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@annasamsonwrites.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 12:14 PM

The Period Zine is out now! @coinoppress.bsky.social

Featuring my poems “PMDD” and “Sanity (Living with PMDD), which were originally published in Project Wellness Magazine

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The cover for the Periods Zine by CoinOp Press. It is a collage of various period related picturesPMDD and Sanity (Living with PMDD) by Anna Samson, which were originally featured in issues 2 and 3 of Project Wellness Magazine.

PMDD
Iknow chaos approaches
Like it does every month
Creeping in
Rearranging everything
Convincing me my needs have changed
That I no longer want the same things Irritability and anxiety settle into my bones
Ifeel like I've lost control Of my life And of myself
Always on the verge of tears
Contemplating giving in And ending it all
Iamterrified of its intensity And the way it alters my reality
Every couple of weeks
Iwait for the blood and cramps
To wash away its heinous presence
For I'd rather deal with this discomfort
Than the monster that makes me it's home for two weeks And then lurks back into the shadows
Fooling me into forgetting about it
Only to saunter back a few weeks later
Continuing this endless cycle

Sanity (Living With PMDD)
I'm back here
Where I never wantto be
But always cycle back to
Idon't feel like myself
And question my relationships
Every thought in my head is negative
I curl up into a ball
And try my hardest not to crack under all these feelings
Iam exhausted
From the constant dips and soars
The rise and fall of my sanity
I dance around the line of stability
Never on it long enough to feel balanced But long enough to know what I'm missing
@annasamsonwrites.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 1:33 AM

Check out “Serenity is Blue” in Issue 1: Goldenrod of Still Water Literary! 🌊💙

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A sunset on a grassy field with a visible tree line. It says “goldenrod” in gold in cursive in the centre. In the bottom left corner it says “still water” and in the bottom right it says “September 2026” in white text. The title and author are in navy blue text and the poem and bio are in black. The text reads, 
“Serenity is Blue
by Anna Samson
She looks out the white shuttered windows
At the brown deck
The bottom covered in algae Standing strong and proud
She walks the cobblestone path towards the water
As the sun slowly kisses the horizon
Orange hues gently falling
On the never-ending blue expanse
Lapping waves lovingly envelop All who step in its sandy bottom
Vulnerability is awarded with serenity
She finds it in the blue
Anna Samson (they/she) is a desi, queer, disabled writer and editor living in Tkaronto. Anna began writing poetry to cope with becoming disabled and has expanded into writing about social justice, love, friendship, and more. In their free time, Anna likes to read and hang out with their pets.”