Meet Sheri Doyle! Sheri’s poems, “a dream” and “house fire,” will be featured in our upcoming poetry special issue, vol. 12.

How Sheri describes “a dream” in 12 words or less:
“my mother / rides a bicycle backwards . . . I steady her seat with my hand”

How Sheri describes “house fire” in 12 words or less:
“once when my house was on fire / I saw my face upside down”

Sheri Doyle (she/her) is a poet, writer and editor who has worked in the publishing industry for the last two decades. Her work has appeared in magazines, newspapers and book format through both trade and educational publishers. Sheri’s poems have appeared most recently in The Antigonish Review and the Rhapsody anthology. Her first chapbook is forthcoming with Vocamus Press.

Meet Vera Hadzic! Vera’s poem, “Small Lizard Cathedral,” will be featured in our upcoming poetry special issue, vol. 12.

How Vera describes this poem in 12 words or less:
“A place of worship, where faith is reptilian, unsettled, and rooted deep.”

Vera Hadzic (she/her) is a writer from Ottawa, Ontario and is currently studying English and history at the University of Ottawa. Recently, her work has appeared in Minola Review, Hexagon Magazine, Idle Ink, Okay Donkey Magazine and elsewhere. She can be found on Twitter @HadzicVera or through her website, www.verahadzic.com.

Meet Tea Gerbeza! Our upcoming poetry special issue, vol. 12, will feature an excerpt from Tea’s long poem How I Bend Into More. 

How Tea describes this excerpt, entitled ( 3PM ), in 12 words or less:
“A curved movement around a cut line and a question: what spills from my parenthetical?”

Tea Gerbeza (she/her) is a disabled and neurodivergent queer poet, writer and multimedia artist creating in Treaty 4 territory (Regina, Saskatchewan). Tea holds an MFA in Writing from the University of Saskatchewan and an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Regina. Tea’s most recent work appears or is forthcoming in The Literary Review of Canada, Contemporary Verse 2, Release Any Words Stuck Inside You III and Room. Her two corgis, Tonks and Ghost, bark their reminders to have a snack and keep her feet warm as she writes. Find out more on teagerbeza.com.