Where We Started & Where We’re Going
We founded Haikuists ten years ago by complete accident. In an attempt to meet and interview New York City’s self-starters and entrepreneurs, we brought our vintage typewriters and the FREE HAIKU concept to connect with passers-by on a Brooklyn street corner.
We booked our first event right there on the sidewalk. During our first official event, we booked our second. Soon our third was coming up. At that point, we knew we were onto something promising.
What we found was this: writing free poetry for people brings them immense joy. It's incredible how most people are willing to share a brief view into their world, and wait a few minutes for a complete stranger to encapsulate the moment with a powerful three-lined poem. Their reactions are always priceless–– laughter, tears, hugs––and further inspiration is never far behind: folks celebrate their poems by framing them, displaying them on their wall or mirror, or even having their haiku tattooed!
Fast forward ten years later: we’ve expanded to over thirty major cities, and have a roster of more than 150 poets, each equipped with vintage typewriters and ready to write personalized haiku poetry for guests at events. We’ve had the pleasure of writing at hundreds of events a year, and we can tell you with absolute confidence that haiku is for everyone and any occasion.
Thank you for joining us on this journey!
Meet the Haikuists
Our roster of incredible poets, each with a unique story and a passion for writing. Meet our poets in Los Angeles, New York, and 25 other cities in North America.
Erick Szentmiklosy
Erick is a co-founder of Haikuists who enjoys enabling people to be the best versions of themselves.
Leah Clancy
A poet, writer and artist. Since starting with Haikuists in 2016, she's written thousands of free haiku for people all over the world; and now, she's our booking manager too. Leah grew up in Buffalo, NY and is currently based in Los Angeles. Her dog's name is Artichoke.
Daniel Zaltsman
Originally from the former Soviet Union, and currently based in California, Daniel Zaltsman is one of the co-creators of Haikuists. He works at the intersection of art and tech and believes that everyone inherently has the capacity to create. And that it all starts with starting.
Michelle Nieweg
Prefers to use her time on earth making things with her hands, offering support to those who need it, and laying in the grass with her cat. She lives in Burbank, CA where she runs a business reading tarot cards and teaching yoga.
Jessica O'Brien
Jessica O’Brien is a writer and visual artist. She holds a BA in Philosophy from UCSB and an MFA in Creative Writing from California College of the Arts. Jess writes poems, essays, and stories. She paints and sculpts faces.
Fani Avramopoulou
A writer, artist, and educator from Baltimore. She currently lives in Philadelphia and studies at Temple University, where she's an MFA candidate in poetry.
Megan Mandrachio
A Salvadoran American story-teller typing on a yellow-typewriter in Brooklyn, New York.
Sahina Jerome
A first-generation Haitian-American poet who's been charming the world of poetry with The Haikuists since 2018. This cat-loving dancer, who is also a high school English teacher, recently traded the concrete jungle of NYC for San Diego's sunsets.
Allen Feldman
Always ready for a Haiku Duel. Will he prevail? Only one way to find out.
Angie Lee
A poet, project manager, and producer who is dedicated to building communities through art and storytelling. She loves to learn about the world through travel, conversations, and stories.
Paasha Motamedi
An Iranian-Indonesian-American artist born on Coronado Island and currently based in Los Angeles. With a diverse background and a multidisciplinary approach, Motamedi's artistic journey has been shaped by his experiences in poetry, cooking, music, and visual arts.
Noah Moss
Trial lawyer by day. Writer always. Dog dad. Curious to a fault.
Michael Lopez
A poet and nature lover from Topeka, Kansas. In 2004, he moved to San Francisco, California, where he became a restaurant industry professional. Michael holds a BA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and an MFA in Writing from the University of San Francisco.
Francesca Leader
A self-taught, Pushcart-nominated writer originally from Western Montana. Her fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Wigleaf, Fictive Dream, Barren, the Leon Literary Review, JMWW, the Mom Egg Review, Bending Genres, Drunk Monkeys, Door Is a Jar, Literary Mama, the Sho Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Learn more about her work at inabucketthemoon.wordpress.com.
