i graduated from miami university with a bachelor of arts degree (creative writing/poetry emphasis) in 1999. i have self-published 12 poetry book projects since 2003. i am a huge fan of collaboration and have written poems using words (and more!) contributed by 370+ people since 2018. currently, 8 of my 12 poetry collections showcase these joint writing efforts! most recently i have had the pleasure of having other writers create works using donated words. all of my books are available in PDF book layout and some also have an audiobook version. i put the layouts, nuts and bolts of these projects together myself. these online offerings are FREE! all are accessible on this site!
i created all the sounds you hear in 6 of my 7 audiobooks. i have built my own little library of sounds i have recorded in nature, the city, the country, machinery and more over the years. layering these sounds with me singing or talking or playing synthesizers or windchimes or glockenspiel or guitar or other found sounds yields a ton of possibility for background and ambient soundscapes. some of my experimental noise was integrated into the track ”rough sea & sky & storm’s eye“ by matt seigne! i also collaborated with matt on “i just don’t know… and i guess i just don’t know“ where he plays music and sings and i read from one of my poems! we also created a track together called “Small/Small” where i read my poem “Small” and he does the music and some vocals, too!
this is primarily my writing and publishing website. a recent project i am returning to soon is i like so much music. this is where i post poems & CNF i have written using song titles from albums i love! also i enjoy creating digital photo collages. some of my photos and collages have appeared in literary magazines over the last few years. i have written a few reviews, song recommendations, am beginning to take part in more poetry readings and have assisted with light editing for a few projects and publications in the past (notably Inklings, Failed Seeker, Nightingale & Sparrow). i also have tried my hand at writing blurbs for peers’ books.
AWARDS
Dayton Metro Library’s 2023 Poetry Contest
- 3rd Place/Adult – Poem: “Flash/Bulb”
Breakup Girl 2000 Haiku Contest (credited as Kristi Wheeler)
- 3rd Place/“BG Haiku Scholar”
- Honorable Mention/“Haiku Practitioner”
READINGS/EVENTS
- Words//Friends (January 23, 2024) – hosted by Sara Matson. readers: Sara, Marisa Silva-Dunbar, me, Karo Ska, Jacob Saenz, WIlliam Erickson, Genevieve DeGuzman
BOOK REVIEWS
- i reviewed “Dawn’s Fool” by Kyla Houbolt which was featured in the April 24, 2020, edition!
- my review of “Red Rover, Red Lover” by Preston Smith appears in the March 13, 2020, issue!
PUBLISHING CREDITS & INTERVIEWS
My poem, “brush-stroked,” first appeared in Ekphrastic Folk Art Season 2, #3 (March 2025). it was also included in the Season 2 compilation (August 2025)
bells at the throat” appears in the Spring/Summer 2025 edition
“Affect” and “Still, so quiet” appear on their website (January 15, 2025). “Affect” previously was in the long-defunct Black Heart Magazine as “Seasonal Affective Disorder”
2 of my poems (“Versus” and “Warmth”) were showcased on january 14, 2025.
my poem, “reserve,” (originally in MIDWESTERN SKIRT) is reprinted in this 2024 collection featuring work by members of the Ohio Poetry Association.
4 poems featured on their site on November 20, 2024:
- Accelerant
- thrum
- A simplification
- us
“Power Moves” is included in Issue 14 (November 2024)
“up” is in their November 2024 issue!
”Habit-forming” was accepted for the first issue! I also sent a related song for their playlist!
my photo, “Little Treats,” was accepted for their DREAM issue (no. 6)!
”Unevensong” (a poem that originally appeared on the long-gone Words Dance website) is included in the 2024 edition of Ohio Bards Poetry Anthology! This is a print anthology!
you can listen to me read my poems on this Spotify-based audio platform:
- “Plunging” (Sept. 16, 2024) – originally published in Issue 6 of Moss Puppy Magazine
- ”Momentum of Truth” (Sept. 15, 2024) – this poem was originally published in braindump no. 1
- “introduction” (Sept. 14, 2024)
4 of my poems were published on September 24, 2024:
- “The ascension of newer stories”
- “Give us this”
- “where am i”
- “Finding a cure for small talk”
”most mornings” is part of Vol. 3 Issue 4 (August 31, 2024)
“Going Home” is a poem of mine that has been published in the Autumn 2024 issue (No. 14)!
