Members

Isabelle Correa is a poet from Washington state now living in Mexico City. She studied creative writing at Western Washington University, is the winner of the 2024 Jack McCarthy Book Prize with Write Bloody Publishing, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and the author of the chapbook Sex is From Mars But I Love You From Venus. Her work has appeared in Pank, Third Point Press, The Rebis, and more. Find her on Instagram:@isabellecorreawrites and on Substack:A Poem Is A Place

Mary is a poet, mother, sister, daughter, friend, and novice (but enthusiastic) birder. She is continuously inspired by the natural world and loathes being indoors. She self-published her first collection of nature-focused poetry, "This Wild Heart Inside Me," in the summer of 2024. You can find her on Instagram along with a link to purchase her book—@wordsinwaiting.

Kassandra Vilchis is a poet, pathological people pleaser and award-winning filmmaker from Minnesota. She writes poems on grief, womanhood, life and generational curses. She recently published sister poetry books, titled Daydreams and Nightmares. When she isn’t writing you can find her in among the trees hiking, reading a good book, listening to Taylor Swift or enjoying time with her dog, Thor. You can find her books on Amazon.

Ashley is a self proclaimed Swiftie and history lover (in that order). She always dreamed she would write historical fiction, but found herself falling love with poetry during the pandemic. Ashley’s poetry explores the complexities of emotion and her journey leaving an extremist cult. When she isn’t writing or listening to Taylor Swift, she enjoys spending time with her partner and two children. You can find Ashley on Instragram @theoverflowingpoet or subscribe to her substack. https://theoverflowofwords.substack.com/

Christian (Chris) Meinke (he/him) is wanna be philosopher turned poet more interested in the ambiguity of questions than the certainty of answers. Based on the premise that one can achieve “expertise” in a subject by devoting 10,000 hours to its practice, he intends to write 10,000 poems in the hopes of creating one good one. You can track his progress on his Substack linked below.

You can also find him on Instagram here where he posts too many photos of the moon: https://www.instagram.com/cemeinke/

Angela is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and consultant known for her unique approach that integrates the arts into mental health. Recognizing the transformative power of poetry, Angela has established a consultation practice designed for clinicians. In this setting, she emphasizes the importance of using poetry as a therapeutic tool, helping therapists to soften their perspectives and broaden their analytical lens. By engaging with poetic texts, Angela encourages clinicians to delve deeper into their emotional responses and re-examine their patient interactions. Angela's work is grounded in the belief that poetry can profoundly enhance therapists' ability to perceive and listen to their patients

Kelly Green writes an average of twelve poems a day, most between the hours of one and five a.m. She has yet to have any poems published, because she is a coward. She has published essays with Shondaland, Eater, Today.com and more, and has written a miniature memoir-in-essays on food and class and how they're married, for which she is seeking representation. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, but doesn't really want to. 

Stuti is a published and award-winning Indian writer, who lives in Dubai.  She writes immersive narratives about the human experience, nostalgia and emotions.  Being passionate about travel she loves to weave different cultures and her heritage into her writing.Stuti has been acclaimed by several international writing competitions, including the San Antonio Writers Guild Poetry Competition, Letter Review Poetry Competition, Westmoreland Festival Fiction Contest, the Allingham Festival Poetry contest and others.  In addition, she has been published by several international literature magazines and presses.She has two adorable cats named Yuki and Sushi.

James Morehead is Poet Laureate Emeritus of Dublin, California, host of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast, and has several collections of poetry including "The Plague Doctor". “tethered” was transformed into an award-winning animated short film, “Twilight in the Sculpture Forest” won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Poetry Film Festival,  and “gallery” was set to music for baritone and piano. He has been published in the Ignatian, Beyond Words, Citron Review, Ekphrastic Review, Loud Coffee Press, Havik, and others. James has performed in Patagonia's Poet Laureate Celebration, NPR’s Poetically Yours, and as Guest Poet at the 20th Annual Haiku Festival.