Melissa Word
Melissa is an artist, dancer, writer and facilitator based in Atlanta, GA
Nicholas Warholak
NJ born and raised, always exploring music, writing and design in one way or another. If you want to add a melody to your haiku come find me.
Jason Brazil
A Texas native with a passion for words and world wisdom. His poetry expresses our universal human needs and desires, which have their root in nature and the seasons. He is the author of Body Constellations, a heart-centered guide to East Asian medicine.
Kay Kro
A full-time on-demand typewriter poet, and teaches creative unblocking and typewriter improvisation. They also host events cultivating community expression with their 16 typewriters. Kro authored Prayer Wheel, received their MA in linguistics (thesis in bilingual indigenous performance poetry) in 2016, and received a full scholarship to attend DePaul's Creative Writing MFA program (class of 2025).
Savannah Guenthner
A poet, historian, and film photographer born and raised in the South. She loves picking up hobbies and niche bits of information, bringing her curiosity to every new experience.
Michael Skib
A musician, an audio producer, and a jack of all trades content creator! He works in a vast range of musical styles, always seeking to highlight what makes an artist unique - to help them tell their story. He is inspired by the relationships between nature, humanity, and technology: how they intersect, and how we can achieve a sustainable balance between these forces.
Vanessa Golenia
A writer and current MFA student at the University of Houston. Her work has appeared in Longreads, The Rumpus, Mr Beller's Neighborhood, and bathroom stalls around the world. She currently serves as the Reviews and Interviews editor of Gulf Coast Journal.
Dylan Tran
A Chinese American poet based in Washington, DC, Dylan received a B.A. in writing seminars from Johns Hopkins University, and has received fellowships from Brooklyn Poets, Relegation Books, and DC Writers Room. His poems appear or are forthcoming in The Margins, The Mid-Atlantic Review, The Shore, and elsewhere. Outside of writing, Dylan's interests include public history, anime, and tennis.
Tom Kubik
I don't eat tacos in NYC and I don't eat pizza in LA.Things that are important to me: art, dancing, good people, intentionality, the great mystery. People have labeled me as: a photographer, writer, veteran, kind, present, thoughtful
Maddie Durbin
An artist, writer, and dancer living in Las Vegas. Maddie loves people, all things creative and imaginative, being in nature, and hanging out with her cat.
Erin Brophy
Writer. Re-writer. Thinker. Runner. Eater.
KL Landin
A professional artist in painting, drawing and photography. Furthering the practice of fine-art, she's incorporated writing through journal and prose. Based in Las Vegas, NV her work can be seen at regional and local exhibits.
Brian Calvert
The son of two bohemian artists, Brian revels in the opportunities that art provides for self-expression and mutual connection. After dancing for more than a decade, Brian was thrilled to connect with the Haikuists and expand his artistic forums to include poetry.
Alison Mandible
An occasional writer and instruction artist. She either always lies or always tells the truth, but you may only ask her one question.
Chloe Wong
Currently studying acupuncture and herbal medicine. Their love of poetry and the visual arts as a way to practice care has led them to further explore the intricacies and beauty of holistic medicine.
Sara Gomez
My story is just like yours. I was born on Earth. Fed by hand. Grown in sunlight. Indulgent by nature. Forced to work. & always writing. I'm interested in imagination and designing transportive art experiences on and off the internet.
Kamila Washington
A singer-songwriter, sound healer and certified Yoga Instructor. In 2019 she opened her virtual doors to her energy services at www.kamilahadiya.com. She loves horses, swimming and caring for nature.
Alison Tugwell
The Producer of Punspoken, the world’s first pun-and-spoken-word poetry show and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author of ‘Word Awakening: Stop Writer’s Block and Start Creating Impact Now.’
Nicholas "Quazzy" Herd
An author, educator, and wellness consultant. Since 2014 he has been leading wellness sessions including yoga, meditation, and community circles. In addition to his dedication to wellness, he is a father and a family oriented person.
