Second Coming Poem-a-Day Series

White, working-class, gay, Jewish, boomer, poet, writer, classicist, cultural materialist, queer theorist.

Irene Cooper wrote the novels Found and Committal, & the poetry collections spare change, even my dreams are over the constant state of anxiety and the chapbook octets. She supports AIC-directed writing and lives with her people and Roxy in Oregon.

Laurel Brett is teacher, writer, mother Nature is her consolation. Her novel, THE SCHRÖDINGER GIRL is available at Amazon. Her debut poetry collection is available for preorder at Indolent Books.

My website is https://lucillelangday.com. I run a small press, Scarlet Tanager Books (https://scarlettanager.com), and love poetry, chocolate, and dragonflies.

I have written about and taught economics and computer systems. But these fields are more about words than one might think. Statistics are poor measurements, indeed. Professor emerita at City University of New York.

Carolyne Wright's latest books are Masquerade (Lost Horse Press, 2021) and This Dream the World: New & Selected Poems (Lost Horse, 2017). Wright is a Seattle native who has lived and taught on fellowships in Chile, Brazil, India and Bangladesh.

Ren Wilding (they/them) is a trans, queer poet. Author of Trans Artifacts: Bones Between My Teeth (Porkbelly Press, 2026) and Trans Archeology (Lily Poetry Review, 2027). They’re co-curator of Words Like Blades.

I am a poet residing on an island in Washington State. Three collections of my poetry have been published: War Poet, Adagio for Su Tung-p’o, and Dust and Dragons. For more information, please visit my website at https://robjacquespoetry.com.

Judith Skillman is a poet and visual artist. Her work can be seen here: Visit judithskillman.com https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/823323

Diane Alters is a former journalist who writes in Colorado. Her poems have appeared in Cable Street, Calyx, Conduit, and The New York Quarterly, among others. She wrote the chapbook Breath, Suspended.

Chloé Leisure is a poetry teacher & the author of the chapbook, The End of the World Again (Finishing Line Press). Her poems have appeared in The Blue Mountain Review, Colorado Review, Matter, The Night Heron Barks, PANK, & The Tenderness Project.

writer, retired academic, grandmother, dog owner, etc.

I teach high school students creative writing.

Lynne is the author of Gala (Solitude Hill Press) and To Set Right (Wordtech Communications). Her Drone Poem, first place, Remembrance Day for Lost Species, Ireland, is a small edition artist’s book (Letra Muerta, Inc.) in MOMA's collection.

William Ross is a Canadian writer and visual artist living in Toronto.His poems have appeared in journals and magazines in Australia, Canada, China, India, Northern Ireland, United States, and the UK.

Sharon V. Brown lives in the country outside of Seattle, Washington. Recent work appears in Still Point Arts Quarterly; Angel City Review; American Writers Review; and Aubades and Nocturnes, Dos Gatos Press.

Jeffery Berg lives between Jersey City and Provincetown and reviews films for Film-Forward. His debut poetry collection, Re-Animator, is forthcoming from Indolent Books in 2026.