Poeaxtry_ began as poetry, grew into ritual craft, lapidary art, and community care. All layered with me, Ax (me), at the core of every creation.
The Story Behind Poeaxtry_
Poeaxtry_ started as an idea, a name, a whisper. In 2022, my sister, my friend Dea, and I were brainstorming branding names. Just spit-balling, on snapchat what we thought would eventually be my poetry brand. I wanted a name that carried my voice, experiences, and survival. We landed on Poeaxtry_. Poetry with Ax (me) intertwined. A simple truth that has only rung more true with time.
At first, it was just supposed to be for my poetry collections. Explore themes like (but not limited to): queerness, recovery, identity, and grief. But Poeaxtry_ is stubborn, and begged for more.
From Poetry to Full Creative Practice
Now, Poeaxtry_ encompasses not only my poetry, but handmade lapidary art and rock-hounded creations. Stones I’ve tumbled, polished, sliced for lapidary, slabs that hold texture and story. Ritual tools, wands, spell jars, pendulums, tarot readings, natural sprays, tinctures. Fossil jars and specimens that whisper the histories of the earth. Wreaths, wind chimes, altar decor, and other hand-crafted decor. Journals, zines, and collaborative publishing for marginalized voices. Every piece, every poem, every creation is layered with me, my hands, my heart, my history.
Even as it grew, the Poeaxtry_ branding name still fit like it was made for this life. Poetry, craft, ritual, and community all intertwined. Each item, poem, ritual is a form of poetry itself. A record of what it means to live, survive, create, and witness.
While you’re here, think about your own connection to poetry and craft. What do you create that carries you in it?
A journal entry that tells your story? A handmade object you poured meaning into? A curated ritual, spell, or piece of art you crafted. A poem or reflection that sits in your chest.
Comment below and share what feels most like you. I always find joy when I am able to see how art lives in other bodies.
Poeaxtry_ is about more than what you see in any online shop. It’s about presence, survival, ritual, and care. Not only for myself, but for community. It’s about only leaving traces when ethical. It is a whisper. A chill. a silent look or a shared moment. Standing as proof that you exist at this moment, and that you matter.
Share this post with someone who needs a little creative or spiritual inspiration today. Someone who wants to see poetry and art that live. Stones that speak. Crystals the cry. Rituals that are reminiscent of the care used to create them. Let them know Poeaxtry_ is a space that holds beauty, complexity, and truth.
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I guide every word I write and every project I create with a few simple questions. Who needs to read this? Who needs to feel it? Why am I crafting this? My mission is creative, communal, personal, and radically inclusive.
Whether through poetry, essays, articles, fictional storytelling, or poetic narrative. My writing exists to reach people on an emotional level. This work aims to resonate, provoke reflection, and inspire action. But it isn’t just about words. It’s about building a movement. This movement revolves around how creativity is shared, judged, and celebrated. This is a care centered creative community.
Growing and Expanding Creative Expression
I aim to expand beyond non-fiction poetry into:
Fictional poetry, narrative storytelling through poetic storylines or short stories, personal essays, reflective articles and other works of imaginative fiction.
Each fictional piece is crafted to connect in an entertaining way. It serves as a bridge to my other more emotional and non-fictional creations.
This expansion aligns with the growing importance growth as a creative individual and brand
Building a Creative Community for All
I am committed to redefining community in the arts.
Safety and care:
Crafting creative spaces where voices are protected, valued, and nurtured.
Growth and advocacy:
Through mentorship, resources, and collaboration that prioritize minority voices.
Artistic freedom:
Things like no paywalls, no educational barriers, no judgment based on perspective, identity, or credentials for minority creative people.
Doing this we:
Are actively dismantling the traditional publishing model that favors privilege and exclusivity. Every artist, poet, and writer, regardless of degree, background, or experience, can be published, shared, and spotlighted here.
Community Collaboration
Through free-to-read digital quarterlies, we spotlight minority creatives and welcoming allies. Contributors gain visibility without financial barriers. Our community thrives through care.