- “Sunny afternoon” poem featured on October 9, 2024!
- song recommendation on August 23, 2024: Hand Habits’ “Flower Glass”
- song recommendation on August 13, 2024: Grandaddy’s “Chartsengrafs”
- contributing writer for song recommendations blog feature from 2018-2024: all 38 of my published memoir mixtapes song recommendations
- my poem “maybe thirteen winters ago” appeared in the Vol. 8 B-Sides collection (April 3, 2019) – it is no longer online
- my poem “When this world is trying its hardest” appears in Memoir Mixtapes Vol. 7 (November 2018)
”When planes aren’t falling from the sky” in Issue 43! poems had to include the following words: WEDDING DRESS, ANCHORAGE, CROWD.
“another migraine poem” is showcased in their literary journal! (July 2024)
5 of my poems were shared over the course of 5 issues:
- “A Vacation” – Issue 97
– 5/9/2024 - “The Celebrant” – Issue 99 – 5/23/2024
- ”invisible” – Issue 103 – 6/20/2024
- ”reasoning” – Issue 106 – 7/12/2024
- “Modigliani” – Issue 107 – 7/19/2024
”Be prepared” was featured on their blog on July 16, 2024!
3 poems with audio/video appear in Issue 3 on page 7 of 25! (published July 1, 2024)
my poem “shame and the way it hangs from the body like wet linen” has a home in Issue 7.1 (June 2024)!
”You Can Go Almost Anywhere” was their June 15, 2024, blog feature!
”Flash/Bulb” can be found in Issue 23! this poem was a 3rd place winner in the 2023 Dayton Metro Library poetry contest. this is its first appearance in a lit mag!!!
– 4 poems are featured in the Spring 2024 Anthology:
- ”Free therapy”
- “possibility”
- “Turnout”
- ”Watering”
– my poem “The Husking Hour” is included in the Winter 2023 Anthology!
“Nature’s Way” is in Issue 6 (pgs. 21-22)!
3 poems featured in May 2024:
- “anti-“
- “Personas”
- “We are cohesive”
grateful to have “Winter’s Forgotten” in their debut anthology, Climate Shift: Beyond the Scorch
. released May 21, 2024!
my poem, “Plunging,” was published in Issue 6 (Slither/Swim theme) on page 125! issue released on May 15, 2024.
”Don’t Hold It All In” (poem) is the featured poem for May 11, 2024!
my poem, “Yard Sale,” is included in the Spring 2024 edition of this online journal produced by Westchester Writers Workshop! in text AND audio!
my poem “postural pastoral” (that was published in 2019 on the now-archived Horny Poetry Review site) was picked up and posted on May 1, 2024!
my audio poem, “I rocked my curves,” is featured in Issue 9 of this online audio zine! i read the poem aloud & created the background sounds as well!
- “Forewarning” is included in Issue 7 (Spring 2024) of TMP Magazine (page 32!)
- “a goodnight song” appears in the minison zine issue #3 on page 7. this 14-line poem has 14 letters per line.
- many of my textual and photographic and found minison are included in the minison zine issue #1
- several of my 14-character minison pieces appeared in the minison neutral spaces project space
5 of my poems are included S3E8 ”Turn the Earth with K Weber” (released March 26, 2024):
- “1994”
- “hold on to your friends”
- “For the unfolding”
- “Natural features”
- “Weather Veins”
my poem, “The Moving Pieces,” is featured in the online journal!
my poem “Chimera” is the featured poem for March 16, 2024!
my poem “Observation” appears in Issue 03!
you can find my poem, “Momentum of Truth,” in their first issue which has a “color psychology” theme! launched March 2024!
