MERCEDES RODRIGUEZ is a poet and educator from Los Angeles, CA. Nominated for Best New Poets, their work appears or is forthcoming in New England Review, Washington Square Review, wildness, Bellingham Review, SWWIM Every Day, Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. Their work has been supported by the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference and the Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts. They hold an MFA from North Carolina State University and read for Okay Donkey Magazine.
The gradient of my inner thigh elicits a vision *gulp* *gulp*
Bonita like a tiara, an iris, mammals who feast gently.
New nickname : HEAVYWEIGHT : to distinguish myself from bridal showers.
Volume 15.2 ✧ Summer 25
Mercedes Rodriguez
