June 1, 2025

Elise Powers

John Doe is a passionate poet whose work explores the depths of human emotion and experience.

Elise Powers is a poet whose work explores the complexities of womanhood, relationships, and the quiet intersections of joy and sorrow. Her debut collection, The Size of Your Joy, is forthcoming next spring. She lives in Seattle with her husband and daughter where she writes, collects sea glass, and savors life’s tender joys.

The heart loves to outlive its welcome

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I don’t see poetry as a place where I’m necessarily free from anything, more like a place where I’m free to look closely. To examine, to question, to say the quiet part out loud.

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