Gather Poets

Lauren Rich is a poet and a social worker from the Chicagoland area. Lauren writes a lot about girl/womanhood, relationships, and female rage. She is working on her first poetry manuscript which investigates how one can be both prey and predator, destroyed and defiant, harmed and harmful. The collection explores integrating one’s damage while refusing victimhood and redemption. Connect with Lauren...

Allison Mei-Li is a poet, mother, and speech therapist living in California. Her writing has appeared in journals such as Rust & Moth, MER Literary, Voicemail Poems, and Wildscape. She was recently shortlisted for poetry prizes by Central Avenue and The Alpine Fellowship. To learn more about her forthcoming collection, visit writtenbyallison.com or connect with her on IG @writtenbyallison.

Elise Powers received a BA in English Literature from Western Washington University. Her poems reflect on identity, womanhood, and the ordinary moments that make up a life. Her work has appeared in literary magazines and anthologies including Gather and Only Poems, and has been shortlisted for the Central Avenue Poetry Prize, awarded second place in the Black Horse Review Poetry Contest, and nomin...

jp thorn is a queer, neurodivergent artist raised in & returned to the bible belt. advocate for destigmatization & radically open communication, their work is inspired by humanness, reframing traditionalism, therapeutic processes, unlearning patriarchy, identity, & global patterns. they’re also a pushcart & best of the net 2025 nominee. you can find more of their works at www.thorn...

Bri Gearhart Staton (she/her) is a South Dakota poet whose writing explores experiences that exist in the periphery. Bri’s poetry has been published by Button Poetry, FLARE , Wildscape, The Page Gallery Journal, Livina Press , and in a number of anthologies, including the Gather anthology. A mother of two, her objectively hilarious children are the joys of her heart. Connect with her on Instagram...

Karan Kapoor is the Editor-in-Chief of Strange Pilgrims and ONLY POEMS . His poems have appeared in Best New Poets , AGNI, Shenandoah, North American Review, and elsewhere. He’s on the editorial board of Alice James Books.

Nicole Zwolinski is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection, Motherhead. This is her first full-length book, and it will be published in summer 2026 by Finishing Line Press. ​ She has been published in the Feminine Collective, Firewords Quarterly, Alternate Routes, Effemera , the first Gather anthology and more. Nicole is an alumna of the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project. She was shortlisted for...

Alexa Brockamp Hoggatt is a poet and programmer from Tacoma, Washington. Her poems have been published in Sky Island Journal, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, and Strait Up Magazine, as well as a collection called “Voices of Tacoma”, published in collaboration with the City of Tacoma Arts Commission. She was selected as a Garden Poet for Lakewold Gardens’ 2024 ‘Poetry in the Garden’ event. Although...

Sarah Frost is a poet whose work wanders through time and place, currently based in Juneau, Alaska. She has been published in Beyond Words, Last Leaves, Palindrome Journal and Corporeal literary magazines. You can find her on Instagram @fromthenotesapp.gatherpoets.com

Kassandra Vilchis is a poet based in Minnesota. Her work thoughtfully examines themes of grief, womanhood, and generational relationships. She was recently short-listed for the 2026 Central Avenue Poetry Prize. Her writing appears in Bending Genres Journal, Rowayat, The Passion Fruit Review, Effemera zine, Roots & Ruins anthology and the Upon Learning anthology. Outside of writing, she spends...

Hosted by Hannah Levy (@hnnhlvy)In this engaging conversation, Hannah Levy speaks with Jillian Stacia and Jo Krieg about the journey of publishing Jillian's poetry collection, "Set the Bone." Jillian shares her initial inspiration for writing poetry, which stemmed from a desire for creative expression rather than a goal of publishing a book. As she developed her craft and joined the...

Amiel Katz (she/her) is a Salvadoran poet from Houston, Texas. She roots her writing in historical research and (re)imagines just futures for migrants and marginalized identities. Her work is featured in Nowhere Girl Collective and is forthcoming in Horizon Review and Bat City Review. You can find her on Substack @philomath4. Gatherpoets.com@gatherpoets on Instagram

Kelly Green writes an average of twelvepoems a day, most between the hoursof one and fi ve a.m. She used to writeessays but now can’t stop writing poetry. She has written a miniature memoir onfood and class; she prays to god it will bepublished before she dies. She loves dogsmore than anything on this sweet earthand loves being lost. Best day ever: lostfor hours, continually running into dogs.gath...

This podcast episode features a conversation with Dré, who shares a powerful poem exploring themes of generational trauma, religion, and personal empowerment. The discussion delves into the creative process behind the poem and the transformative power of poetry as a means to confront and release inherited burdens. Dré is a queer Mexican-French Canadian poet, alchemist, and herbal bruja who loves w...

Hannah Rosenberg is a poet whose work has been shared widely online, and she has been featured in publications serving women and parents like Darling and In Kind. She lives in the greater Philadelphia area with her husband and daughter, who often find themselves as the subjects of her poems. You can find her work on Instagram @hannahrowrites. Order Same: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/same-97812503...

Helen Billett is a writer and artist who finds inspiration perched above the Scarborough Bluffs in Toronto’s ravine-filled east end. She shares her home with her husband, two children, and their wonderfully complicated dog, Chewbacca. Her debut poetry collection,  Cliffs and Cathedrals , explores unraveling trauma and reclaiming joy through art. Gatherpoets.com

Carlos Fernando Bravo Meneses is an emerging Mexican poet and psychologist that yearns to find community through poetry. You can find him on Instagram @flordeyermo. He promises he will answer. Gatherpoets.com

30-year-old teacher by day, poet at heart from South Africa now based in Cyprus. Writing has always been a part of my life, starting off with short stories until I found my passion in poetry. There is something cathartic about putting ‘big emotions’ into as little space as possible that helps me realise it’s not that big after all - and it’s not just me feeling it. That’s why I write, to make it m...

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...

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 commun...

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...

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. Gatherpoets.com

Hannah Levy is a poet and editor living in Northern California. 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 tarot-themed print anthology. When she’s not typing little words on a screen, she’s horseback riding, walking in the redwoods, making art, and playing ext...

ali cat is a New Jersey-based writer, artist, and community organizer. They are a contributingpoetry editor for The Selkie, and their most recent work can be found in SURviving Scandoval, aVanderpump Rules-themed poetry anthology published by Pink Plastic Press. When not writingon company time, they’re yapping about gender, imagining a better world with their friends, andhaving staring contests wi...

Alina Kalontarov is a teacher of English literature and Humanities in New York City. Whether in the classroom or through her poetry and photography, she hopes to inspire people to find their unique voice and vision in the increasingly myopic noise machine of the world. Her poems have found homes in various literary journals and anthologies including  Sky Island Journal ,  Thimble Literary Magazine...