Nikki Ummel is a queer writer, editor, and educator at the University of New Orleans. Nikki has been published or is forthcoming in The Adroit, Hobart, PANK, The Georgia Review, and more. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry and twice awarded an Academy of American Poets Award. She is currently the […]
Nikki Ummel
Nikki Ummel: All the Trees of the Field Clapped Their Hands
The first time I had sex was in a barn. He laid me down like a blanket, smoothed me over. My edges were tucked. Windows wide, I saw I saw the trees sway, heard the horses moan. The April fields of lavender looked lovely, buds ripe, seed ready to spread. When he buttoned his […]