Molly Gorelick
A Philadelphia-based writer pursuing an MFA in Poetry from Temple University.
Connor McInerney
Writer, dj, and red headed stranger. media wunderkind, social strategist, and erstwhile journalist.
Jalynn Harris
A writer and educator from Baltimore, MD
Seth Bodine
A poet living in Texas. He works as a journalist covering business and the economy. When he is isn't writing, he's probably reading a long fantasy book.
Sage Heqwabti
As an artist, I like to view life, nature, moments as my canvas. Having expressed my perspective through a variety of mediums, the language of poetry has become one of my favorites.
Alexandra Valdez
A perpetual wanderer, forever fueled by curiosity and a desire to connect the dots in the human tapestry through imaginative writing, creativity, humor and love.
Patrick Cody-Carrese
Has been with Haikuists since 2023, and has enjoyed connecting with people, however briefly, while writing them an original poem. Patrick is from Oakland, California, and loves to talk about all things Bay Area with folks as well!
Emi Smith
my typical poetic style is visceral & earnest still-life haiku. my non-writing hobbies include creating and listening to music (guitar, keys, singing), playing rugby, rock climbing, biking around dc, and doting on my doofus dog, ernie.
Kate Humphrey
A creative writer, poet, and visual artist based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Peter Hornung
Part Colombian and part American, identity has always been a tricky concept for me. Identifying so much with latin culture, but not looking the part made things confusing for me. I believe this in-between space, once embraced, helps us connect and empathize with all people. As a result from my journey into self awareness, I facilitate healing work in the form of understand energy and connection and I write and perform my own music.
Kaylen Ralph
A freelance writer and journalist who covers Chicago arts & culture. By day, she is the Director of Marketing and Communications for the West Town Chamber of Commerce, where she oversees the emergent gallery district’s West Town First Fridays program. She is the founder and moderator of the Ladies Who Lit, a multi-platform, events-focused book club celebrating writing by women. She is working on her first novel.
Angel Bautista
I am simply trying to bring out the best of everything I touch.
Jordan Colton
My fascination with comedy, fantasy, philosophy, human connection, and pondering our place within the Great Infinite truly lends a hand to the creative process. Every person I meet is an entire collection of experiences waiting to be unearthed. Alchemizing a conversation into a poem uniquely crafted by the depths of their honesty is a gift I am always delighted and honored to bestow.
Evan Sokolowski
A creator based in Toronto. I work in music, acting, writing and teaching, with a couple more jobs on the side.
Ezra Zhang
A queer Chinese American writer based in Brooklyn. A Best New Poets and Pushcart Prize nominee, they have attended workshops with Tin House, Cave Canem, DreamYard, and The Adroit Journal. They are an MFA candidate at New York University and received their BA in English at the University of Pennsylvania. Read their work in Ninth Letter, Redivider, Salt Hill Journal, and other journals.
Anna Feldman
A mother, musician and poet based in NJ. I have solo project and also make music with my husband Allen under the name Spirit Twin. We met at a haiku duel some years ago and the rest is history.
Tomás Riegos
Was introduced to the haiku form while training with Zen monks outside Kyoto. He fell in love and has become a life-long student of the practice, influencing how he writes for people at events and in his own work.
Carolyn Hersey
I've been writing and doing poetry since I was a kiddo. It's kind of my soul elixir :)
Michael Baruch
A poet and investment banker living in Brooklyn, New York. He holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University.
Brett Bergstrom
A writer and creative technologist based in Chicago. He completed BSes in English and Economics at UNL in 2016, and received his MSJ in Media Innovation at Northwestern in 2018. He believes in the power of language and momentary experience to touch and transform lives -- and what better way to exercise both than to write haikus for strangers?
Kyle Huneau
A passionate songwriter, guitar teacher, and poet. He moved to Portland, OR in 2017 to pursue music and explore the Pacific Northwest. Kyle has a deep love for nature, reading, and bringing joy to others.
