Present Poetry

Yichielle Devendra is a teacher. She loves travelling and has lived and worked in Asia and North America. She is constantly inspired by nature and animals. She has her home in Canada with her family and her cats. (Please forgive any mispronunciations)

Pat, a retired Christian teacher and member of SCBWI, has been writing poetry for many years. Her poems are featured in The Agape Review, The Clayjar Review, Pure in Heart Stories, The Way Back to Ourselves, the Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, Words of the Lamb and Vessels of Light. She is also regularly featured in the Southern Arizona Press Anthologies. Pat is also a published contributor to th...

VIRAL GOR, widely known as VIRUS THE POET, is an award-winning Canadian poet and author of Poetry is Motion: Mind, Body & Soul who travels globally to perform on large stages throughout Toronto, Paris, London, San Francisco, Miami, NYC, and more. He received a national award for his poem “Home,” which was later published by the Poetry Institute of Canada. His poetry touches on universal themes...

Ean Teng Lim is a vegan lyricist who like to use poetry to bring awareness to the cause.

Donavan Barrier is a poet and writer from Michigan City, Indiana. His work has been published in The Polk Street Review, the Spill the Ink Poetry Zine and Pan-O-Ply Magazine. When not writing creatively, he works as a journalist for the La Porte County Herald-Dispatch.

*SLIGHT TRIGGER WARNING FOR MENTIONS OF CHILD LOSS* Wendy Wisner is the author of two books of poems, Epicenter and Morph and Bloom. Her third book, The New Life, will be published by Cornerstone Press/University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point, in fall 2024. Wendy’s essays and poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Spoon River Review, The Washington Post, Lilith Magazine, and elsewhere. To learn mor...

Leo Jade is a published author and poet living in Delaware, where she enjoys a fulfilling life with her partner and family. She is the author of a collection of poetry titled A Bumble in the Trees and she also has a narrative featured in the upcoming book, Goodbye For Now: True Stories of Life, Love, and Loss. Her works often include themes of love, loss, and resilience, resonating deeply with rea...

Vibha S. Chauhan is the former Principal of Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. She taught English for over three decades at Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. She is a translator, writer, critic, and cultural activist working in three languages, English, Hindi, and Bhojpuri. Her novel "Ganga Jamuna Beech" experiments with the Hindi language.

Mukut Borpujari is a graduate of English Literature and a Masters in Computer Application (MCA) degree holder. Based in Guwahati, Assam, INDIA, his has a plethora of poems published in top journals including The Canyon Voices Literary Magazine of the Arizona State University. He was also longlisted in this year's Erbacce-prize for poetry 2024. An active member of the Greenpeace Movement, he ha...

Amy Black is a reading tutor, substitute teacher, homemaker, mentor, writer, and poet. She has two published works with Guthier publications. Learn more about this author on her Facebook Page .

Lexie R. Kunz is a graduate of Utah State University with degrees in English and Communication Disorders. Lexie has been reading and daydreaming stories since she was 5 years old. She enjoys writing poetry and fiction. She has been published in Edify Fiction, Red Fez Magazine, and Peacock Journal.

Victoria Garcia is a creative writer and poet who resides in Panama City Beach, Florida. Her poem "Internal Mechanism of the Otherworldly" was published in Libre. Her poetry pursues the wilds of the conscious and subconscious and contends with the surreal, the existential, and the psychological.

Julie Brandon is a poet, playwright, storyteller, and lyricist. Her new poetry collection, " My Tears, Like Rain " is available on Amazon. Julie's work has appeared in Bewildering Stories, Corner Bar Magazine, Awakenings Review, Poetica Magazine, Writing of Love During War: Poems anthology, Am Yisrael Chai anthologies vol. 1 and 2, Mini Plays Magazine, Of The Book Literary Journal an...

Francis Scott Key was born August 1, 1779, to an affluent family. He grew up on a plantation in what is now Carroll County, Maryland. He graduated from St. John's College in 1796 and read law under his uncle, Phillip Key. In 1802, Francis Key married Mary Lloyd and had eleven children, which they raised in Georgetown. In 1814, Francis Key and Colonel John Skinner dined aboard the HMS Tonnant-...

