“Andrea Gibson accomplished much on their 49 years on this planet. Though Andrea desperately wished to have lived a longer life, they could not have possibly lived a fuller one.”

Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity, politics and their 4-year battle with terminal ovarian cancer, died Monday at age 49.

“And because I knew I wasn’t allowed/to spend four years studying only my jump shot,/I said, ‘I guess I’ll learn/to write some poems/while I’m here.’ ”