Simone Sullivan
An artist currently based in Los Angeles, CA. I host a series of poetry fundraisers for the Downtown Women's Center at Heavy Manners Library and most recently am going to start coaching girls basketball through the "Girls Play LA" program. My favorite writers are Eve Babits, Maya Angelou and Patti Smith.
Arella Reyes
An agent of creativity based in Las Vegas. Some of her main focuses are poetry, graphic design, and event coordinating! They loves to travel, meet new people, and are an open and friendly addition at any event.
Abraham Guevara
A Southern Colorado-based artist and poet, I specialize in 3D and 2D visual art. My artwork and written works advocate for a harmonious coexistence between nature and technology. This concept is brought to life through the use of biological anatomies, calculated lighting techniques, and geometric shapes in my creations.
Lejan Deocariza
A film and commercial production designer based in Los Angeles.
Seth Kopchu
When I'm not working in IT (and I'm sorry, but I've never heard of "Windows"), I'm usually creative writing for either video games, or, oddly enough, holiday decorations. I can write across genres, from loose comedy to heavy hitting narrative structures. And now poems too.
Zachary Lynch
A sworn enemy of the dark forces which lay siege upon the human heart, his haiku are the aegis shield which separates the world of the living from maws of the undead. He is your champion; he is your last hope; he is your hearth in an unyielding storm. Godspeed, traveler; make sure to pack a jacket.
Max Stossel
A nomadic NY LA just ask me, union square in NY never done it in LA
Emily Mothersbaugh
Currently lives in the DMV area working in tech sales. I love sharing my work (mostly paintings and writings) with others and enjoy creating for anyone with an idea! Introduce your brand
Rachel Dindy
A poet and dramatists based in Massachusetts. She holds and MFA in Playwriting from Goddard College and her work has been recognized for its humor and humanity. She is madly in love with the world and hopes to reflect this in all of her art.
Iain Watson
The director and founder of Reno's Spoken Views Poetry Collective. Watson has performed poetry for over 15 years and have shared stages with Derrick C. Brown, Brandon Leake and Michelle Myers. Iain also has lead poetry workshops for schools in Nevada and California and has written content for the Nevada Humanities.
Caroline Hayes
A writer and to-be psychologist living between LA and Philadelphia.
EJ Schwartz
A writer living in Richmond, VA. Her words have appeared in The New York Times, Barrelhouse, and Necessary Fiction, among others. Her debut novel, Before We Were Blue, about two best friends in treatment for their eating disorders, received the 2022 IPPY gold medal in Young Adult fiction.
Christoph Jenkins
An extraordinary haikuist and poetry business owner who teaches poets around the world how to create a career with their art.
Caroline Preziosi
A poet and artist living between Chicago, Baltimore, and Callicoon, NY.
Hannah Tokuno
An actor, model and creator based in the Bay Area. She is a big fan of fantasy and sci-fi novels. She is always happy to talk about plants, food and good books.
Christina Stock
A writer, musician, and poet based in Buffalo, NY. To cope with life's constant chaos, she aims for levity and whimsy—invoking the power of play and laughter on the page, on stage, and in her day-to-day life!
Samantha Wallen
A poet and writing guide who dares to believe poetry restores our connection to the precious, invisible essence at the heart of the living world. She has an M.F.A. from Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Her work recently appeared in The Dark Mountain Project, American Haiku, and House of Haiku.
Sarah Pollock
A poet and artist living in North Carolina. Sarah loves meeting new people, drinking coffee, and learning new skills.
Los Angeles
Michelle Nieweg
Prefers to use her time on earth making things with her hands, offering support to those who need it, and laying in the grass with her cat. She lives in Burbank, CA where she runs a business reading tarot cards and teaching yoga.
Paasha Motamedi
An Iranian-Indonesian-American artist born on Coronado Island and currently based in Los Angeles. With a diverse background and a multidisciplinary approach, Motamedi's artistic journey has been shaped by his experiences in poetry, cooking, music, and visual arts.
Emma Alley
Emma Alley is a multidisciplinary artist living in Los Angeles. Her body-based creative practice incorporates movement, spoken word, facilitation, and performance.
