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Vikki C.

Poet, essayist, musician. Pushcart, Forward Prize, BOTN and Orison Best Spiritual Lit nominee. In the Blueprint of Her Iris out now with Ice Floe Press.

My Poetry Collections & Chapbooks

Purchase IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS (Ice Floe Press)
Purchase IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS (Ice Floe Press)
Purchase 'Where Sands Run Finest' (DarkWinter Press)
Purchase 'Where Sands Run Finest' (DarkWinter Press)
Dusklight Through The Dogwood Bower - a micro-chapbook by Vikki C. (Origami Poems)
Dusklight Through The Dogwood Bower - a micro-chapbook by Vikki C. (Origami Poems)

Selected publications & awards

'End Pleasures' | Issue 03: Footnotes - The Cove Magazine
'End Pleasures' | Issue 03: Footnotes - The Cove Magazine
Excerpt from Mouth, as your hand: Vikki C. (texts and sound) & Robert Frede Kenter (images) | IceFloe Press
Excerpt from Mouth, as your hand: Vikki C. (texts and sound) & Robert Frede Kenter (images) | IceFloe Press
“I read that butterflies are losing their color, becoming more muted to blend into their deforested habitats” by Vikki C. | Heavy Feather Review
“I read that butterflies are losing their color, becoming more muted to blend into their deforested habitats” by Vikki C. | Heavy Feather Review
The Book Bag: Poetic Voices | Featured poet for March 2026: 'Morningfall'; 'Again, Ithaca'; 'Becuse there's the idea of prayer and the idea of us'
The Book Bag: Poetic Voices | Featured poet for March 2026: 'Morningfall'; 'Again, Ithaca'; 'Becuse there's the idea of prayer and the idea of us'
Grace Periodic | TIMBER
Grace Periodic | TIMBER
In a Nutshell: an anthology of micropoems | ONE ART Poetry
In a Nutshell: an anthology of micropoems | ONE ART Poetry
three poems – 'Rules of Verse: Poetry Inspired by The Velvet Underground' | Blood+Honey
three poems – 'Rules of Verse: Poetry Inspired by The Velvet Underground' | Blood+Honey
Two Poems: Through The Looking Glass | Ballerini Book Press – New Release
Two Poems: Through The Looking Glass | Ballerini Book Press – New Release
'Elegy for a Grown World' | Astrolabe
'Elegy for a Grown World' | Astrolabe
'Re-visitation' & 'Libertarian' | Same Faces Collective
'Re-visitation' & 'Libertarian' | Same Faces Collective
'Advent' ; 'Winter Prophecy' | Christmas - Winter 6 (2025) | Black Bough poetry
'Advent' ; 'Winter Prophecy' | Christmas - Winter 6 (2025) | Black Bough poetry
'Luminaries' | Bacopa Literary Review 2025 – Writers Alliance Of Gainesville
'Luminaries' | Bacopa Literary Review 2025 – Writers Alliance Of Gainesville
'The Blessing Hour' | Jarnal Volume 4 — MASON JAR PRESS
'The Blessing Hour' | Jarnal Volume 4 — MASON JAR PRESS
The Beholding Eye – A review of In the Blueprint of Her Iris | Cable Street
The Beholding Eye – A review of In the Blueprint of Her Iris | Cable Street
Washington Square, New Year's Eve | Sunday Mornings at the River Poetry Diary 2026
Washington Square, New Year's Eve | Sunday Mornings at the River Poetry Diary 2026
In the Blueprint of Her Iris featured at Jerry Jazz Musician's Community Bookshelf
In the Blueprint of Her Iris featured at Jerry Jazz Musician's Community Bookshelf
'Inheritance'; 'Reliable Narrator' | Rawhead Journal Special issue #1
'Inheritance'; 'Reliable Narrator' | Rawhead Journal Special issue #1
'Childhood' | Up the Staircase Quarterly – Issue 71
'Childhood' | Up the Staircase Quarterly – Issue 71
Survivorship - Ilanot Review
Survivorship - Ilanot Review
2025 - Bridport Prize - Shortlisted
2025 - Bridport Prize - Shortlisted
Best of the Net nomination from SHINE International Poetry series for "Between Two"
Best of the Net nomination from SHINE International Poetry series for "Between Two"
Black Bough Poetry Silver Branch feature – Vikki C. - June 2025 | Mysite
Black Bough Poetry Silver Branch feature – Vikki C. - June 2025 | Mysite
'The Freedom Roads of Mahogany' | The Blue Mountain Review, Issue 34
'The Freedom Roads of Mahogany' | The Blue Mountain Review, Issue 34
'Alternative Dream of Deconstruction', 'At The Cliff Edge, I Ask God What I Could Become', 'Why On Earth This Love?' | Rough Diamond Poetry (The BODY anthology)
'Alternative Dream of Deconstruction', 'At The Cliff Edge, I Ask God What I Could Become', 'Why On Earth This Love?' | Rough Diamond Poetry (The BODY anthology)
'Territorial' | Sunday Mornings At The River
'Territorial' | Sunday Mornings At The River
Between Two; Wilderness Gallery; Lifelines Through the Oldest War | SHINE International Poetry series: VIKKI C.
