ABOUT THE POET

Carmen Barefield (she/her) is a poet and writer living in Salem, Massachusetts. She is a graduate fellow of The Watering Hole and a Roots. Wounds. Words. fellow. She was also longlisted for the 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival’s First Poem Contest. Her debut chapbook makeshift is forthcoming from Lost Blonde Literary. Some of her work can be found in Voicemail Poems, The Elevation Review, and others.

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