Simone Sullivan
Simone is an artist in Los Angeles. She hosts poetry fundraisers for the Downtown Women's Center at Heavy Manners Library and coaches girls basketball through the "Girls Play LA" program. Her favorite writers are Eve Babits, Maya Angelou and Patti Smith.
Zachary Lynch
A sworn enemy of the dark forces which lay siege upon the human heart, his haiku are the aegis shield which separates the world of the living from maws of the undead. He is your champion; he is your last hope; he is your hearth in an unyielding storm. Godspeed, traveler; make sure to pack a jacket.
Christopher Cegielski
Christopher Nataanii Cegielski is a commercial, film, and television director.
Angie Lee
A poet, project manager, and producer who is dedicated to building communities through art and storytelling. She loves to learn about the world through travel, conversations, and stories.
Peter Hornung
Part Colombian and part American, identity has always been a tricky concept for me. Identifying so much with latin culture, but not looking the part made things confusing for me. I believe this in-between space, once embraced, helps us connect and empathize with all people. As a result from my journey into self awareness, I facilitate healing work in the form of understand energy and connection and I write and perform my own music.
Lejan Joshua Deocariza
Lejan is a film and commercial production designer based in Los Angeles.
Tom Kubik
Ohio bred, New York Sate of Mind, California Soul.
Atlanta
Kate Humphrey
Kate Humphrey is a creative writer, poet, and visual artist based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Savannah Guenthner
Savannah is a poet, historian, and film photographer born and raised in the South. She loves picking up hobbies and niche bits of information, bringing her curiosity to every new experience.
Brandon (Brock) Brockington
MR B ROCKSTAR is an entrepreneur specializing in the area of Spoken Word. The Baltimore native and NC A&T graduate is a stage performance expert, author, recording artist, performing artist featured in over 20 states. He can be seen on CBS, PBS, v103 ATL radio, National Black Theater Festival, and R&B Soul Picnic.
K.B. Kincer
K.B. Kincer was awarded both an MFA and a PhD in creative writing from Georgia State University. Her Chapbook, After the Transplant, was a finalist for Georgia Author of the Year in the Chapbook category. She directs and co-hosts melodically challenged, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show devoted to poetry and alternative music.
Austin
Alison Tugwell
Alison Tugwell is the Producer of Punspoken, the world’s first pun-and-spoken-word poetry show and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author of ‘Word Awakening: Stop Writer’s Block and Start Creating Impact Now.’
Jason Brazil
Jason Brazil is a Texas native with a passion for words and world wisdom. His poetry expresses our universal human needs and desires, which have their root in nature and the seasons. He is the author of Body Constellations, a heart-centered guide to East Asian medicine.
Erin Brophy
Writer. Re-writer. Thinker. Runner. Eater.
Christina Troy
A y'all-saying, book-sniffing, boulder-climbing life and human being enthusiast. When she's not proofreading for the government, she finds herself scavenging for new hobbies and endeavors (haiku writing being the most recent) despite her endless list of half-finished projects. Either that or she's making a well-timed SpongeBob reference.
Baltimore
DJ Leary
DJ Leary (he/him) is a traveling poet and fiction writer. Occasionally, you can find him sitting on a street corner composing impromptu poems for strangers. He owns three typewriters and one cat named Jack.
Jalynn Harris
Jalynn is a writer and educator from Baltimore, MD
Boston
Jack Fleischer
When not neck deep in haiku, Jack writes about (and runs) underground supper clubs, pop-up dinners, and other food-related experiences themed around chaos cuisine, food history, and the end of humanity.
Rachel DIndy
Rachel Dindy is a poet and dramatists based in Massachusetts. She holds and MFA in Playwriting from Goddard College and her work has been recognized for its humor and humanity. She is madly in love with the world and hopes to reflect this in all of her art.
Alison Mandible
Alison Mandible is an occasional writer and instruction artist. She either always lies or always tells the truth, but you may only ask her one question.