Between Two; Wilderness Gallery; Lifelines Through the Oldest War | SHINE International Poetry series: VIKKI C.
'Glass House Almanac' | Burningword Literary Journal
'Glass House Almanac' | Burningword Literary Journal
'Time Signatures' | Grain Magazine – Issue 52.2
'Time Signatures' | Grain Magazine – Issue 52.2
Remembering Us In Analogue – Prose & Music by Vikki C. | Ice Floe Press
Remembering Us In Analogue – Prose & Music by Vikki C. | Ice Floe Press
'Mother of Pearl' |Trampoline Poetry
'Mother of Pearl' |Trampoline Poetry
'Surrogate Beauty' ; 'Because there is mercy in the negative' | The Winged Moon - Hinterland
'Surrogate Beauty' ; 'Because there is mercy in the negative' | The Winged Moon - Hinterland
Butterfly Season With A Dying Love(r) - Barren Magazine
Butterfly Season With A Dying Love(r) - Barren Magazine
‘Finding You In a Late Field & Other Small Mercies’ | FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art – Issue 21
‘Finding You In a Late Field & Other Small Mercies’ | FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art – Issue 21
Your Name A Sermon I Count On | The Inflectionist Review
Your Name A Sermon I Count On | The Inflectionist Review
'Pre-occupations in a Warm Spell' | Sublunary Review
'Pre-occupations in a Warm Spell' | Sublunary Review
All You Should See Is Blue | New Feathers Anthology
All You Should See Is Blue | New Feathers Anthology
"The Fragile Truth About Glass"; "Sacred Afflictions"; "Therapy & the Conditions of Writing" | Emerge Literary Journal – Issue 32
"The Fragile Truth About Glass"; "Sacred Afflictions"; "Therapy & the Conditions of Writing" | Emerge Literary Journal – Issue 32
'How We Exit With Grace', 'Where They Move Like Angels' – Cable Street | Issue 7
'How We Exit With Grace', 'Where They Move Like Angels' – Cable Street | Issue 7
Book review of Kushal Poddar's 'Postmarked Quarantine' (Ice Floe Press) | Autumn 2024 — EcoTheo Collective
Book review of Kushal Poddar's 'Postmarked Quarantine' (Ice Floe Press) | Autumn 2024 — EcoTheo Collective
Throwing The Bridesmaid’s Flowers – A Collaboration - Ice Floe Press - New Works
Throwing The Bridesmaid’s Flowers – A Collaboration - Ice Floe Press - New Works
The Late Corridors Of Hunger - The Hyacinth Review
The Late Corridors Of Hunger - The Hyacinth Review
'The Other Affair' – Sweet Literary
'The Other Affair' – Sweet Literary
'The Art of Minor Incarnations' – Harpy Hybrid Review
'The Art of Minor Incarnations' – Harpy Hybrid Review
'The Disquiet of Rehearsing for Death' – New Verse Review
'The Disquiet of Rehearsing for Death' – New Verse Review
'The Coaxing' – Amethyst Review
'The Coaxing' – Amethyst Review
'Because Rain Bends Gold' - The Hyacinth Review
'Because Rain Bends Gold' - The Hyacinth Review
'Mourning Hymn In The After', 'For My Golden Other' – Issue 6 | Suburban Witchcraft Magazine
'Mourning Hymn In The After', 'For My Golden Other' – Issue 6 | Suburban Witchcraft Magazine
The Inflectionist Review - Vikki C., The Unavoidable Fifth Season
The Inflectionist Review - Vikki C., The Unavoidable Fifth Season
'Atlantic Counsel' – The Belfast Review – Issue 2
'Atlantic Counsel' – The Belfast Review – Issue 2
'IN SOME LIFE OR THE OTHER' - The Winged Moon (online edition) (Pushcart nominated)
'IN SOME LIFE OR THE OTHER' - The Winged Moon (online edition) (Pushcart nominated)
'In the Blueprint of her Iris' - New Feathers Anthlogy
'In the Blueprint of her Iris' - New Feathers Anthlogy
'Skin Deep In What We Cannot Own' - Ballast Journal (2.3 – Summer 2024)
'Skin Deep In What We Cannot Own' - Ballast Journal (2.3 – Summer 2024)
'A Woman's Fantasia' - Vita & the Woolf, July issue (Elsker Publishing House)
'A Woman's Fantasia' - Vita & the Woolf, July issue (Elsker Publishing House)
''IN SOME LIFE OR THE OTHER' (Pushcart nominated) - The Winged Moon
''IN SOME LIFE OR THE OTHER' (Pushcart nominated) - The Winged Moon
#TheWhiskeyShot: Poet Spotlight - Vikki C. - The Broken Spine
#TheWhiskeyShot: Poet Spotlight - Vikki C. - The Broken Spine
Ancestral Winter - Psaltery & Lyre
Ancestral Winter - Psaltery & Lyre
DEAR ARTIST: IN PLACE OF WHAT I CANNOT SPEAK - DarkWinter Lit 2nd Anniversary Contest #ShortlistSaturdays
DEAR ARTIST: IN PLACE OF WHAT I CANNOT SPEAK - DarkWinter Lit 2nd Anniversary Contest #ShortlistSaturdays
'Platonic Drift' and 'Wilder' – Sontag Mag Volume II
'Platonic Drift' and 'Wilder' – Sontag Mag Volume II
How We Save Others Whilst Dying – Stone Circle Review
How We Save Others Whilst Dying – Stone Circle Review
Vikki C. - [For the Untitled Ones]| Acropolis Journal - Issue Nine 'Wounds'