Free submission opportunities for literature and visual art. Virtual and local open mic nights. Spotlight features for creatives, small businesses, and advocacy projects. Publishing, formatting, and editing minority manuscripts. As well as sharing tools, resources, and knowledge without gatekeeping the opportunities for others.
These initiatives are designed to amplify voices that might otherwise go unheard. They also create a community centered on care and creativity.
Consider this:
Can you recall the last time you saw a creative space built to prioritize care over commerce?
A space where emotion, expression, and truth are valued more than reputation or money?
If you’ve experienced that before, please comment below. Tell me what inclusion and advocacy in creativity mean to you.
Personal Mission:
Live Loud, Love Fully
Be loud, Love more, live more, and make more memories. Embrace sustainable, healthy, intentional living. While taking action for change, instead of just talking about it. I want to be someone I would have looked up to when I was six. While I live a life I will be proud of when I’m sixty-six.
Every choice in my life, and every word on the page, aims to create real impact in the communities I occupy. This impact reaches both online and offline.
Anti-Capitalist Values
Living fully also means fighting for fairness and equity in the arts and society.
Being anti-capitalist isn’t just an idea, it’s a way of living. I support independent creators and small businesses, trade, and barter, or exchange art, tools, services, and skills whenever possible. I dive into hobbies that are cheap, sustainable, and meaningful. Support shop local over corporate whenever I can. While I prioritize community connection over consumption. Each choice I make, from swapping a poem for a painting to lending my time to help another creative mind grow, is a stand against a system. This system profits off gatekeeping, exclusion, and unnecessary spending. Living this way keeps me rooted in action, not just rhetoric. While I ensure my life and creative work reflect the world I want to see.
Being the Change, Not Just Talking About It
I’m done waiting for others to make the world better while everyone just talks about wanting change. My mission is to actively create the change I want to see, starting with every word I write. Closely followed by every space I build.
This looks like :
Being the change for me means living loud, refusing to conform, and turning ideals into action every single day. It’s calling and writing my representatives, showing up at protests, lobbying for policies that protect marginalized communities. Creating art that doubles as advocacy, and document or challenge injustice. Community building and spaces where care, creativity, and equality are central. Safely sharing knowledge about laws, rallies, and initiatives so others can act, too. Then I spread the word, amplify minority voices, practice mutual aid, and actively support movements instead of waiting for someone else to lead. Every thing I do, I do in a manner that acts as a step toward justice, visibility, and collective empowerment. This is about more than saying we want change; it’s creating, showing up, sharing, teaching, and living the change.
Day by day.
Word by word.
Act by act.
Change isn’t abstract. It’s tangible. Every action. This is how I transform ideals into practice, how I make “wanting change” equal actual change.
If this mission resonates, share this post with a poet, artist, or creative minority or ally. Especially if they need to see that art can be inclusive. Let’s show others art and literature can be accessible, without boundaries.
Share it with anyone who you think would like to submit to community collaborations. Or anyone who might benefit from resources. If they could thrive in this community in any way or benefit, they are welcomed.
Poeaxtry and the Prism is more than publishing. It’s an entire movement of community liberation in creativity.
Submit your poetry, photography, art, or prose, and essays for inclusion in our digital quarterlies. Submit for free by form or by emailing poeaxtryspoetryprism@gmail.com
Join a creative community and get involved in contests, critics, or virtual open mic nights. As well as curating your own collaborative content or joining in on others!
Our spaces are for minorities, supportive allies, and anyone who believes in artistic freedom without judgment. Creatives, critics, silent readers, tech bros, and hype men all welcome. DiscordTwitch Mod Form
With Poeaxtry and the Prism creations creativity is not a single act, it is a network of choices, practices, and systems that produce many works with multiple meanings. Works are over time, across forms, mediums, and or lived experiences. I create through many different types of poetry collections, digital magazines, short stories, multiple curated freebies, visual design, blogging, ritual, craft, indie publishing, and community building.
These practices all are used in a way that is reinforcing the others, each project designed for future forward thinking, accessibility, and connecting with others.
This post will document how I am creative in action, not theory, and then it shows how a multi-disciplinary practice generates advocacy, community care, and minority motivation through creativity.