Annalise Parady is a poet and a social worker.  She was born and rooted in Wyoming, but currently lives, writes, and grieves in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Her work has been published in Sonora Review and Corporeal Lit Mag. Annalise is available to tell you about the creatures and plants of the desert on Instagram @annalisewrites and on Substack: Third Place Poetry. She also runs a poetry community for people processing grief and loss called Grief House.

Sukriti Patny is a writer and poet based in India who’s turned to the words in a flailing attempt to stay sane. She spends her time overthinking everything, writing confessional poems on the gorgeous mess we find in our insides, and exploring the many ways in which nature, unresolved feelings and everyday ordinary things leave her awestruck.

You can find her poetry and personal essays on Instagram @wordsbysu and on Substack: Soul Gazing

Mary Geschwindt (she/her) loves bicycles, sheep, clouds, and the color purple, in that order. With a background in architecture and urban planning, she can’t escape the metaphor of construction in poetry and poetry in construction. A transportation planner by day, poet by night, Mary is always looking for poetry in the movement of the city. She currently writes and bikes around NYC. Her poems have been published in the Harvard Urban Review and Rookie Mag.

Lauren Richkus is a poet from the suburbs of Chicago. She is a social worker in Geriatrics by day. She has always loved writing but has come back home to it in the last few years after a long hiatus. Lauren has found that poetry provides her a safe place to process the world and her emotions as well as a sacred place for her to rest from the never-ending demands of capitalism. She hopes that her art can make others feel seen, loved, or maybe even make you laugh. Lauren aspires to be a life-long unlearner, frequent mistake-maker, and silly goose until the very end. She has dreams of publishing a collection of her poems in the future. You can find her on Instagram @laurenrichwrites.

Bri Gearhart Staton (she/her) is a poet living in eastern South Dakota. A graduate of Augustana University’s psychology, theatre, and gender studies programs, Bri spent over 15 years working with youth in her community. Now focusing on writing, Bri explores womanhood, intersections of identity, and experiences that exist in the periphery. Bri’s poetry has been workshopped at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. 

A proud twin, Bri lives with her family and partner, Nathan. Her two objectively funny children are the joys of her heart. 

Hannah Levy is a writer and editor living in Berkeley, CA. She has been published in Variant Literature, Sunday Mornings at the River, Indie Earth Publishing, Rhizo Magazine, and elsewhere. She's also the founder of The Rebis, an annual print anthology that celebrates tarot, art, and creative writing. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s hiking in the redwoods, horseback riding, and playing extensive make-believe games with her daughter.

Laura Jean Henebry is a writer, a professional over-sharer, and a certified silly goose. Hailing from Troy, New York. Her passion is finding the poetry in spilled coffee, crumpled receipts, and the general chaos of everyday life. A 2022 Fable Grant recipient, her work is a humorous, heartfelt celebration of growing up, messing up, and getting back up again (sometimes with pizza). When she's not writing, she's competitively playing scrabble with her partner, explaining her queer awakenings to anyone who will listen, or loudly declaring her love for weird little facebook marketplace finds. She’s pretty sure she's doing life at least okay. 

Rebekah Warren (Cherokee Nation Reservation, Oklahoma) teaches writing by day and breathes life into her own words by night. She has published creative nonfiction pieces and is currently querying a historical novel. Always inspired by the matriarchs of her Cherokee bloodline, she writes poetry about the earth and her own roots, learning about herself along the way. Find poems on Instagram (her stories are probably weirdly niche lit memes and Swiftie content) and a few longer pieces on Substack. When she’s not writing, she’s likely chauffeuring her two daughters to their endless activities, hiking, or in the hammock, under a shade tree.

Alex Pellerin (she/her) is a writer from New England. She writes poetry and fiction and is currently working on her first poetry collection. Her work often centers on grief, living with chronic illness, and finding stories in the ordinary. She is also an outdoor enthusiast, theatre lover, and a snail mailer who enjoys writing letters to family, friends, pen-pals, and strangers. You can find her on Instagram @alexpellerin_.