100 Alaska Fresh Poems 2026
My collection of 10 poems, titled “Finding Your Bearings,” will featured in the inaugural volume.
This collection follows my journey to Alaska and the subsequent wonder and reckoning I experienced over the course of my first year. It traces wide-eyed naiveté that eventually gives way to a deeper appreciation of the landscape. As I try to orient myself to this place, each season yields new observations and realizations. In these incredible wild spaces, I reckon with deeper truths about myself, as well as the changing world around me. From the Chugach mountains and Denali tundra to the tide pools of Homer and waves of the Prince William Sound, the natural world served as my writing desk. This collection is a love letter to the landscapes of Alaska, as well as an unfinished story. Alaska will keep evolving in a warming world, and so will I.
Beyond Queer Words
Published: October 2025
The poem, “To Want the World for Breakfast,” will appear in Beyond Queer Words, an anthology of queer literature and visual art published annually.
SCARS: A Beyond Words Anthology
Published: May 2025
The poem, “Heart Line,” appears in this anthology of short stories, flash pieces and poetry on the theme of scars.
Zoe Woods 