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lzerkle

she/her | Poet, Editor, Podcaster | Charlotte, NC, United States

Lisa Zerkle is a poet and editor in Charlotte. She is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. As the creator and curator of 4X4CLT, a public art and poetry broadside and reading series for Charlotte Lit, she published work by Ada Limón, Terrance Hayes, Matthew Olzmann, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, and others. She serves as a senior editor for Painted Bride Quarterly, podcast coordinator for PBQ’s Slush Pile, and as an editor for Iron Oak Editions.

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Selected work

Cover of Rowan Glassworks

Dear Future Overlords (Gingko)

Rowan Glassworks, 2026

PoetryProse Poetry
Cover of Loblolly Press

Dust. Sunlight. A Singing Bird.

Loblolly Press, 2026

Poetry
Cover of The Unjournals

The Smell of Formaldehyde Makes You Hungry

The Unjournals, 2026

PoetryProse Poetry
Cover of Whale Road Review

Debut

Whale Road Review, 2026

Poetry
Cover of Apple Podcasts

My Son in the Sea by Lisa Zerkle

Apple Podcasts, 2025

Poetry
Cover of Glass: A Journal of Poetry

High Sierra Incantation

Glass: A Journal of Poetry, 2025

Poetry
Cover of Raleigh Review

Long Distance

Raleigh Review, 2025

PoetryLiterary
Cover of Rogue Agent

Self-Portrait as Ursa Major

Rogue Agent, 2025

Poetry
Cover of Croak

Why I'll Never Make it as a Witch

Croak, 2025

Poetry
Cover of West Trade Review

“The Rhapsody of Things as They Are”: Unabridged Truth in Diane Seuss’s Modern Poetry

West Trade Review, 2025

PoetryReview
Cover of Quartet Journal

Denise

Quartet Journal, 2023

Poetry
Cover of Reverie

Two poems

Reverie , 2024

Cover of Heavy Feather Review

I'm Stopped by the Black Pearl of Her

Heavy Feather Review, 2023

Poetry
Cover of Blue Bottle Journal

Incantation (Avian/Reptilian)

Blue Bottle Journal, 2023

Poetry
Cover of LEON Literary Review

Again the Spider

LEON Literary Review, 2020

Poetry
Cover of storySouth

Relics of the Great Acceleration

storySouth, 2017

Poetry
Cover of The Collagist

My Son in the Sea

The Collagist, 2015

Poetry

Projects

Podcast

Painted Bride Quarterly Slush Pile

Take a seat at Painted Bride Quarterly’s editorial table as we discuss submissions, editorial issues, writing, deadlines, and cuckoo clocks.

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