Minneapolis-based poet, cat lover, professional shower singer, unlikeable girl. "I shall never grow up; make believe is much too fun." - Eisley 🌙🧜🏻‍♀️ kaitquinn.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mjmohpjlzs2kEmily's reaction to getting her period during a party in Season 1, Episode 3 of Dickinson is the appropriate amount of dramatic. This is still my reaction to getting my period two decades+ into menstruating. I impatiently await the blessing of the menopause goddesses.16 Apr 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmohpjlzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mgio6xdqmc2fAn excerpt of my poem in Issue 11 of one of my fave literary journals, Ink & Marrow Lit. Read the full poem and issue at inkandmarrow.com/issue-11 🖤 #poetry07 Mar 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgio6xdqmc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mgdlhl3ai22rWinter's death rattle shakes out its indecency, / and I am eager for the scandal of light / to constellate my body where hurt once puckered and dimpled. #poetry05 Mar 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdlhl3ai22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mgbgppmffk23I’ve curated a bby list of upcoming poetry workshops that are perfect for Women’s History Month! Check them out at https://kaitquinn.com/posts/march-2026-workshops/ #poetry #poetryresources #writingworkshops04 Mar 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbgppmffk23https://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mfz7u7umts2eFavorite read of the year so far! 🙌🏻 Read my review at kaitquinn.com/posts/cord-swell-brittny-ray-crowell/ #poetry #bookreview01 Mar 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfz7u7umts2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mfdl635xbk2yWe're always more wrong than we think. We always forget / how history never really roosts once it's buried in a page // and shoved on a shelf. That bodies remember what souls forget. #poetry21 Feb 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfdl635xbk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mdyusjwh6225I've curated a list of poetry classes happening this month and how you can use them together (with some additional resources) to create protest poems and act through your art. Check it out at https://kaitquinn.com/posts/february-2026-workshops/ #poetry #poetryworkshops04 Feb 2026 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdyusjwh6225https://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mbwd4ig62c2uI have two poems published in the first issue of Nettle Literary! Read the full poems and the whole issue at nettleliterary.com/january-26 #poetry08 Jan 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwd4ig62c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3mbka5wzxak2wIt's not peace I want—it's bruised knees at the altar of your freckles. #poetry03 Jan 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbka5wzxak2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3m73ytqzfvs2f"I would stain December gluey red. / I would bring you rabbits in my teeth." Read full poem at https://kaitquinn.com/posts/nightbitch/ #poet #poetry #poem #indieauthor03 Dec 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73ytqzfvs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3m4t4e7oadc2aTherapy is just realizing, "Oh, I can do that?"04 Nov 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4t4e7oadc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3lzhz5egq3k2m23 Sep 2025 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhz5egq3k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3lyo7xh5gv224The thing about me is I have been a wax melt in too many balmy hands; sought protection from bodies that only saw me as prey. #poetry12 Sep 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyo7xh5gv224https://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3lyjamz6jhc2lFirst spooky season read (from August): "The Invocations" by Krystal Sutherland. 10-word snapshot: Queer. Witchcraft. Curses. Helpful(?) demons. Murder. Girl power. Necromancy. Ancestral lineage. Highly recommend as a witchy read this fall 🔮 #books #witchybooks #spookyreads10 Sep 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyjamz6jhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3loyhku3qsc2vNot me quoting "Interview with a Vampire" to my therapist during an EMDR session. (In which adult me tells teenage me, "I'm going to give you the choice I never had.") 🧛🏻‍♀️12 May 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyhku3qsc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3logv7s2bw22kHalf a dosage down in reducing my meds and feeling all the feelings. Suffering...but happy about it. 😅😭🥹05 May 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3logv7s2bw22khttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3lnnqszlkq22jDo you like poems about poetry? Read FIVE of them (including one by me) on my Substack! https://kaitquinn.substack.com/p/five-poems-on-poetry25 Apr 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnqszlkq22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3lmdzf5mvic2kMy comfort dark chocolate has officially become a part of my writing ritual. (By comfort dark chocolate, I mean micro dose caffeine replacement.)09 Apr 2025 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdzf5mvic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3llzyi4iink23I think of heartbreak like sticking a pinkie into the spindle hole to wind the pulled-loose tape taut and expecting it to play the same as it did before. #poetry #napowrimo05 Apr 2025 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzyi4iink23https://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3llatsesgg223I am not as honest as fresh snow, and you'll never forgive me. #poetry #linesofpoetry26 Mar 2025 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3llatsesgg223https://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3ll5wf7ixsk2cRewatching the Harry Potter movies. Honestly, I'm surprised the Dursleys even let him have glasses. Also, I have so many questions about the house in the middle of a stormy ocean.24 Mar 2025 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5wf7ixsk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3ll3td7wv6s2sI pour my coffee slowly in the post-apocalypse glow and dream about the moon. 🌙 #poetry24 Mar 2025 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll3td7wv6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3lkubfwtj3c2bBut what if every time I visit a city, we don't meet up for coffee - we meet up and get tattoos?21 Mar 2025 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkubfwtj3c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitquinn.com/post/3lktyoc5f4k2sBlessed Ostara! Here are some spring poems! https://kaitquinn.substack.com/p/poems-for-ostaraspring-equinox #poetry #poems #spring #ostara21 Mar 2025 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:4zjs2bw3vmc2cqfajorv7bnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktyoc5f4k2s