
Podcast

Alexandra was born in the year of the horse of fire, in Greece, where she spent many years living in the wild mountains of the island of Hydra. Later, she attended St. Mary's in Wi…

The Washington, DC-based ensemble of poets known for its messages of inspiration, empowerment, and social consciousness has performed locally and abroad. Collective Voices' interna…

Lydia Brown was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. When she was younger, she dreamed of becoming a singer. She grew up with humble beginnings on the southside with her mom and d…

Kwame Sound Daniels is a black trans, disabled fiber and traditional artist based out of Maryland, USA. Xe are currently pursuing an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Xir first…

Poetic Hummingbird (Pam Hasan) is a passionate, inspirational poet. Writing poetry gives her a sense of self and freedom. Expressing her thoughts through poetry allows her to bleed…

Donna Spruijt-Metz is a poet, a psychology professor, and a recent MacDowell Fellow. Her first career was as a classical flutist. She lived in the Netherlands for 22 years and tran…

Christy Sawyer is an educator and a writer, who lives in Maryland. She was a shy girl who discovered she could use her pen to give voice to her thoughts. As she began to answer the…

Nicholas Michael Ravnikar put the overt in overthinking. He is the originator of the new, obsessive poetic form called the Polish octave. He has self-published two collections of p…

JULIAN MATTHEWS is a writer expressing himself in the pandemic through poetry, short stories and essays. He is published in The American Journal of Poetry, Borderless Journal, Belt…

Arshagra is an autodidact raised in his grandfather Arshag’s garden. Arshag, an Armenian genocide survivor, taught him profound attitudes of benevolence: no hate, no enemy, no blam…

Fran Abrams’ poems have been published online and in print in Delmarva Review, The American Journal of Poetry, The Raven’s Perch, Gargoyle 74, and other journals, and in over a doz…

Deelynn Leigh was born in South Boston, Virginia, and grew up with her family in Carson City, Nevada. As a young girl, she engulfed her life with athletics and outdoor activities.…

Gordon Ferris was born and raised in Finglas, a North West suburb of Dublin. In the early eighties, he moved to Donegal where he has lived ever since. He started writing in 2014 an…

Genevieve is a Spoken Word artist and poet from Bedfordshire in Britain. She has been published in 17 magazines and anthologies. She worked in theatre for 6 years as a director and…

S. T. Brant is a Las Vegas high school teacher. His debut collection, Melody in Exile, is out with Atmosphere Press. His work has appeared in numerous journals, including Honest Ul…

Bio: Brian was born a poet. Love of wisdom and adventure. A strong desire from a very young age to bring inspiration into the hearts of all readers of his poetry and all he crosses…

John Patrick Robbins is the editor-in-chief of ten magazines, including the Rye Whiskey Review. His work has appeared in Impspired Magazine, Piker Press, It Takes All Kinds Literar…

Katrenia Busch is a published poet and author. Her work can be found in a number of places, including Police Writers, Westward Quarterly, Literature Today, The Trouvaille Review, W…

Paul was named Beat Poet Laureate three times by National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts 2017 to 2019, U S National Beat Poet Laureate 2019 - 2020. New Generation Beat…

Mary Gilliland is the author of two award-winning collections: The Ruined Walled Castle Garden (2020) and The Devil’s Fools (2022), with poems, anthologized most recently in Rumors…
