for her

to fit

we all

have to

make room enough in the tiny

wooden

womb

Julietta Bekker (she/they) is a writer, educator and illustrator who lives with her husband and child in Portland, Oregon. Her poetry has been published by Pile Press, Bitter Melon Review, 7th-Circle Pyrite, Seedlings and Querencia Press, and is forthcoming from The Dread Literary, Flat Ink Magazine, Gather, and Oyster River Pages. Her work incorporates elements of the natural world to explore political and societal themes through the lens of a queer parent.