Kira Córdova (they/them)
@kirarambles.bsky.social
Boston-based, Pushcart-nominated writer and sometimes tall ship sailor with work in Poetry Lighthouse, Outdoors Unlimited, The Acentos Review, and Cutthroat, a Journal of the Arts
www.kirarambles.com
kirarambles.substack.com
www.kirarambles.com
kirarambles.substack.com
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Just one more sleep until the felines declare ownership of the bin and demand your treasures 😺
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
a cat is standing on its hind legs in front of a window with the words `` see ya tomorrow '' .
ALT: a cat is standing on its hind legs in front of a window with the words `` see ya tomorrow '' .
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November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Just one more sleep until the felines declare ownership of the bin and demand your treasures 😺
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
So grateful to Colorado Life Magazine for publishing my poem “Blue Copper” in their Fall 2025 issue! #poetry #naturepoetry #naturewriting
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So grateful to Colorado Life Magazine for publishing my poem “Blue Copper” in their Fall 2025 issue! #poetry #naturepoetry #naturewriting
I’ve learned so much working seasonal farm, boat, and outdoor jobs around the world. I’m so grateful to Writers on the Range for publishing my opinion/how-to on seasonal work at writersontherange.org #oped #outdoorwriting #naturewriting #outdoorjobs #creativenonfiction #nonfiction #outdoorwriter
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I’ve learned so much working seasonal farm, boat, and outdoor jobs around the world. I’m so grateful to Writers on the Range for publishing my opinion/how-to on seasonal work at writersontherange.org #oped #outdoorwriting #naturewriting #outdoorjobs #creativenonfiction #nonfiction #outdoorwriter
New essay at goneoffthegridlock.substack.com! #creativenonfiction #tallships #flashnonfiction #substack
October 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
So blown away! Thank you, @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
#poetry #pushcartprize #pushcartpress #pushcartnominated #pushcartnominatedpoet
#poetry #pushcartprize #pushcartpress #pushcartnominated #pushcartnominatedpoet
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So blown away! Thank you, @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
#poetry #pushcartprize #pushcartpress #pushcartnominated #pushcartnominatedpoet
#poetry #pushcartprize #pushcartpress #pushcartnominated #pushcartnominatedpoet
My lyric essay “For Mutton and High Hold” about eating guanaco and reckoning with climate change when I lived in Argentina is now out at acentosreview.com #nonfiction #creativenonfiction #naturewriting #travelwriting #latinxwriting #theacentosreview
August 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
My lyric essay “For Mutton and High Hold” about eating guanaco and reckoning with climate change when I lived in Argentina is now out at acentosreview.com #nonfiction #creativenonfiction #naturewriting #travelwriting #latinxwriting #theacentosreview
So stoked to share I’ve received an Outdoor Writers’ Association of America Bodie McDowell scholarship to continue my MFA in Nature Writing at Western Colorado University in 2025-2026! #naturewriting #nonfiction #masteroffinearts #outdoorwriting #bodiemcdowellscholarship
July 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So stoked to share I’ve received an Outdoor Writers’ Association of America Bodie McDowell scholarship to continue my MFA in Nature Writing at Western Colorado University in 2025-2026! #naturewriting #nonfiction #masteroffinearts #outdoorwriting #bodiemcdowellscholarship
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⭐Tonight @kirarambles.bsky.social ⭐
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So you get your goal... then what? What makes the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves more than a re-enactment? Where we put our attention there we are, with whatever worth we give it
Quoting Hamlet here would be silly when there's a whole show to play
1/4
So you get your goal... then what? What makes the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves more than a re-enactment? Where we put our attention there we are, with whatever worth we give it
Quoting Hamlet here would be silly when there's a whole show to play
July 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
⭐Tonight @kirarambles.bsky.social ⭐
1/4
So you get your goal... then what? What makes the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves more than a re-enactment? Where we put our attention there we are, with whatever worth we give it
Quoting Hamlet here would be silly when there's a whole show to play
1/4
So you get your goal... then what? What makes the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves more than a re-enactment? Where we put our attention there we are, with whatever worth we give it
Quoting Hamlet here would be silly when there's a whole show to play
So grateful to The Alexander Foundation for all the work they do for the queer community in Colorado and for a scholarship to help continue my MFA in 2025-2026. I got to take my mom to TAF’s Spring Fling to celebrate! 📸: Tay Bird #nonfiction #naturewriting #coloradoproud #thealexanderfoundation
