In the leadup to our thirteenth issue, ’hygge’, we shared a series of micropoems from some talented submitters:
Category: Hygge (Issue No. XIII)
Robyn Smith
Robyn Smith
Poetry Contributor
Robyn Smith is a writer living in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with a kick ass eleven-year-old and their fuzzy cat. She is currently writing a novella as the thesis for her MFA through UBC’s School of Creative Writing.
Works in Nightingale & Sparrow
H. Sanders
H. Sanders
Poetry Contributor
H. Sanders lives, writes, and teaches in Oklahoma City alongside his spouse, Mackenzie, and their beloved dog, Laura Dern. He is hoping to take up gardening soon.
Works in Nightingale & Sparrow
the lonely mountain apotheosis
Karen Sadler
Karen Sadler
Poetry Contributor
Karen Sadler (she/her) is a geriatric millennial living in Toronto with her husband and two young kids. She writes about grief, nature, parenthood, and the occasional ghost. You can find more of her writing on IG @kallorywrites.
Works in Nightingale & Sparrow
Emily Perkovich
Emily Perkovich
Poetry Contributor
Emily Perkovich is an Art Evaluator for Persephone’s Daughters from the Chicago-land area. Her work strives to erase the stigma surrounding trauma victims and their responses. Her piece This is Performance-Art was a finalist for the 50th New Millennium Writings Award and she is a 2021 Best of the Net nominee. You can find more of her work on IG @undermeyou
Works in Nightingale & Sparrow
Annie Marhefka
Annie Marhefka
Creative Nonfiction Contributor
Annie Marhefka is a writer in Baltimore, Maryland, where she spends her time writing, boating on the Chesapeake Bay, and hiking with her kiddos. Her creative nonfiction and poetry have been featured in Versification, Sledgehammer Lit, Anti-Heroin Chic, Remington Review, Coffee + Crumbs, and Capsule Stories, among others. Annie is the Executive Director at Yellow Arrow Publishing, a Baltimore-based nonprofit supporting and empowering women writers, and is working on a memoir about mother/daughter relationships. You can find Annie’s writing on Instagram @anniemarhefka, Twitter @charmcityannie, and at anniemarhefka.com.
Works in Nightingale & Sparrow
At the Lake House, We Skip Rocks
Maggie Krebs
Maggie Krebs
Visual Art Contributor
Maggie Krebs graduated from Miami University with a major in Psychology and a minor in 2D Art. She has been painting since graduation through custom Etsy orders, but this will be the first collection of her own design.
Works in Nightingale & Sparrow
Yvette Viets Flaten
Yvette Viets Flaten
Poetry Contributor
Yvette Viets Flaten, Eau Claire, WI, writes fiction and poetry. Growing up in a military family, she learned French and Spanish overseas, and continued to study language and history at university. She writes everyday, following Sinclair Lewis’ advice to: “Make black marks on white paper.”
Works in Nightingale & Sparrow
Marie-Louise Eyres
Marie-Louise Eyres
Poetry Contributor
Marie-Louise received her MFA from Manchester Writing School in 2020. In 2021 she was a winner in the Poetry News “lesser loss” competition. Poems also in Stand (2022), Agenda, Portland Review, The Poet’s Republic (2022), and competition anthologies for the Bridport (2019 highly commended), Live Canon (2019, shortlist) and Ginkgo AONB (2020 highly commended) prizes.
Works in Nightingale & Sparrow