Comment below the different ways you are creative or centered in community care! Let’s share and grow together!
Poetry
Poetry is the foundation of my creative practice, spanning themes like grief, politics, intimacy, survival, love, joy, and refusal,(just to name a few) across collections, digital freebies, quarterly zines, and ongoing work. I design every poem to function as a standalone piece, a thematic entry in a collection, or any spark of line that pops in my mind. I use observation, memory, emotional truth, and craft to transform experience into language, shaping rhythm, meaning, resonance, and reader reflection.
The digital free quarterly magazine is a curated, layered, intentional creative project. That may include poetry, short prose, essays, visuals, ads for indie creatives etc, contributor work, and more sequenced for rhythm, accessibility, and community care. This is designed in Canva Pro, hosted webpage, serving as both community collaboration and minority movement. All indie and minority inclusions free to build and include work.
Minority/ Marginalized community members may submit up to 10 poems, 10 art pieces (digital or photographic high definition), 2 prose, and or 2 essays . Allied creators with supportive works may submit 1/2 of the above cap. Submit by emailing poeaxtry@gmail.com or form.
Short Stories
Short stories one of the newer creative avenues in my experimental creative endeavors. These allow narrative exploration beyond poetry, experimenting with pacing, tension, voice, drafted, refined, and launched when the right format is finalized. Genres including horror-gore, splatter-punk, and or erotica layered together and creating space to confront fear, power, or boundary.
Refusal as Creative Act
Refusal in itself is a creative decision, choosing to publish, without willingness to conform. To continue holding space for deeper work, rejecting exploitative trends, building sustainable creative practices, preserving integrity, impact showing in project longevity, audience trust, and the ability to iterate without compromise, commas marking pause, consideration, deliberation.
Hiking and Observation as Source Material
Hiking and observation provide primary source material for different poems, blog posts, curated content, imagery, narrative inspiration, and more. Documentation through hiking journals, photos, videos, emotional reflections in authentic detail, and more.
Systems and Strategy as Creative Problem Solving
Systems and strategy turn scattered creative work into sustainable practice, organized collections, managing different free and paid offerings, streamlining digital publications, maintaining workflow across multiple platforms, ensuring creative output, and more
Visual Design as Storytelling
Visual design communicates narrative and tone, from digital magazine layouts, cover art, artistic spacing, typography, color, visually themed elements across collections, poem images (full poems or selected lines posted on socials/ website) . These things work to reinforce the emotional impact of literary work, and are designed in Canva Pro for consistency, readability, and aesthetic clarity.
Blog Writing as Living Documentation
Blog writing captures process, reflection, and documentation of ongoing creative practice, hikes, local outdoor historical or artistic places, calls for arc readers/ collabs/ street team and more, emotional journals, daily and random prompts, newsletters & small project memos, free indie spotlights, minority positivity, call outs of people in the media/ politics promoting bigotry, poems, and much more.
Community Building as Collaborative Art
Community building is creative labor, curating contributors, centering minority voices, hosting collaborations, structuring submissions, balancing recognition and visibility, creating interactive spaces, creative contests, giveaways, planning virtual and local open mic nights, and more.
Submit Collaboration proposal, manuscript, art book, etc for Publishing by emailing poeaxtryspoetryprism@gmail.com or form. Volunteer to Mod community spaces or curation etc for community collabs and more email poeaxtry@gmail.com or submit this form
Ritual and Spellwork as Intentional Design
Ritual and spellwork translate intention into structured action, combining symbolism, timing, materials, and purpose. This are made to impact both maker and recipient.
Handmade craft embeds creativity in the physical, tactile, and material, including rockhounding, tumbling, polishing, lapidary art, jewelry design and making, keychains, wands, wreaths, windchimes, natural sprays, tinctures, beanies, shirts, hybrid print pamphlets, small printable/ digital use zines, and much more. By creating functional objects from raw stone, bones, crystals, wood, herbs, and more, design reflects manifestation/emotion/ etc.
Indie publishing is the architecture that holds all creative output, from solo collections, poetry, collaborative projects, structuring, sequencing, designing, optimizing, and distributing work, ensuring longevity, discoverability, and accessibility.
