Sometimes I wake up and my chest is an accordion,breathing in and out like it’s trying to remember a songbut forgetting halfway through the chorus.Sometimes I’m… Read more: I’m A Musician Mom!
Ask yourself,what is freedom of the presswhen fear sets the margins?Your algorithm is just an heirto their typewriter.The feed is just a Four Minute Speechreprogrammed for… Read more: choreographed press
Waverly Vernon (they/she) is an interdisciplinary artist from Florida, currently studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their work reflects conversations about power structures, bodily autonomy, queer survival, trauma, and religion. They are the author of soft-skinned (Bottlecap Press, 2025) and on staff at Rawhead Literary Journal and The Adroit Journal. Waverly’s poetry has also been published by The Hemlock Journal, Beyond The Veil Press, Arcana Poetry Press, among others.