This is one of my favorite poems I wrote this winter. It's a little messy but also one I was resistant to change? So glad @cerena.bsky.social and Poet Lore gave it a home in its current form. Every once in a while, I need to protect a sentimental poem.

This month we’re celebrating the work of Kenzie Allen in our “Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight.” Here’s a piece from her book Cloud Missives (Tin House, 2024), and you can learn more about this poet on our website (linktree in bio). @cerena.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social

Congrats @cerena.bsky.social !

Part of a series of Native poetry collected by Mark Turcotte. "to hold sky, rain, all beloved creatures born to climb. And I, earthbound, earth-bonded, a troth renewed with each step." Two poems by @cerena.bsky.social. With art by Debra Yepa-Pappan. anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/05/13/t...

“Today’s beautiful, incantatory poem contains a rich message of communal nurturance, how we soften each other’s fall, as we learn to acknowledge our purpose in the universe,” shares Major. Read “In Which I Become (Skywoman)” by Kenzie Allen @cerena.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social: bit.ly/4k0MmtB

It makes me so happy to see @cerena.bsky.social's gorgeous book get recognition out there in the world!

💐Congratulations Kenzie Allen (@cerena.bsky.social) & Armen Davoudian ! Longlisted for the 🏆2024 National Book Critics Circle (@bookcritics.bsky.social) Award for Poetry! Congrats to all of the longlisted authors! www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/18/2...

Congrats @cerena.bsky.social ! Featured in Poets & Writers' Debut Poets Issue! www.pw.org/content/the_...

Big thanks to Brittany Cavallaro for the chance to highlight 2024 poems I loved in @literaryhub.bsky.social, including one by @cerena.bsky.social! (+ gratitude to Anna Journey for unexpectedly tagging one of mine here too from @newyorker.com! 🥰) lithub.com/49-contempor...

When poets say the moon is a cliche and when Sylvia Plath said the moon is: “White as a knuckle and terribly upset. It drags the sea after it like a dark crime”

If anyone assigns CLOUD MISSIVES for their poetry/creative writing/literature course, I would love to zoom in to chat with your class! I’ve also got some fun writing exercises to go with the book :) ☁️💌

"Tomorrow, find me gone from the lawn: head of fawn, torso, cherubic dawn." Propulsive brilliance from @jiminseo.bsky.social

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