June 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So grateful to The Alexander Foundation for all the work they do for the queer community in Colorado and for a scholarship to help continue my MFA in 2025-2026. I got to take my mom to TAF’s Spring Fling to celebrate! 📸: Tay Bird #nonfiction #naturewriting #coloradoproud #thealexanderfoundation
Southwest Writers was so kind as to interview me about the process of self-publishing my grandmother’s poetry with family, and it’s up at southwestwriters.com/an-interview-with-author-kira-cordova/ #poetry #selfpublishing #selfpublishingpoetry #southwestwriters #sanlouisvalley
June 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Southwest Writers was so kind as to interview me about the process of self-publishing my grandmother’s poetry with family, and it’s up at southwestwriters.com/an-interview-with-author-kira-cordova/ #poetry #selfpublishing #selfpublishingpoetry #southwestwriters #sanlouisvalley
So honored to have two poems in this much-needed @flowersongpress.bsky.social anthology edited by @edwardvidaurre.bsky.social and @poetnotarockstar.bsky.social out August 4th and available for pre-order now! #poetry
June 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So honored to have two poems in this much-needed @flowersongpress.bsky.social anthology edited by @edwardvidaurre.bsky.social and @poetnotarockstar.bsky.social out August 4th and available for pre-order now! #poetry
I’m proud to announce my grandmother’s first book, Carma: How It Is, is now available for purchase on Amazon! My father and I worked for a year to edit and self-publish this collection, and we are so grateful to Sophie Horan for the beautiful illustrations and cover art #poetry #selfpublishing
June 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m proud to announce my grandmother’s first book, Carma: How It Is, is now available for purchase on Amazon! My father and I worked for a year to edit and self-publish this collection, and we are so grateful to Sophie Horan for the beautiful illustrations and cover art #poetry #selfpublishing
It took me a few weeks after the collision to write this Substack post because the Cuauhtémoc accident hit close the home, but my essay about the importance of naming the victims is now up at kirarambles.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It took me a few weeks after the collision to write this Substack post because the Cuauhtémoc accident hit close the home, but my essay about the importance of naming the victims is now up at kirarambles.substack.com
So grateful to Bare Knuckle Press for including my essay “Habit” in their first issue, Love Letters to the Landlord, now up at www.bareknucklepress.com #creativenonfiction #lyricessay
May 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So grateful to Bare Knuckle Press for including my essay “Habit” in their first issue, Love Letters to the Landlord, now up at www.bareknucklepress.com #creativenonfiction #lyricessay
So grateful to MALCS and New Mexico State for making this much-needed issue of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social a reality and for giving my essay “Mixed Grandkids of Racist Grandparents” of essay a home in i!
May 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
So grateful to MALCS and New Mexico State for making this much-needed issue of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social a reality and for giving my essay “Mixed Grandkids of Racist Grandparents” of essay a home in i!
April 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
So honored to have a poem in Cutthroat 29: Taking Liberties alongside many of my literary heroes, including my Western Colorado University MFA professors @cmariefuhrman.bsky.social, Derek Sheffield, and Karen Auvinen! Now available for preorder at cutthroatmag.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So honored to have a poem in Cutthroat 29: Taking Liberties alongside many of my literary heroes, including my Western Colorado University MFA professors @cmariefuhrman.bsky.social, Derek Sheffield, and Karen Auvinen! Now available for preorder at cutthroatmag.com
So grateful to @jmwwjournal.bsky.social for giving my lyric essay “The Shot” a home! It stems from working as a historic interpreter and feeling empathy for zoo animals. #livinghistory #naturewriting
April 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So grateful to @jmwwjournal.bsky.social for giving my lyric essay “The Shot” a home! It stems from working as a historic interpreter and feeling empathy for zoo animals. #livinghistory #naturewriting
I have a Substack now! Ahead of the sail training program for tall ship sailors I’ll complete on the Barque Eagle in August, I’ll share pictures and stories from the different boats I’ve worked on—starting with my favorite photo and the shitty first attempts that preceded it. It’s free to subscribe!
April 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I have a Substack now! Ahead of the sail training program for tall ship sailors I’ll complete on the Barque Eagle in August, I’ll share pictures and stories from the different boats I’ve worked on—starting with my favorite photo and the shitty first attempts that preceded it. It’s free to subscribe!
So honored my poem “Visible Mending” is in @handbasketzine.bsky.social Issue #22: Nature, out 4/12!
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So honored my poem “Visible Mending” is in @handbasketzine.bsky.social Issue #22: Nature, out 4/12!