Mara Lovelock (she/her) is a queer poet, mom, and mindfulness coach. She is working on her first full length collection, a memoir in verse. Her hobbies include book club, Valkyries basketball, gardening, and cooking beans. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in PHIL LIT Journal, Spellbinder Magazine, Stanchion’s Elegant Variations, and COPE MAGAZINE among others. Originally from East Tennessee, she lives in Northern California with her husband and 4-year-old son.