Arah Ko is a writer from Hawai’i, author of BRINE ORCHID (YesYes Books, August 2025) and the chapbook ANIMAL LOGIC (Bull City Press 2026). Her work has been published in over 50 journals and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Best of Net, and Best New Poets. She is an Editorial Assistant at The Cincinnati Review. Catch her at arahko.com.
Selected work
- Poetry
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Afterlife Inventory
Apogee Journal, 2024
Poetry

Sorry I Didn't Call You Back
Split Lip Magazine, 2024
Poetry
Experimental

Glister
Waxwing Literary Journal, 2024
Poetry

Thalassophobia & Other Poems
ONLY POEMS, 2023
Poetry

Origin Myth
Palette Poetry, 2023
Poetry

Lazarus
New Ohio Review, 2022
Poetry

Vampire Plants Talk to Their Victims While Drinking
The Margins, 2022
Poetry

Sisyphus Offers Prometheus Water
Juked, 2022
Poetry