Buffalo
Aaron Lelito
Aaron Lelito is a visual artist and writer from Buffalo, NY. His poetry chapbook, The Half Turn, was published in 2023, and he released a collaborative notebook/art collection titled If We: Connections Through Creative Process in 2024. In addition to being Editor in Chief of Wild Roof Journal, he is a freelance editor, certified meditation teacher, and English educator.
Christina Stock
Christina Stock is a writer, musician, and poet based in Buffalo, NY. To cope with life's constant chaos, she aims for levity and whimsy—invoking the power of play and laughter on the page, on stage, and in her day-to-day life!
Charlotte
Lyn Muldrow
A recovering technologist and joyseeker who wields words with wisdom and whimsy. A technical writer unbound by convention with an insatiable wordlust, whose career spans professional writing in most forms.
Sarah Pollock
Sarah is a poet and artist living in North Carolina. She meeting new people, drinking coffee, and learning new skills.
Chicago
Lisa Marie Farver
Lisa Marie Farver has written more than 3,000 poems in her career as a professional typewriter poet. Her work has been featured by WGN, FOX, WCIU, NBC, BlockClub Chicago, and other media outlets. Lisa Marie has more than 15 years of experience writing for clients that include big-name brands and sweet strangers she randomly met on the street.
Kay Kroger
Kro is a full-time on-demand typewriter poet, and teaches creative unblocking and typewriter improvisation. They also host events cultivating community expression with their 16 typewriters. Kro authored Prayer Wheel, received their MA in linguistics (thesis in bilingual indigenous performance poetry) in 2016, and received a full scholarship to attend DePaul's Creative Writing MFA program (class of 2025).
Brett Bergstrom
Brett Bergstrom is a writer and creative technologist based in Chicago. He completed BSes in English and Economics at UNL in 2016, and received his MSJ in Media Innovation at Northwestern in 2018. He believes in the power of language and momentary experience to touch and transform lives -- and what better way to exercise both than to write haikus for strangers?
Ryan Doyle
Ryan is a comedian and poet from Chicago. As a poet Ryan is a regular performer at the Uptown Poetry Slam, as well as the resident poet at the WNDR Museum where he writes on demand poetry with his typewriter based on prompts given by guests. As a comedian, Ryan is one half of the sketch comedy duo Dan&Ryan. Together they create and host the monthly variety show Discount Party.
Kaylen Ralph
A freelance writer and journalist who covers Chicago arts & culture. By day, she is the Director of Marketing and Communications for the West Town Chamber of Commerce, where she oversees the emergent gallery district’s West Town First Fridays program. She is the founder and moderator of the Ladies Who Lit, a multi-platform, events-focused book club celebrating writing by women. She is working on her first novel.
Cleveland
Seth Kopchu
When he's not working in IT, he's usually creative writing for either video games, or, oddly enough, holiday decorations. He writes across genres, from loose comedy to heavy hitting narrative structures. And now poems too.
Dallas
Seth Bodine
Seth Bodine is a poet living in Texas. He works as a journalist covering business and the economy. When he is isn't writing, he's probably reading a long fantasy book.
Eva Regicide
Texican Hare, poet, writer, burlesque dancer, photographer and co-director of Los Bastardos Rocky Horror Shadowcast. Enjoys the textures of a quality obscure word and literature denser than she is.
DC
Dylan Tran
Dylan Tran is a recent graduate of The Johns Hopkins University, where he studied creative writing. He is an Asian American poet who is interested in the art of compression and finding space for traditional techniques in contemporary work. Outside of writing, Dylan teaches for a Hip-Hop based arts educational nonprofit and works at the National Museum of American History as a curatorial assistant.
Emi Smith
Emi's typical poetic style is visceral & earnest still-life haiku. Their non-writing hobbies include creating and listening to music (guitar, keys, singing), playing rugby, rock climbing, biking around DC, and doting on their doofus dog, Ernie.
Christoph Jenkins
Christoph Jenkins is an extraordinary Haikuist and poet who teaches folks around the world how to create a career with their art.
