Selected Works
I want what suits me
Poem, 2025
This poem was published by Grey Coven Publishing and featured in their digital zine “Shadow Work” (Page 36).
Vitamin d for depression
Poem, 2025
This poem was published by The Periwinkle Pelican and featured on their website.
Love and Dental Work
Poem, 2022
This poem was published by Down in the Dirt magazine and featured in three of their issues and anthologies: “My Name is Equality,” “The Final Frontier,” and “Running out of Time.”
Proud to Be: A Pride Poetry Collection
Poems, 2022
My poems “What Returns?” and “Salsa Jar Triolet” were published in this collection. “Proud to Be-A Pride Poetry Collection” celebrates poetry written by and for LGBTQIA+ writers in a triumph of identity and love. Bringing together and uplifting the voices of poets from across the globe, this anthology is a symbol of a community that is united by the wonderful things that make them unique and their honoring of their truest selves.
Hitting My Marks
Newsletter, Ongoing
Quarterly-ish newsletter about reading, writing, pop culture, and current events. I am humbled to realize that to feel closest to my true internal self I have to share my writing and therefore be perceived. I spent my teenage years on Tumblr, so this shouldn’t be a shock!
This essay from 2017 is about turning 20, growing up, nostalgia, and media consumption. It is my most viewed and liked on Medium, and it continues to get views and engagement.
Mariel Cariker 