writing on the run.
Jasmine Sierra is a student of Spalding University pursuing her MFA in poetry, and in the midst of organizing her first collection, AVOIDANT PERSONALITY. Her work has been featured in Winter Tangerine, Vagabond City Literature, Unrooted, and a host of her college publications.
Portfolio
Collections
letters to ghosts by Jasmine Sierra
a 2412 chapbook / Nº4 "With its bewitching imagery and poignant disharmonies, Letters to Ghosts comes as an uncomfortable inquiry into one's identity and how this identity can...
Handmade chapbook edition of 30 containing sixteen original poems. . Cover design was printed on an iron press; all were hand-bound with thread. Outside material is Stonehedge,...
Reviews
REVIEW: PARADOX BY JASMINE SIERRA
Jasmine Sierra's Paradox reads as a collection of persona poems, each page dedicated to the expression of a single slice of self, the pulsing parts coming together to form a...
Paradox by Jasmine Sierra (A Review)
A. Imagine this: sitting on the wraparound porch of your grandmother's house in the heat of summer. starting on the porch steps licking popsicles with your best friend. planning...
2017
the Shade Journal is an online poetry journal focused on the empowerment of queer people of color (QPOC); publishing poems that inspires, devastates, and howls-
2016
We Sweat Honeysuckle Anthology
Devoted to exploring the eccentric and the electric, Winter Tangerine presents an anthology from the winter workshop, WE SWEAT HONEYSUCKLE.
WHEN I FIRST WENT INTO THE OCEAN I | Jasmine Sierra
felt like a magic woman, magic mouth of the Pacific calling to me 'til she could kiss me on my feet. Asked me how I gone so long without lettin' these feet come to cozy up with...
names have meaning. you cannot call a rose a poppy and have it be the same.
Featured preview of my work in Lydia Haven's Sapphic Zine, set to ship August 20th!
2015
not ruining myself over your mediocre touch.
witches don't go runnin' with sharp claws, or sharp teeth.
that's why they call her the trauma queen | Jasmine Lomax
where were you lookin' for happiness? in the bottle? in the bottom of her heart?