I am creative through layered, intentional practice, through poetry, digital publications, short stories, hiking, visual design, blogging, rituals, craft, and indie publishing, each practice informing the others, each project structured for longevity, visibility, and impact, connection, the ongoing evolution of work, creativity as living, adaptive, functional. These are all deeply embedded in process and practice.
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What began as Poeaxtry_, my personal artistic persona and small business. This space was for self-published e-books rough Google Doc formatted, rockhounded items, and spiritual things. It turned into the Poetry Prism, a publishing arm and community centered on poetry. Though, over time, it became a home for indie poets as well as authors, artists, small businesses, and more.
Does the name “Poetry Prism” really fit what we do now? We are clearly not just poetry anymore and not just words on the pages. The Prism Publishing has been a platform for all indie creators, artists, writers, musicians, and small businesses for awhile. But to reflect this evolution and to make our intentions and community more clear, we are dropping the word “Poetry.” The Prism now stands as an inclusive, expansive hub: one name, one era, one identity. So Poeaxtry & The Prism is no longer just for short that’s the form fitting identity. Though the publishing based email will remain poeaxtryspoetryprism@gmail.com at least for the time.
A New Era of Collaboration
Our collaborative efforts are evolving too. Gone are the days of simple community PDFs, themed collections, that are free-read by download. Now, we’re moving toward digital anthologies: quarterly curated collections featuring minority creators and allied contributors. With permission from all prior themed individual persons submitting work to continue with the new model. We are transitioning those early submissions into this new format. Just moving forward, no theme restrictions either!
Each person may submit up to:
10 poems 10 digital art pieces or high-resolution photographs, 2 essays, 2 prose works from minority creators.
Allied submissions are welcome at half that cap above. Free small-business ads spots celebrating creators and projects, Curated resources for indie publishers, artists, and small business owners.
Important Dates:
The first submission period for ads, poetry, art, prose, and essays is open until February 12, 2026. This allows time to curate, edit, promote, and release the inaugural quarterly.
A New Era of E-Books
E-books have traditionally followed seasons of life, chronicling moments and collections as they unfolded. Going forward, e-books will be curated around themes now as well as seasons of life:
“The Man Who Was Never Enough and Somehow Too Much: an anthology exploring BPD and mental health.” Is a project for a themed e-book I have in the works.
I.I.A.S.D.: the first free collection, explored 13 poems written on the day the election results were announced in 2024. To continue this free series I.I.A.S.D. Volume Two: 2025, Year of Fear- A Political Poetry Collection.” This one will explore poems of policy, advocacy, and social change. This collection was originally drafted as “It is a Sad Year.” Though, the political collection will still show the expansion over the year following Election Day. It captures my original poetic reflections on politics, society, and lived experience.
These thematic collections ensure that every release is intentional, cohesive, and resonant. These collections provide context for the work. They also highlight perspectives and what future generations will call historical issues that matter.
What This Means for You
The Prism is now:
One unified brand, dropping “Poetry” for clarity and inclusion. A hub for all indie creatives, with poetry still at its heart, but no longer its only focus. A gallery of meaningful digital themed e-books to go with the seasonal anthologies. A space for collaboration, spotlighting, and resources for marginalized voices, allies, and indie creators alike.
This is our new era. A Prism shining light on voices, art, words, and projects that deserve attention—without confusion, without limits.
Welcome to the next chapter.
Forms
Submit to the Quarterly by emailing poeaxtryspoetryprism@gmail.com or form
Submit to Indie Spotlights/Shelf Space by emailing Poeaxtry@gmail.com or form
I’m honored to share that my poem “My BPD” is featured in the newly released anthology Do It For James: Poetry On Purpose, published by Poetry Is Life Publishing in collaboration with the Do It For James Foundation. This compilation uplifts voices navigating grief, mental health, and the power of storytelling.
“My BPD” enacts the disorientation and longing that often accompany diagnosis, and the fierce clarity that comes with naming it.
Available now. Page 43.