Vikki C. - [For the Untitled Ones]| Acropolis Journal - Issue Nine 'Wounds'
BECAUSE LOVE IS AN ABSTRACT NOUN, A CITY FALLS INVISIBLY – A Poem and Spoken Word Piece w/Music – VIKKI C. in collaboration w/Robert Frede Kenter (Image): Ice Floe Press Cassandra/CHORALE series
BECAUSE LOVE IS AN ABSTRACT NOUN, A CITY FALLS INVISIBLY – A Poem and Spoken Word Piece w/Music – VIKKI C. in collaboration w/Robert Frede Kenter (Image): Ice Floe Press Cassandra/CHORALE series
Cosmic Derivative by Vikki C.: Dust Poetry Magazine (Issue 11)
Cosmic Derivative by Vikki C.: Dust Poetry Magazine (Issue 11)
'Where Sands Run Finest' featured at Jerry Jazz Musician Community Bookshelf #2 – Jerry Jazz Musician
Death's Bright Approximations by Vikki C. - One Hand Clapping (Spring 2024)
The Alchemy of Strangers by Vikki C. (Best of the Net 2024 nominated) #SelectedPoetry - March - The Broken Spine
The Alchemy of Strangers by Vikki C. (Best of the Net 2024 nominated) #SelectedPoetry - March - The Broken Spine
A Woman's Fable by Vikki C. – ONE ART Poetry
Winner of Black Bough Poetry Manuscript Contest | February 2024
Winner of Black Bough Poetry Manuscript Contest | February 2024
365 Candles by Vikki C. – Fiction – Published in The Belfast Review Issue 1
365 Candles by Vikki C. – Fiction – Published in The Belfast Review Issue 1
1) The Eve of You 2) Ornamental World – Shake Me Softly by Vikki C. – Black Bough Poetry Christmas-Winter 2023/2024 (Volume 4)
1) The Eve of You 2) Ornamental World – Shake Me Softly by Vikki C. – Black Bough Poetry Christmas-Winter 2023/2024 (Volume 4)
14 poems by Vikki C. published in the Igneus Press anthology Entangled: a collaboration across time and space
14 poems by Vikki C. published in the Igneus Press anthology Entangled: a collaboration across time and space
1) The Prize 2) Carte Blanche: A Modern Woman's Lament (remembering Persephone) by Vikki C. In Pissoir #1 (Salò Press)
1) The Prize 2) Carte Blanche: A Modern Woman's Lament (remembering Persephone) by Vikki C. In Pissoir #1 (Salò Press)
“Improvised: A life in 7ths, 9ths and Suspended 4ths” – a short story by Vikki C. – Jerry Jazz Musician – a short-listed entry in the 63rd Short-Fiction Contest
my body for yours by Vikki C. — Boats Against the Current
A Crossroad South of Utopia – Fiction, Music & Spoken Word by Vikki C. – Ice Floe Press
A Crossroad South of Utopia – Fiction, Music & Spoken Word by Vikki C. – Ice Floe Press
THE MAP OF YOUR HANDS UNFOLDS A DOVE by Vikki C. – Fiction – Published in AZURE (Lazuli Literary Group)
THE MAP OF YOUR HANDS UNFOLDS A DOVE by Vikki C. – Fiction – Published in AZURE (Lazuli Literary Group)
Wisley Gardens: The Orchard and The Lost Child – Fiction by Vikki C. in Summer 2023 — EcoTheo Collective
Wisley Gardens: The Orchard and The Lost Child – Fiction by Vikki C. in Summer 2023 — EcoTheo Collective
'The Daily Catch: of rock stars, idols and quiet women' by Vikki C. The Write-In (National Flash Fiction Day 2023)
Vikki C. – The Persimmon Tree | Acropolis Journal
Vikki C. – The Persimmon Tree | Acropolis Journal
Fevers Of The Mind - Vikki C. -A Poetry showcase (4 poems)
Fevers Of The Mind - Vikki C. -A Poetry showcase (4 poems)
Mother, Sister, Daughter, Sakura by Vikki C. – Nightingale & Sparrow
Mother, Sister, Daughter, Sakura by Vikki C. – Nightingale & Sparrow
Adagio by Vikki C. – Black Bough Poetry 'Sound and Vision' online edition
Adagio by Vikki C. – Black Bough Poetry 'Sound and Vision' online edition
The Art Of Vacant Possession by Vikki C | Ellipsis Zine
The Art Of Vacant Possession by Vikki C | Ellipsis Zine
Apothecary Birds by Vikki C. (DarkWinter Lit)
Apothecary Birds by Vikki C. (DarkWinter Lit)
"Silent Passage To Stadial" by Vikki C — Across The Margin
"Silent Passage To Stadial" by Vikki C — Across The Margin
1) Portrait of An Alter Ego 2) 21st Century Panacea by Vikki C. –Volume 5 | Sparepartslit
1) Prescribed Sunlight 2) A Love of Two Lands 3)Saudade Over Surrey Hills - in Literary Revelations 'Hidden In Childhood' anthology
1) Prescribed Sunlight 2) A Love of Two Lands 3)Saudade Over Surrey Hills - in Literary Revelations 'Hidden In Childhood' anthology
Fiction – Literary Love Child by Vikki C. (page 96) Issue IV of Loft Books
Vikki C. – The Art of Glass Houses | Acropolis Journal – Issue 5
Vikki C. – The Art of Glass Houses | Acropolis Journal – Issue 5
Atlas by Vikki C. nominated for Best Of The Net – Black Bough Poetry ‘Duet of Ghosts’ online edition
Sundial by Vikki C. (page 14) in Black Bough Poetry's Afterfeather online edition
Sundial by Vikki C. (page 14) in Black Bough Poetry's Afterfeather online edition

