Annelyse Gelman

Annelyse Gelman is the author, most recently, of Vexations (University of Chicago Press, 2023), which received the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets and was longlisted for the National Book Award. Gelman is also the founder and director of Midst (midst.press, @midstpoetry)—a platform showcasing the writing processes of contemporary poets—and the author of Everyone I Love Is a Stranger to Someone (Write Bloody, 2013), a collection of poems; the experimental pop EP About Repulsion (Fonograf Editions, 2019); and the handmade artist’s book POOL (NECK, 2020). (Source)

Poems curated by Annelyse Gelman

from Knots by R. D. Laing

October 10, 2025

“I am not entitled to what I have / therefore / everything I have is stolen / because I’m not entitled to it” — R. D. Laing