February Spikener (they/she) is a Black femme poet from Detroit. She self-describes her work as “feral”: meaning, her work embraces the carnal and violent qualities of feral animals while reimagining beasthood as well as daughterhood. Ever inspired by their loved ones, their poems reflect how they navigate through the world and what it means to love and be loved. Her work has been supported by the McCormack Writing Center, Sundress Academy of the Arts, The Watering Hole, and the Stories Matter Foundation, and has been featured in Black Warrior Review, Muzzle Magazine, Poet Lore, among others. She lives in Chicago.