My BPD
Furrily Loveable
My poem “Sunlight in Honey” appears in the latest issue of Furrily Loveable, a cozy publication celebrating cats, dogs, and their people. This piece threads joy, memory, and quiet companionship into golden verse.
I chose to honor the soft rhythms of nature, and the beings who walk beside us.
Grateful to be included among such tender voices. Read it now on Amazon.
Author Update, New Headshots, New Era
1st favorite
This winter, I stepped back into the woods, not just to breathe, but to be seen. And now updated headshots are live. These images were chosen for the back of my upcoming books and future publishing submissions.
These are my favorites, though not the full set. Each one carries the pulse of survival, the quiet defiance of Appalachian roots, and the clarity earned through grief and grit.
2nd favorite
They are not just portraits. They are proof. Of presence.
Of pacing.
Of the poet behind the pages.
Stay tuned. The next releases are already forming.
Bonus. For character.
What’s Next
I’m continuing my collaborative writing chapter with Gay Hive Magazine, formerly Hush Magazine. I’ll be contributing work as they relaunch, continuing the kind of honest, purpose driven storytelling I care about. I’ll share published pieces as they go live.
Submissions are now open for the upcoming free quarterly issue of Poeaxtry’s Poetry Prism. Email poeaxtryspoetryprism@gmail.com to submit. I’m accepting art, poetry, prose, and essays through February 12, 2026. These quarterlys will also offer free ad placement for small businesses, independent presses, indie creatives, and community aligned projects. If you’re building something with heart and intention, there’s space for you here.
Humanoid Ideations finalized cover
On my own desk, I’m in the final polish stage of several works in progress, shaping them toward completion rather than rush. “Humanoid Ideations: Meeting the Woman of Your Dreams,” “I wonder,” and “Sometimes the Prince Needs Saved” are reaching completion. Arc readers interested in early access in exchange for reviews email poeaxtry@gmail.com
“Sometimes The Prince Needs Saved” finalized cover
Lastly I am actively participating in a one poem a day for 100 days challenge, showing up consistently, letting practice be visible, and trusting what repetition teaches.
At Poeaxtry_, I like to say that one of our mottos is “Poeaxtry_, where the people are.” But did I ever explain what that actually boils down to?
Simply put: I don’t want to force anyone to find me. I want people who might be interested in reading, submitting, creating, or even just engaging with the emotional, hiking, or other free content I share, to discover me naturally and connect in their own way.
That’s why I post the digital creations, and photos or videos I capture with my phone across social platforms. These posts share the highlights in text on the visual media, summaries in the captions, and links to read more if interested on my website. This site holds the “meat and potatoes,” also known as the full content. This leaves my work accessible to all fully in one place that doesn’t anyone to create an account to view. However subscribers to the website do receive a reward, but I’m probably getting ahead of myself. We’ll get all of that and more soon!
Quality is Key
There’s a difference between followers and believers, between noise and signal, between people who swipe and people who stay. Subscribers mean nothing when the numbers aren’t noticing or notifying. Numbers are nothing if they aren’t the people you resonate with.
This post is a deep dive into the kinds of creators, readers, contributors, critics and community members who thrive at Poeaxtry_ and The Poetry Prism. I’m including a small reminder of our ethos that holds it all together.
This isn’t about chasing numbers or chasing dopamine. It’s about quality, intention, and connection.
Who Thrives Here?
Readers Who Connect.
People who may read something more than once to see what else is hiding.
They look for depth over new discovery, connection over content trends.
They pause, reflect, and engage with work that might challenge societies views or refuse pretend peacefulness.
Creators Who Make With Purpose
Not hobbyists. Not algorithm chasers.
They craft poems like prayers, build zines like love letters, or publish work that has purpose.
These creators make not for only applause, but because their work demands to hold space.
Marginalized Voices & Intersectional Art
We built this space because such spaces were scarce:
LGBTQ+ voices, Disabled creatives, Neurodivergent makers, people in recovery, creators of color, and other communities America keeps attacking.
This is visibility with intention, support with structure, and room without hierarchy.
Contributors & Collaborators Who Grow Together
This is a working ecosystem, not a pond of competitors.
