Watch Now | First Love

As soon as you loved me, all my callous went away. My hands so soft it hurt to pray.

Oct 20, 2021

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Andrea Gibson poem: “The ice storm froze the world outside into a photograph of the past while I kneeled down and kissed my future onto your kneecaps. Two decades talking to Jesus. That was the first time I heard him talk back. - Andrea Gibson.” In the background is a circular gold brush stroke and a white background.

Hi Friends, Today I’ll be sharing a new video of me reading my poem, “First Love”, published in my book, “Lord of the Butterflies.” It’s a piece about the first time I fell in love with a woman, and begins with a line that made me laugh out loud to write: “I don’t think I ever really kissed any boys. I think my tongue had just been punching their tongue…

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Watch Now | First Love

As soon as you loved me, all my callous went away. My hands so soft it hurt to pray.

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