I write poetry and creative nonfiction, and my work explores themes of memory, loss, place, embodiment, and our relationship to the natural world. I return again and again to small moments that offer joy and remind us what it feels like to be deeply present—of what it means to be, as I write in a poem about cherry blossoms, “fragile and aching, bared into the air, the wind’s pitch.”
Selected Prose and Poetry
Dalliance
The Balloon
Methuselah
Publications
(forthcoming) “Aphasias” and “Loaded.” Women Writers Anthology. 1455 Books, 2026.
“Gift.” Beautiful Things: A Weekly Online Magazine of Micro-Essays (2 March 2026).
“White Peonies.” San Pedro River Review 18.1 (Spring 2026): 48.
“Dalliance.” Thorn & Bloom: A Literary Magazine 4 (Dec. 2025): 12-13.
“Lilacs.” Hamilton Stone Review 52 (2025).
“Dream Forests” and “Faith.” Human Obscura 6 (2023): 42, 49.
“Bones” and “Quarantine.” Feminist Studies 40.1 (2014): 216.
“The Balloon.” Cold Mountain Review 41.1 (2013): 29.
“Dancing Girl.” SNReview 14.2 (2012): 39-40.
“Corn.” Straightforward Poetry: A Magazine 1 (2012).
“Grace Note.” Sugar Mule 41 (2012): 218.
“Margins.” Split This Rock Poem of the Week Series 12 Nov. 2012.
“Methuselah.” Labletter: Annual Journal of Art & Literature 14 (2012): 34.
“On Constellations.” The Aurorean 17.1 (2012): 47.
“Prayer.” Diverse Voices Quarterly 4.13 (2012): 22.
“Hunger, Blossoms.” Apropos Literary Journal 2.1 (2011).
“Two Poems for J.” Gay and Lesbian Review 16.5 (2009): 25.
“Longing.” Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory. Eds. Miller, Sean, and Shveta Verma. New York: Scriblerus Press, 2008. 172.
Heather A. Holliger 