Part II from my “Fog-written: poems from inside a migraine” series is in Issue 5 (March 2024)
“Goodbye, for now“ (poem) was showcased here on March 15, 2024!
i have 4 poems in magazine 19 (February 2024)
- “Tired of the ache”
- “Current status”
- “Just like”
- “In the trees”
- my poem “Eight Line Poem” is included in Starman Oddity, a David Bowie-inspired anthology (February 2024)
- my Quick-10 Interview appeared on the site in January 2024 and in the print collection, Fevers of the Mind Issue 10
- the Throwing Muses song recommendation I wrote for “Bright Yellow Gun” (originally featured on the Memoir Mixtapes site in 2018) was part of a group of featured works inspired by Kristin Hersh (these pieces appear after the interview). this was also published in Fevers of the Mind Poetry, Art & Music Issue 7: Bare Bones Writing II
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a poem of mine has been republished by Fevers of the Mind! “Never in Neutral” was originally featured in a Springsteen-themed anthology by Bone and Ink Press
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“for thought” appears in Fevers of the Mind: Issue 6
- the poem “Catharsis” is a collaborative piece with FotM editor David L O’Nan that features as part of the “Roman Candles” online anthology. this collection includes work inspired by the musician Elliott Smith.
- my poems, “Lullabye for Christie” and “Discord” are in the print and e-book collection “Bare Bones Writing: Issue 1”
- 3 of my poems featured on May 25, 2022: “Discord,” “say, say, say” & “for thought”
- my donated words poem, “saturation” appeared on the site at April 5, 2022
- my poem “Lullabye for Christie” was featured on October 14, 2021
- multiple poems of mine and 1 of my photos were published on the FotM blog on january 6, 2020 (no longer available)
- (untitled) “nearing the sallow…”
- “Freelance, patient”
- “Support system”
- my poem “Fine” and a photo i took were featured in the FotM blog on december 31, 2019 but no longer appear on the current site.
- my poem, “Springtime, Easily” appeared in the FotM blog on december 27, 2019 but no longer appears on the current site.
my poem “Pareidolia and peripheral hallucinations” appears in Issue 7!
Daniel Cyran recently asked for breakfast poems on IG. now they are a part of a series called HUMANE CONNECTION! my poem “Sunday sunrise” (originally self-published in CLING AS INK) joins other breakfast-inspired pieces here
my poem “Dabbling” & an accompanying digital photo collage i created are featured in this really cool print zine dedicated to our favorite animals!
my poem, “Keep going,” was the featured poem on February 2, 2024
my poem “one day at a time” was the featured poem for january 11, 2024. archived here.
a poem fragment i wrote (“spark”) inspired a new poem (“flame”) by Caiti Quatmann called “Desert Ocean” which appears in issue 2
6 of my poems & 8 of my digital photo collages are a part of the first issue:
- fused
- Instrumental
- after the time change/just before spring
- One, adapting
- untitled (anagram poem)
- anxiety cure
my poem “Private Party” appear in their wrestling-themed collection, “This Book is a Work: Part 2.”
my poem “Ease” appears in Tidings 2022!
- my poem “Every Single One” is in the PDF and print release of BS LIT’s NSFW HORNS anthology (issue one)
- a poem i wrote in 1996 at age 19 for my first creative writing major workshop (“Obsessed with all things hot”) is featured in BULLSHIT LIT’s 1st anthology!
- i had a b+w photo in a special black and white visual art edition of Petites!
- a petite piece of my writing appears in my own handwriting in Serving 25 of Petites!
- 2 of my poems (“Taking, Care” and “Sip-soaked”) appear in the Boot 14 edition that was published on May 1, 2022
- 2 of my poems, “wounds” and “Day-drenched,” were featured along with other tree-themed poems for #NationalTreeWeek 2021! “Day-drenched” previously appeared in THIS ASSEMBLY.
- i had an interview about my poetry and writing featured on the site on january 30, 2019.
Human/Kind Journal (has gone offline)
my poem, “I could not say” appeared on pages 65-66 of Issue 2.1 (was available in print and online versions)
giddy to be a part of the initial release of iamb (wave one!). each wave includes 20 poets reading 3 poems each! 3 of my poems and their audio versions appear on my profile page
- “In lieu of flowers”
- “Abundance”
- ”Commune and commute”
Bone and Ink Press (has gone offline)
my poem, “Never in Neutral,” was included in the robust and rarin’ to go Bruce Springsteen-inspired print anthology: “Shut Down Strangers and Hot Rod Angels.” also did an interview about my poem but it is no longer online.
