Laura Buxbaum (she/her) lives and writes in Maine, where she also raises dairy goats, makes music, and runs on local trails. Her poems can be seen or are forthcoming in Thimble Lit, Rat’s Ass Review, Brawl, Verse-Virtual, Gyroscope, Writers Resist, Painted Pebble, La Rotonde, and elsewhere. She was a finalist in the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance 2026 Literary Awards in the Short Works in Poetry Competition. Her chapbook, Roadkill and Other Encounters, will be published by Kelsay Books in the fall. She can be found at https://laurabuxbaum.com or on social media: https://www.facebook.com/laura.buxbaum; https://www.instagram.com/buxbaumlaura/