Diamond Forde (she/her) is the author of Mother Body (Saturnalia Books, 2019), a Kate Tufts Discovery Award finalist, and The Book of Alice (forthcoming with Scribner Books, 2026). Her work has appeared in Poetry, Callaloo, Obsidian and elsewhere.

Other poems by Diamond Forde in Verse Daily:
June 6, 2024:   "Womaning" "LOVE, GOD say, is obedience, so I obey..."
September 5, 2022:   "Aubade" "I have made book of your body, read..."
July 15, 2021:   "The Last Time You Are Close to Your Body" "you are at the table where family dinners have to happen...."

Other poems on the web by Diamond Forde:
"Rememory"
Three poems
Two poems
Two poems
"my ex-boyfriend is a dick joke"
Three poems
"My Mother Gave Me a Coin Jesus and I Am Still Alive"
"Fat Fuck"
Three poems
Three poems

Diamond Forde's Website.

When I Was Straight: A Tribute to Maureen Seaton
Editor: Dustin Brookshire
Other poems from When I Was Straight: A Tribute to Maureen Seaton in Verse Daily:
February 15, 2025:   "When I Was Straight" by Charles Jensen