Francis Barton Gummere was born March 6, 1855, in Burlington, New Jersey to Samuel James Gummere, the first president of the Haverford College- a school founded by his father, John Gummere. In 1910, Francis Gummere published his translation of Beowulf, a book that is widely regarded as "the most successful attempt to render in modern English something similar to the alliterative pattern of th...

Patricia Walsh was born and raised in the parish of Mourneabbey, Co Cork, Ireland.  She has previously published a range of poetry in publications across Ireland, the UK, and the US, and one collection of poetry,  Continuity Errors,   with Lapwing, and two novels,  The Quest For Lost Éire,  and  In The Days of Ford Cortina , in 2013 and 2021 respectively.  She lives in Cork City. A further novel, ...

Catherine Sipher is a writer, poet, and remote piano teacher at Blossom Piano Studio. She is on a mission to empower women on their journeys of self-discovery and transformation by offering poetry and prose that gives voice to their struggles, celebrates their strength, and ignites their belief in their worth. Outside of writing and teaching, she enjoys nature, practicing yoga, and spending time w...

Dr. Calpernia N. Charles is a native of Belize, Central America, and resides in Conyers, Georgia. Dr. Charles is the author of seven children's books written in multiple languages, including Bed Time, Julie B and Me, Daddy's Nose and Toes, Sunday with Grandma Mae, Wondering Wanda, Lunch Dates with Lady Jay, and her most recent Todd the Frog. She hopes that her books will inspire young read...

Binod Dawadi, author of The Power of Words, holds a Master's degree in English Literature and is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. And, with over a thousand anthology contributions, he hopes to enlighten society through his writing. Binod is also deeply involved in digital photography and painting. His work has been showcased in prestigious exhibitions, including the International Art Festival in Kor...

Solape Adetutu Adeyemi is a dedicated professional with a Bachelor's degree in Microbiology and a Master's in Environmental Management. She is a passionate environmental sustainability enthusiast and a talented award-winning creative writer, with her works published in esteemed journals and magazines, including Writenow Literary Journal, TV Metro, Poetry Marathon Anthology, the Guardian ne...

Emily Farris is a current student at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. She is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Creative Writing. However, literature is Emily's life-long passion, and she hopes to publish her works someday. We are reading from an unpublished collection, which she lovingly titled " A Mixtape Of Collected Personal Poetry. "

*TRIGGER WARNING FOR MENTIONS OF SUICIDE* Alshaad Kara is a Mauritian poet who writes from his heart. He won first place in the Boney Cultural Center Valentine's Day Poetry Competition 2024 and was also a winner of the Flapper Press Poetry Café Valentine's 2024 Juliet Poetry Contest. His latest poems were published in "Salt Pages", "Inner Child Press" and "Missives...

Birk Andersson is a haiku-obsessed writer from Sweden. He has a degree in Criminology from Malmö University and Climate Strategy from Lund University. He has previously worked as a truck driver, treatment assistant, and mushroom grower, and he now works as a business developer at a study association. he is also involved in the environmental and climate movement. Birk has always needed to write and...

Julie Brandon is a poet, playwright, storyteller, and lyricist. Her work has appeared in Bewildering Stories, Corner Bar Magazine, Awakenings Review, Poetica Magazine, Writing of Love During War: Poems anthology, Am Yisrael Chai anthologies vol. 1 and 2, Mini Plays Magazine, Of The Book Literary Journal, and Fresh Words. Several of her short plays and monologues have been produced locally and in G...

Julie Flanders is known for her passionate and haunting texts. Her first book of poetry, entitled Joyride, was a number-one bestseller on Amazon in its category. An award-winning poet and songwriter, Flanders is the lyricist for the band, October Project. It is still celebrated for its two groundbreaking albums on Epic Records that have sold over 1/2 million copies worldwide. Her songs with OP and...