Here, people:
Give and receive constructive feedback, look at success as mutual elevation, respect identities, collaborate while creating creative comrades, compete in creative showdowns, and much more.
Algorithm chasing creators who aren’t the same as creative people they are much different.
If your goal is to rage bait or chase clicks, this space isn’t for you.
We value substance over fake.
The “I’m above you” energy? Not going to fly here.
Harm, Discrimination, Prejudice
We do not tolerate dehumanizing behavior.
Bigotry or discrimination that is based on race, gender, sexuality, disability, mental health, or any other immutable identity ends your collaboration here immediately.
This is a safe creative community no slut shaming, body shaming, or politics. Transgender identity isn’t politics if you think so I don’t think you need me to tell me shit,
poeaxtry’s website (updated first) Shared to mainstream & emerging social platforms Direct community spaces Publishing & sales: Amazon/Kindle, Google Play Books, Etsy, Gumroad, Payhip
At Poeaxtry_ we are not tied to a single platform, always expanding.
Community Spaces & Engagement
I’m building safe, collaborative spaces for writers, artists, and makers:
Discord with Collaborative threads, competitions, open mic nights, custom roles for interactions, and more. Feedback invited, not forced; silence allowed. Rest & presence valued over performance always.
Publishing & Opportunities
Poeaxtry’s Poetry Prism offers:
Free publishing for minority indie creators: poetry, prose, visual art, mixed media, experimental work and Indie spotlights for indie creatives and small businesses Collaborative projects, resource sharing, critique circles
2026 Initiatives
Our new Quarterly digital magazine with open submissions, my own features, resource guides, advice sections addressing current issues, and open budget friendly calls for submissions.
Also be looking for virtual and local open mic nights
This is the ecosystem for those who thrive here creating, collaborating, connecting, and building together.
Values Hold Poeaxtry_ Together
Integrity, respect, care.
Bigotry, discrimination, or harm ends collaboration immediately.
We realistically can’t do full vetting or background checks but we know the truth surfaces naturally. Then we will act accordingly.
This isn’t a growth strategy.
This is a creative home for people who:
Read meaningfully, create with care, connect generously, and Build community over content creating trend climbing.
Your voice matters here. So if it’s genuine, grounded, and human come connect !
Shifting the Prism’s Collaborations Into a Quarterly Publication
The why behind Collaborations
I launched community collabs with one goal to create publications for marginalized voices to be heard. (I wanted to help their art be seen too, of course, and their business be found.) To be read by others would then be able to find voices similar to their own. Themed calls gave structure, that I thought would help. However, I like art when the creator feels compelled to create it, not when it’s created per a submission theme.
Why I’m Changing the Model
It became clear that themes sometimes act as invisible boundaries. They shaped not only what people created, but who felt comfortable submitting. Themes feel a bit too much like gatekeepers, for my comfort. Hear me out, you had to fit the art, poem, or essay in like a key based on theme.
That contradicts who I am or whom I want to be. I want this space to belong to the creators themselves. I want to invite people to bring what’s real. What’s needed, even if it doesn’t fit.
So I decided: no more themes. Instead, I’m opening Poeaxtry up to open‑theme quarterly magazines. I was already planning a Quarterly & this fits the bill.
Any suggestions on names? Guesses welcome!
This change isn’t a retreat. It’s expansion. By removing themes, the door stays open wider for more voices, more art, more perspectives. By increasing frequency, I can amplify more people across time.
rights stay with creators: you keep your work. Poeaxtry curates and publishes but does not claim ownership or restrict distribution. Contributor bios, links, and photos welcome!
Free ads space to minority‑owned shops, indie authors, small businesses to support community visibility.
Digital magazine format means no forced downloads Eliminates 4 bulky PDFs a year. Always Viewable online Readers & Contributors now can share by link
2026 Quarterly Schedule
(Submission + Publication Dates may change slightly!)
