Everix Machan (he/him) is a queer, transgender, and autistic undergraduate poet from Wisconsin. His poetry is published or forthcoming in ONE ART, Gyroscope, and The Rebis, among others. When not writing, he is often researching and finding excuses to perform. Most recently, you can find him reading short story collections and books on dramaturgy, or working on various tasks related to his university speech team. He is slowly developing a poetic sense of humor.
Selected work
sonnet for perusing the cereal aisle with your lover (you need not mourn in advance, but it will happen anyway)
Discretionary Love, 2026
sometimes i look at her and i only see my mama
Soon
ONE ART: a journal of poetry
tender cuts
Soon
ONE ART: a journal of poetry
triple sonnet for romanticization, american bitterness, and road trips through the midwest
River's Edge Literary Magazine, 2026
anastomosing channels
River's Edge Literary Magazine, 2026
abecedarian for a postapocalyptic farce
Antler Velvet, 2026
eulogy for myself (love’s last letter)
Gyroscope Review, 2026
one day i hope to be described as a cipher
Soon
The Rebis
reasons why my gender is confusing
The Branches Journal, 2026
boeing 737-900 from oregon to minnesota, 6:35am
ONE ART: a journal of poetry, 2026
ars poetica
None of the Above, 2026
it only means one thing
None of the Above, 2026
anatomy is a figure of memory
The Sandy River Review, 2026
i guess sometimes sowing seeds is like digging graves but you need to grow too (ode to top surgery)
The Sandy River Review, 2026
when our hometown burns, we stop to rest at a hotel off of i-94
Yin Literary, 2026
you ask what i think of heaven and i tell you your eyes refract like cathedral windows
The Gentian Journal, 2026
surgery is your chance to let your angel breathe, or ode to transition
FlowerMouth Press, 2026
song for the senses or something else entirely
FlowerMouth Press, 2026
what they don't tell you about top surgery
DYONYZINE, 2025
my euphoria is the color of the hearth, so why won’t you let it feel like home?
None of the Above, 2025