Niesha Okere is a writer & poet from Philadelphia. She writes speculative poems & microfiction about grief, girl hood, and everyday life. Her work appears or is forthcoming in hex literary, Variant Literature, Allium: A Journal of Poetry & Prose, Barren Magazine, and other publications. She is the author of the chapbook, Blue Girls (Finishing Line Press, 2024). And her writing has been nominated for the Best of the Net.
She has a bachelor’s in Magazine Journalism from Temple University and has worked as a journalist, digital producer, and strategist. Currently, she is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at Holy Family University.
Selected
Publications
My addiction to Death’s attention
hex literary
Grief showed up at my house one day with a bouquet of white carnations
hex literary
The leaves are busier than my mother on a Sunday morning
hex literary
Barren Magazine, Issue 22
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose
Variant Literature, Issue 13
Chapbook
BLUE GIRLS
Finishing Line Press (2024)