Interviews & Features

Black Bough Poetry Silver Branch feature – Vikki C. - June 2025 | Mysite
A Thousand Shades of Green, Season 4: episode 4 – featuring Vikki C.
A Thousand Shades of Green, Season 4: episode 4 – featuring Vikki C.
Podcast
·Podcast
#TheWhiskeyShot: Poet Spotlight - Vikki C. - The Broken Spine
#TheWhiskeyShot: Poet Spotlight - Vikki C. - The Broken Spine
Interview for The Whiskey Tree Wave 1 –The Wombwell Rainbow Presents The Whiskey Tree Interviews: Vikki C.
Interview for The Whiskey Tree Wave 1 –The Wombwell Rainbow Presents The Whiskey Tree Interviews: Vikki C.
Eat the Storms meets The Broken Spine Arts, Episode 7 Season 8 – featuring a reading of "The Great Desertification" by Vikki C.
Eat the Storms meets The Broken Spine Arts, Episode 7 Season 8 – featuring a reading of "The Great Desertification" by Vikki C.

Audio & Music

Audio collaboration with Iambic Beats: A Portrait of Memory – poem & reading by Vikki C., music & production by Iambic Beats - Neuron Fire album on Bandcamp
Audio collaboration with Iambic Beats: A Portrait of Memory – poem & reading by Vikki C., music & production by Iambic Beats - Neuron Fire album on Bandcamp
Vikki C. Music
Vikki C. Music

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