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Christine “Robin” C. Rivero-Guisinga works for a humanitarian organization. She maintains an informal gallery of amateur photography and short poetry inspired by the haiku form on Instagram @storyseamstress

Originally from Los Angeles, currently attending Old Dominion University to get my MFA in Creative Writing. I like poetry, music, hockey, and obscure Youtube videos.

taxidermied prophet

I'm a poet and I know it. Don't look at my feet.

Father, husband, from Detroit, then Chicago, then Boston, then Lausanne, Switzerland, remembers watching Airplane in the cinema, lapsed Jew, lapsed Black?, métis, not fond of categories but awake, learning French (still).

writer • poet • founder of The Rebis, an annual tarot-themed print anthology

devarya is a bitter writer. he is perpetually sleepy and usually not that dramatic.

Just a chaotic draft goblin from the edge of the woods trying to build her author's life with an exhausting tree planting job and learning witchcraft. Follow along on the journey 🌲

writing poems

I’m a late bloomer (age 73) with early writing wins: Honorable Mention in Oregon Poetry Association's Contest; 1st Place in a Poetry Society of Virginia contest category. Grew up in OR. Retired to VA. BA’s in Communication from Stanford.

figuring it out

I value play — that’s why I write them. (A lot of folks say this.) The impulse to find joy in creation and performance, and to fool around, is basic to what I do.

no.

Sara Castaneda: poet/writer. Her poetry has appeared in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Ekphrastic Review, Unleash Lit, upcoming Liminal Issue Weird Fiction Quarterly. Editor of Collab Lab/Authortunities. Author of Underdog Bet, cont A Pot of Basil.

Jay (he, him) believes no one is free until we all are free. He lives in South Philly with his primary partner/ wife, Lauren and their dogs Nell and Crash.

Poet and author of the award-winning non-fiction book Water Yoga. Lover of tea, books, and avocados.