Recently published:

Sick Kids - Narrative Magazine
When my hair was still hanging tough, / as the little deaths in my body / kicked out patch after patch, / my shiny-bald teacher told me real ones / shave it all the way down.Thick of Things - Whale Road Review
The cats in the hay field / believe anything that moves is a mouse....Central Line - Rust & Moth
Lately I’ve been rattling like pennies when I walk and turns out, all the black holes lead to me.

Hi there! I'm Avery, a college student known for excellent groundhog-spotting, terrible video-game playing, and eating bowls of plain cottage cheese with my lunch. Sometimes I write, but don't tell anyone--it makes me look even more dubious than the cottage cheese. I read poetry for Split Lip Magazine, and I occasionally update Twitter on @averyotherwise.

Some cool things that have happened to me:

I am a reader for Split Lip Magazine which I still cannot believe!!
I was a Young Poets Workshops Fellow and taught a workshop on humor in poetry (here's the recording!)
I got interviewed once (here!)
I got featured once (here!)
Second Place in Narrative Magazine's '24 High School Contest!
'23 Best of the Net nomination for Ruminantia!
'23 Best of the Net nomination and '24 Best New Poets nomination for Benediction and #4 Clippers!
Adroit Journal Mentorship Class of '23!
Won Polyphony Lit’s 2021 Winter Contest!
Won the borderline lit mag’s Social Media Contest!
Shortlisted for The Dawn Review’s 2023 Prize for Poetry!
2023 Poetry Gold Medal and National Poet Semi-Finalist in the Scholastics Art & Writing Awards!

Some of my poems I think are pretty cool:

Central Line - Rust & Moth, 2023
Lately I’ve been rattling like / pennies when I walk, / and turns out, all the black holes / lead to me...Benediction and #4 Clippers - Split Lip Magazine, 2023
(Best of the Net and Best New Poets nomination)
my hairdresser is envious of my hair, / humid and thick...Thick of Things - Whale Road Review, 2024
(2022 Gasher Transpoetic Prize Longlist)
When my hair was still hanging tough, / as the little deaths in my body / kicked out patch after patch...Sick Kids - Narrative Magazine, 2024
(Second Place Winner in High School Contest)
The cats in the hay field / believe anything that moves is a mouse...Blitztorte / Lightning Cake - Aurora Journal, 2022
If I say I was nine when I saw lightning / allow my lie...Ruminantia - Portland Review, 2023
(Best of the Net nomination)
My grandmother only calls me to complain about deer / and their incomplete bodies…August 27th, 2003 - Mausoleum Press, page 31, 2022
You cannot fool me, Mars. / I know you are the sun…frankenstein's monster gets dressed, crying: - The Dawn Review, 2023
(Shortlisted for the Dawn Prize for Poetry)
don’t look at me yet, my god / I am still pulling myself together...you asked me what I write poetry about - Ice Lolly Review, page 34, 2023
and I said / I have stolen / the insides / of a basket…The Other Day on Wikipedia & Mimesis - Peach Mag, 2022
I’m worried the wool moths / are writing on my clothes…bed and breakfast - Polyphony Lit., 2022
(Winner of the Winter Contest)
to all who ask for directions, I am sorry, I cannot swallow…

2024
Sick Kids - Narrative Magazine
Thick of Things - Whale Road Review2023
australopithecus - Bullshit Lit
Central Line - Rust & Moth
frankenstein's monster gets dressed, crying: - The Dawn Review
Ruminantia - Aster Lit
Waterline - Sylvia Magazine
you asked me what I write poetry about - Ice Lolly Review
Benediction and #4 Clippers - Split Lip Magazine
Ruminantia - Portland Review2022
The Other Day on Wikipedia & Mimesis - Peach Mag
Blitztorte / Lightning Cake - Aurora Journal
transitional ghazal - Delicate Emissions
August 27th, 2003 - Mausoleum Press
ornaments entanglements - the borderline lit mag
Maquette - Connecticut River Review
Crop Rotation & ghazal on stealing fruits from your grandmother’s fridge - VIBE
Teenage Blackout - Bullshit Lit
ways to write queer on our school computers & Pastiche from Inside the Burn Barrel - Defunkt Magazine
Inattentive - Second Chance Lit
if you'd like, this ghazal can be about god - bs/ws2021
bed and breakfast - Polyphony Lit.
unbindings - The Incandescent Review
How Did the Odyssey Sound Before It Was Written? - The Phoenix Review
Though They Called Us Two Maidens - Rattle's Young Poets