Jackson Neal

Azura Tyabji

Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom is a crossover of our coming of age universes. Exploring the interplay of adolescence and media, Dear Azula is a masterclass on how Generation Z see themselves reflected on screen, how they find themselves in characters when the world does not grant them the possibility. These poems pay homage to the cartoon characters who made us the wicked lovestruck people that we are. These ubiquitous stories of teen ghost boys and water bending women gave wonder to a generation raised by recession. In illustrious villains we learned our own glamour. In chiseled chins and 2D teeth we learned desire. In Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom we bring the early 2000s renaissance of animation into our modern lives to unpack, celebrate, revel, and remember.

Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom

Syrina

ode to pursed lips after bared teeth. song for me to revel in alone

I puppet for power. But I, too, am just a kindling kind of girl.

His fluted spine swung around my neck like a mink

I learned love in the steam rising from your tea.

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