- my interview with black bough poetry – january 19, 2020
- 2 of my poems (“downside” and “Deserving”) & 2 of my photographs appear in issue #4
- a few of my photographs can be found in issue #3
- my poem, “Small,” appears in issue #2. this international collection of poetry commemorates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. i also have an audio version of me reading my selection! i was overjoyed to have my audio version included in an article from the UK (unfortunately the article is no longer online)!
Headline Poetry & Press (had gone offline)
my erasure piece, UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE SOFT UNDERBELLY, appeared on their website on january 14, 2020!
Sub Rosa
pleased to have 2 poems included in this one-time-only print journal: “Still since birth” and “On earth as it is in heaven.” this collection was curated by ingrid calderon-collins and estefania schubert.
YES! my top 5 favorite books of poetry were featured in TPQ5 on October 23, 2019!
Theta Wave (has gone offline)
- “Sine wave,” my first audio poem featuring my voice, me playing synthesizers, and layering found sounds i recorded was featured in their second issue. you could read the poem’s text in english on this page, too.
- a french version of “Sine wave” in text was also available.
- you can listen to “Sine wave” on soundcloud
- “Sine wave” was also included in a 2019 episode of XX Files at CKUT-FM. my sound art/audio poem begins around 22:15 with my bio.
my combination meal of a poem appears in the first-ever issue of TBQ. “bell of the bowl” is many layers like a burrito of 7 strata or the labyrinthine excess of a choco taco. glad this magazine is open late! you can listen to me read this poem, too!
7 of my photos appear in issue #3!!! the HEAT issue!
- almost your scorched earth
- burn the bright dots like you are the sun
- freckled fire
- goodbyes
- i cannot stand but you can withstand
- that once was a picnic
- venting in all directions
- 16 of my photos are featured in volume 10
- 17 of my photos appear in volume 8 and one of my photos is the cover/featured main page art
- 10 of my photos have been included in volume 5
- 6 of my photos are included in volume 4
Moonchild Magazine (has gone offline)
my written piece “late nights on earth” accompanied by a 13-song playlist is included in issue #5!
my photograph, big blue day, is featured in issue #1.5 (summer 2019) with a “weird summer vibes” theme!
2 of my poems appear in the first issue, released online on june 28, 2019:
- “Go forward, move ahead” (page 67)
- “re: flux” (page 68)
two of my photos were a part of this group exhibition of accidental iPhone photos. the first location for the exhibition was: The Drill Hall Library, Universities at Medway, North Road, Chatham Maritime, Kent. ME4 4AG. the exhibition opened on march 11, 2019 and ran until march 29, 2019.
Horny Poetry Review (has gone offline)
my poem “postural pastoral” appeared in the january 2019 release of this evocative, nuanced, and infinitely curious journal.
a poem of mine was selected as the winner of the writer’s digest descort poetic form challenge. you might want to read more about the descort style before reading “Frost opposite” which was my winning piece. this poem appears in the January 2019 issue of the magazine!
“…and I guess I just don’t know” was included in Issue 16, Fall 2017 both online and in the circulated print issue
Words Dance (has gone offline)
- my poem “Unevensong” was featured with audio of me reading on their website in June 2016
- my poems “Since I Am Taking a Break from Facebook” and “Fair Enough” appear in their print book, Poem Your Heart Out, from 2014
- a few of my very short writings are a part of another series they compiled in physical book editions: Literary Sexts, Vol. 1 and Literary Sexts, Vol. 2. These are “Collection[s] of Short and Sexy Love Poems” that are brief and evocative without being explicit.
Black Heart Magazine (has gone offline)
my poem titled ”Seasonal Affective Disorder“ was showcased on their website in May 2016.
Lavender Wolves Literary Journal
“See to shining see” and “Sequestra” were published in Issue 7 of this online magazine (May 2016)
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…additional poems have been published online and in print in the following: Word Salad, Failed Seeker, Understory, Inklings, and more.
MISC. WRITING
i wrote an article for a software testing magazine to discuss my ideation and creation of a brown bag discussion and shared experience series. this was related to and during my time working for a large company doing software testing. “It’s in the Bag” (synopsis only) was published in STQE Magazine in late 2002. my name was Kristi Wheeler at this time.
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