ALLEN MEANS is a queer, trans poet from Boulder, Colorado. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Miami, where he was a writing instructor, tutor, and James A. Michener Fellow. He currently lives in Philadelphia, PA.
Selected work
"for my birthday, i want to be a firetruck"
Salt Hill Journal, 2026
“I DON’T KNOW IF I BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT I SURE BELIEVE IN”
Underbelly Press, 2025
“harvest”
Sweet: A Literary Confection, 2025
“harvest”
ONLY POEMS, 2025
“five o’clock shadow in Philly”
Variant Lit, 2025
“before you’re gone” and “something about birds”
The Seventh Wave, 2025
“QUEERS <3 SUFJAN STEVENS” and “queer imaginary”
SoFloPoJo - South Florida Poetry Journal , 2024
“colorado”
Voicemail Poems, 2023
“sex/gender (please, sign here)” and “my hands wish to escape”
Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry, 2023
"ace of cups"
Chaotic Merge, 2021