Francesca Leader
Francesca Leader is a self-taught writer and artist originally from Western Montana. In another life, she earned her Master's degree in Modern Japanese Literature from the Ohio State University in 2006. Her writing has appeared in Five South, J Journal, Wigleaf, Milk Candy Review, HAD, Stanchion, Literary Mama, Bending Genres, Drunk Monkeys, Door Is a Jar, and elsewhere.
Emily Mothersbaugh
Emily currently lives in the DMV area working in tech sales. She loves sharing her work (mostly paintings and writings) with others and enjoys creating for anyone with an idea!
Kelly Xio
Kelly loves peonies and the smell of rice when it has finished cooking.
Shinae Galli
Shinae believes that the more time you can spend in a state of awe, the more meaningful and magical life becomes. She has kept a daily gratitude journal for over 5 years. Some of her favorite mediums besides writing are dance, photography, and solo walks in nature.
Denver
Rebekah Powell
Rebekah is a #1 award-winning songwriter and certified life coach from Nashville, TN. Over the last decade plus, she has hosted workshops on creativity, mentored writers and artists, and co-facilitated quarterly team-building keynotes for a Fortune 100 company. As a songwriter and coach, she explores the power of storytelling to unlock authentic self-expression and connection.
Tom Carlson
Tom teaches First Year Writing at Metropolitan State University of Denver, holds graduate degrees of debatable use-value, a BA from The Evergreen State College. He has been published in digital vestiges (Black Sun Lit), The Ballet Review, and peellit (forthcoming). His poems attempt whale syntax, afterlife physics, hosting gods, the body’s mode of thought, and the poetics of poetry’s obsolescence.
Abraham Guevara
A Southern Colorado-based artist and poet, Abe specializes in 3D and 2D visual art. His artwork and written works advocate for a harmonious coexistence between nature and technology. This concept is brought to life through the use of biological anatomies, calculated lighting techniques, and geometric shapes in his creations.
Nava Starling
Nava is a poet, mystic dancer, and therapist in Denver, CO. She believes in the magic of small moments. Blending a love of language with a healer’s heart, she crafts haiku that inspire connection, playfulness, and a sparkle of magic.
Detroit
Nicholas "Quazzy" Herd
Quazzy is an author, educator, and wellness consultant. Since 2014 he has been leading wellness sessions including yoga, meditation, and community circles. In addition to his dedication to wellness, he is a father and a family oriented person.
Emma Marks
Emma Marks is a performer turned chef dedicated to enhancing the human experience. Since her time at the Stella Adler Acting conservatory, she has been creating plays, writing prose, and performing comedy. She currently lives in Detroit with her partner (a fellow maker) and their two cats (who don't work).
Michael Skib
Michael Skib is a musician, an audio producer, and a jack of all trades content creator! He works in a vast range of musical styles, always seeking to highlight what makes an artist unique - to help them tell their story. He is inspired by the relationships between nature, humanity, and technology: how they intersect, and how we can achieve a sustainable balance between these forces.
Alexandra Valdez
A perpetual wanderer, forever fueled by curiosity and a desire to connect the dots in the human tapestry through imaginative writing, creativity, humor and love.
Houston
Imani Spence
Imani is a librarian who has written a book review for every book she's read since 2020. In her free time, she tries to woo her street cats and learn all about her new home in Houston, TX.
Claire Anderson
Claire Anderson is a poet, art historian, and daytime marketer with writing credits in BarBar Literary Magazine, The Fabulist, Drunk Monkeys, and Odessa Collective, among other places. A bit too eccentric for her own good, her experience and interests span B2B ghostwriting, palm reading, Sylvia Plath, film, and more. You can often find her in a movie theater.
Vanessa Golenia
Vanessa is a writer and current MFA student at the University of Houston. Her work has appeared in Longreads, The Rumpus, Mr Beller's Neighborhood, and bathroom stalls around the world. She currently serves as the Reviews and Interviews editor of Gulf Coast Journal.