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Nikki Ummel

Nikki Ummel

March 18, 2022 by PBQ Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Contributors 101, Issue 101 Tagged With: Nikki Ummel

Nikki Ummel: All the Trees of the Field Clapped Their Hands

March 8, 2022 by PBQ Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Issue 101, Poetry 101 Tagged With: Nikki Ummel

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