and stories with an eye on social justice through a lens of queer theory.

  • How does the personal mirror the universal?

  • How does dominant culture oppress marginalized populations?

  • How does representation create power?

  • How does making the invisible visible extinguish ignorance?

Poetry

 
 

Starry Eyes

Seeing through the lies to believe our own eyes

Published by The Bitchin’ Kitsch

What if Water is so Sky?

Questions of gender

Published by En*gendered

Constant Replacement

A grid poem about love, loss, and love

Published by New Note Poetry

The Ocean in a Teacup

At the intersection of identity and the shore

Published by Lavender Lime Literary

Butterfly Dreaming

If a butterfly can dream a boy can become a man, maybe that boy can grow up to not be toxic.

Published by PIF Magazine

The Still in the Fall

A picture in a thousand words

Published by PIF Magazine

Fiction

 
 

Momentum is Mass and Velocity

When a two thousand, seventy-five pound Honda moving at a rate of forty miles per hour comes into contact with an immovable object, the momentum is strong enough to bend iron. P=MV.

Published by Ariel Chart

The Eyes in the Woods

When a house is so haunted all it will allow is knitting, Eleanor must make the most of it.

Published by King County Library

A Nice Pair

When two young men dress up as a horse for halloween and attend the annual scavenger hunt, things get a little weird.

Published by PIF Magazine

Publishing Credits:

Ariel Basom has been published in Monkey Bicycle, Chunk, en*gendered, New Note Poetry, Lavender Lime Literary, King County Library, PIF Magazine, Ariel Chart, Z Publishing,The Pitkin Review, Dust Jacket, and more.