Q1 2026 (First Edition)
Taking submissions: now– Feb 12, 2026
Launch: Mar 8–15, 2026
Q2 2026 (Second Edition)
Taking submissions: March 9-May 5th
Launch: Jun 5–12, 2026
Q3 2026 (Third Edition)
Taking submissions:Jun 5 – Aug 5, 2026
Sep 5–12, 2026
Q4 2026 (Fourth Edition)
Taking submissions: Sep 5 – Oct 31, 2026
Launch: Dec 5–12, 2026
Note: The first edition will include existing submissions from the original themed collabs. It will also include any new open-theme submissions received during the submission window. Future editions will be fully open‑theme. The last quarter is stretched out because of holidays, birthdays, and death days.
What This Means for Contributors & Community
You’re free to send your work when you feel ready. This includes poetry, art, essays, and prose, just like before, just no need to match a theme. The spotlights from the website will be shared in the quarterly as well. The magazine lives online, shareable by link. More frequent releases = more opportunities for visibility, community building, connection.
What Happens to the Original Themed submissions?
Their submitted work will be included in the first quarterly edition as long as they consent.
No more waiting. Just art, voices, visions.
Your Voice Matters, Always
Poeaxtry was born from a belief that the best art comes from the darkest places. That minority voices of every difference have stories and voices that matter. Lastly, to build a community for all of us to share our creations with each other and the world.
This shift isn’t a change of heart, it’s evolution. As the world shifts, as art shifts, as voices shift, we must too…
Shift.
If you’re a minority artist, an ally writer, a survivor turned storyteller. Send in your voices or visions to Poeaxtryspoetryprism@gmail.com or submit this form.
Small business owners, entrepreneurs, indie-creatives, communities, etc. send your ads to the above email or form as well!
To have a Spotlight post on the website fill out this form or email Poeaxtry@gmail.com To review ebooks and other digital items in exchange for honest reviews, use this form
Thank you for being here. Let’s start building community.
I’ve got something soft and bright to share today… my poem “Sunlight In Honey” has been published by Magique Publishing in their collection Furrily Lovable. This collection isn’t just poems. Instead it’s full of pictures, art, and heartfelt pieces about the ones we love most: our fur babies.
Writing “Sunlight In Honey” felt like tracing pawprints across a mountain trail, capturing the warmth of golden light on fur, the quiet bond between dog and human after a long hike. I pictured my dog tail wagging, tongue lolling, ears perked soaking in the forest’s hush. I wanted to hold that moment in words, to honor the loyalty, the joy, the wild love.
When Magique Publishing posted about the submission call bing open, I felt like this was made for me. Their collection brings together art and soul, dog lovers and dreamers, human and animal kin. Holding the physical copy, seeing my poem next to paintings, photos, other poems, felt like standing among many storytellers all speaking the same language: love for the creatures we share our lives with.
If you want to grab a physical copy, it’s available on Amazon now. Look for Furrily Lovable flip the pages, feel the brush of whiskers, the softness of paws, the pulse of life we sometimes rush past.
For those who know me you know this kind of publishing is the reason I started Poeaxtry_ and The Prism. It’s about collecting the whispers, the small wild moments, the love that often goes unseen. It’s for the underdogs, the moon-lit hikes, the pages stained with dirt and hope.
If you grab a copy, I’d love to hear which poem or art piece hits you hardest. And maybe someday I’ll share behind-the-scenes of writing “Sunlight In Honey” from trail dust to printer ink.
I’ve been sitting with two new works that each bite a little deeper than usual. I’m knee-deep in human monster imagery, hallucinations on pages, and the smut and horror that cut both ways. You know me, I wanted to open the door a little wider. So I’m writing a body type horror that lives in our daily habits. It relates to simple acts like unwrapping a straw. It includes the tear of opening a ketchup packet and even the crack of a water bottle seal. I’ve been calling this new project “I Wonder.” I noticed how often the mundane is one blink away from becoming brutal.
If you know me, you know I love splatter-punk and horror gore. It felt right to try my hand at a different kind of poetic violence. Some grow out of the everyday rituals we never think twice about. Others are manifested by our own misery and deprivation.
It’s time to bring readers into the process.
