THE EXHIBITION
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THE EXHIBITION •
‘Face to Face’
Tirna Iqbal is a new poet from Connecticut, currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work has not been published before.
‘a gilded view’
Chanchito Massoni lives in a garden on the moon with all Chancho's cat friends, and a couple of humans thrown in there to do Chancho's bidding. One of these days, Chancho may land on Earth. Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/sunflower_chancho
‘Then a little accident, Those Bits of You Falling Out of Box’
J. Dylan Yates holds a BFA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Her work includes the award-winning novel, THE BELIEF IN Angels. Dylan’s poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Grief Like Yours: A Story Collection of Life After Loss, A Year in Ink, Volume 10, and Moonstone Arts’ 30th Edition of Poetry Ink. Her poetry has been published in national and regional anthologies and newspapers. Her newest poetry publication, Ghost Composer, will be published in May 2026.
‘A Boy and His Leaf’
CS Crowe is three crows in a trench coat that gained sentience after eating a magic bean. He spends his days writing stories on a stolen laptop and trading human teeth for peanuts. A poet and storyteller from the Southeastern United States, he believes stories and poems are about the journey, not the destination, and he loves those stories that wander in the wilderness for forty years before finding their way to the promised land.
‘MEANING OF RAVENS’
A.Polly is a Canadian writer, writing into and out of chaos. A devoted poet yet a curious writer of any genre. A strong conversational tone and fearless voice. Join her on a journey into madness, surrealism & one day an MFA. Publications include Rowayat literary & wingless dreamer anthology, WILDsound + more. She studied poetry at the university of Toronto and feels fortunate to be on the staff at a small press. As an immigrant, she has luckily found a home in both Canada and poetry.
‘first melt’
Elliot Mevissen is an undergraduate poet and artist with a fascination for the sky. Their favorite pastimes are knitting, figure skating, and marveling at the world.
‘Bird (abandoned) theory’
Lindsay Collier is a writer and educator living in Akron, Ohio. She teaches at Kent State University, working at the University Press, Poetry Center and Writing Commons. Her work is shaped by the landscapes of Northeast Ohio. She finds inspiration in the ordinary and mundane moments of life, reminding her that paying attention is an act of care. When not teaching or writing, Lindsay can be found running down sidewalks, attempting to sketch oranges or reading anything she can get her hands on.
‘famine’
Megan Moss is a writer and author from Kingston, Oklahoma. She has been published in her university's literary journal Originals, as well as The Madison Review, and has been a featured reader at the Wednesday Night Poetry event in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She is a senior at East Central University, majoring in English.
‘US-400 E/US-54 E’
Ashlyn Velasquez is a nurse and poet from a small Kansas town. She currently lives in New York, writing poetry and self publishing chapbooks with her friends. She takes inspiration from the dream-like state that rural communities are enveloped in, and the discomfort they produce.
‘Higher’
Robert Eugene Rubino believes he might've been the model for the 98-pound weakling in the Charles Atlas bodybuilding ads from the 1950s.
‘Jupiter Whiplash’
Gregory O’Neill lives in Washington state and writes, in hope, that readers may feel less alone in their ambiguity, more whole in their partial truths. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in, Cathexis NW Press, Closed Eye Open, Half And One, and Relief Quarterly & others.
‘Cherry Knot’ & ‘Pinned Wings’
Savannah Smyth is a 22-year-old poet from Northern Ireland. Her work was published in the Nocturne Ash Dark Poetry anthology and was given an honorable mention in a competition by The Dark Poets Club.
‘Response to a Letter Requesting the Tapes’, ‘Overview’ & ‘It's the One’
Lawrence Bridges' poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and Tampa Review. He has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums (Red Hen Press, 2006), Flip Days (Red Hen Press, 2009), and Brownwood (Tupelo Press, 2016).
‘POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE FROM RILKE’ & Collected Works
Samuel Gilpin is a poet living in Portland, OR, who holds a Ph.D. in English Lit. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which explains why he works as a door to door salesman. A Prism Review Poetry Contest winner, he has served as the Poetry Editor of Witness Magazine and Book Review Editor of Interim. A Cleveland State University First Book Award finalist, his work has appeared in various journals and magazines, most recently in The Bombay Gin, Omniverse, and Colorado Review. His chapbook Self-Portraits as a Reddening Sky was published by Cathexis Press.
‘mouse’ & ‘the ballad of mona lisa’
Mal Virich is a queer, non-binary, autistic, and disabled poet who tends to ruminate on self-identity, trauma, and the profound impacts of interpersonal relationships. Their debut chapbook a vivid dreaming was published in November 2024 by Bottlecap Press. They are currently in their fourth year of their undergraduate degree, studying creative writing, Spanish, and Chican@/Latin@ studies. Alongside their studies, they are a peer advisor and poetry reader for The Madison Review. www.malvirich.com
‘WILD DESIRES’ & Collected Works
Abdulmueed Balogun Adewale is a black poet from Ibadan, Nigeria. A Pushcart prize and BOTN Nominee. He was longlisted for the 2021 Ebarcce Prize, shortlisted for the 2024 Gerald Kraak Prize, finalist 2021 Wingless Dreamers Book of Black Poetry Contest, won the 2021 Annual Kreative Diadem Poetry Contest & the 2024 Dr. Samuel Folorunsho Ibiyemi Poetry Prize. His poems have been published in: Applause Literary Journal, Red Cedar Review and elsewhere. He tweets from: AbdmueedA