Atlas-Eel H.

What:

"Hey look, its Atlas's itch.io page! I bet there's lots of cool poetry around here somewhere, but lets see what she has to say first!"
-- Someone, probably ((hopefully))

Who:

I am a poet, mostly. But I'm also an anarchist, a genderqueer person, and a fat slime girl from the northwest of England! I also make music and add little scribbles to my work but I know most people are here for my poetry.

I am glad you are here.

When:

As of now I have four projects out.

Yours To, a project made in April 2022 for TRANSFUCKINGRAGEJAM, surrounds the trans idea of destruction as an act of creation. It comes with musical interpretations of each poem and is filled with blood-pulp and love. It is designed to be taken and reshaped, to be made yours. Hence the name

After that, in August of that year, I made Safety Comes From..., for TRANSJOYJAM. This one focused on the sillier and more tender moments of my transition. Its a slightly larger project and comes with guest art from two amazing friends of mine. 

Then, in May 2023, I put out Poetry @ the Bottom of the Lake. A Collection of water themed poems in the form of relics I don't quite remember making. Devoted to the sea herself.   

More recently, now that I'm all done with uni and my other various crises, I've been able to release A Monster of Love and Squish; my biggest and most personal collection so far. A carcass that is hostile to interpretation yet begs to be understood.   

All can be found on this page.

Where:

Other than here? Twitter, mostly! However...,

If you're interested in hearing my work performed & you're in the North West of England, check my Instagram!
If you're more interested in my written work, my Tiktok keeps specific poems I release over there!
If you have something to spare, I have a ko-fi too.
Everything can be found below.

All kinds of support help me a hell of a lot. 

https://linktr.ee/theiratlas

How:

When referring to me you may use any or many of my names, - Atlas, Eel, Flaire, Tali, Harper, or any combination of them. You're also invited to use mirror pronouns for me but honestly I don't worry about that kind of thing very much,

Please engage /w my gender however you wish.

Why:

Thanks to so many people. Way more than I could ever list, as much as I would like to. You have all created this work as much as I have and I love the what we've made together. No great art is made alone and I am thankful to have had so many great dance partners along this little road.