Beta Readers, ARC Readers, and Street Team Sign Ups
I’m building three small but mighty teams. Each has a clear role, clear expectations, and a few thank-you bonuses from me.
If you want in:
Email me at poeaxtry@gmail.com, or fill out the form(s) linked in this post. You can pick more than one or just one, whatever fits your schedule.
Beta Readers
You get the raw draft, the crooked edges, the parts still dripping. You tell me what stumbles, what hits, what confuses, what claws at you in the right way.
You get:
• Early access to the rough manuscript
• A digital finished copy upon release
• Your name in the digital acknowledgments
• A private PDF of cut pieces, alternate lines, or deleted stanzas, exclusive to beta members
ARC Readers
You get the polished version right before launch. Your main task is simple, read and leave an honest review on at least one platform.
You get:
• Final digital copy
• Your name listed as an early reviewer
• Access to promo graphics you can share if you want
• Optional Q and A email with me after launch
Street Team
You help amplify. Sharing posts, boosting drops, nudging other readers. Low pressure, high impact. You’ll make posts prior to book launch & also post launch.
You get:
• Sneak peek excerpts
• Street team only wallpapers or digital art
• Name in the digital acknowledgments
• The chance to win a physical gift for outstanding team players.
If you want to be part of these groups, email me or complete the sign-up form. I’m keeping it simple.
More about the WIP
This piece is the heart of what I’m writing now. It blends hallucination, romance, rot, body-electricity, and all the strange cycles we call connection. Think sensory overload, think whispered illusions, think those little narrative pages where reality slips sideways. The full chapbook is coming along, poem by poem, story by story, and monster by monster.
Open Collabs
Voices for the Voiceless:
The Joy They can’t Erase :
Both community collaborations are getting extended timelines so the full emotional feel can land. No rush. Just creation.
Free Minority Manuscript Publishing Spot
I’m keeping one slot open at all times for a minority creator who needs their manuscript brought to life. First come, first served. No cost, no gate keeping, just support. We currently don’t charge for publishing at all and do not offer it outside this spot.
Feel free to email me @ poeaxtry@gmail.com and I’ll reply with the details.
Facebook Giveaway
When the page hits 1k followers, I’m giving away:
• All 9 digital collections to the grand prize winner
• Three runner ups get one mystery digital collection each
Four winners total.
Details on Facebook, but I’ll announce it here when we’re close. Instagram & other socials get the same giveaway when they reach 1k. More for higher amounts as well!
Summary: Wandering alone late at night in the dark. Searching for meaning as your heart melts in your ribcage. A longing to be alive, but you’re dead and staring through a veil to experience a semblance of life. Canvas of Scars is a collection of dark poetry, short prose, and art with themes of PTSD, depression, psychosis, and other dark subjects.
At the End of Time is one of my favorite poems from the book. It was written in a spur of the moment while dissociating, so the imagery was very strong. I’d went on a walk before writing it, and I described everything I was seeing and feeling as if it were a stage play. Like everything was a set and I was on the outside of it all as an observer.
About me and why I created the book:
I’m a nonbinary trans masculine author and artist, and I’ve also spent a lot of my life struggling with various mental illnesses, including CPTSD and a panic disorder. Canvas of Scars wasn’t something that was planned, it just became what it was over time as I wrote more and more poetry privately on one of my blogs. The art in the book is also drawn by me, and they’re all pieces that were, again, not meant for publication but as vent art to help me cope. I eventually combined them all in an effort to talk honestly about severe mental illness and trauma, as well as show visually how scary things can feel. It became a part of my work as an advocate for mental health awareness, and as a way to share my own story of survival.
Future projects:
Right now, I’m juggling a few different works in progress. One of them is called The Soulless Ones, and it’s a Backrooms-inspired sci-fi that also takes inspiration from I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. It’s about four people who wake up in a strange, indoor community to find that they can’t remember their past. No one else is there, and nothing else seems to exist beyond the four walls around them. Another work in progress is the third book in my series, The Requiem Series. It’ll be the final book in the main storyline, and I’m really excited to get back to the fantasy themes of the first book; angels, demons, and a bit of a Biblical apocalypse will unfold.
