Plant-Human Quarterly
@planthumanq.bsky.social
Manifesting relationships to the botanical world and attempting communication across boundaries to approach a plant’s-eye-view of the world.
🍄A reminder of our submission guidelines and process! 🍄
From heavily researched pieces, to keen observation, to less systematic, intuitive ways of knowing and interacting, Plant-Human Quarterly explores the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world. Here's how to submit:
From heavily researched pieces, to keen observation, to less systematic, intuitive ways of knowing and interacting, Plant-Human Quarterly explores the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world. Here's how to submit:
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🍄A reminder of our submission guidelines and process! 🍄
From heavily researched pieces, to keen observation, to less systematic, intuitive ways of knowing and interacting, Plant-Human Quarterly explores the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world. Here's how to submit:
From heavily researched pieces, to keen observation, to less systematic, intuitive ways of knowing and interacting, Plant-Human Quarterly explores the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world. Here's how to submit:
We’re thrilled to close our Autumn Equinox features with the incredible Jeanne Wagner. Read her poems “Daffodil Day” and “Haibun with Poppies and Ash” alongside an artist statement here: otherwisecollective.com/wagner
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We’re thrilled to close our Autumn Equinox features with the incredible Jeanne Wagner. Read her poems “Daffodil Day” and “Haibun with Poppies and Ash” alongside an artist statement here: otherwisecollective.com/wagner
“What scatters your pit / is the creature that eats you”
This week, we feature the brilliant Amy Beth Sisson with her poem “Zoochory” and the inspiration behind it. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/sisson
This week, we feature the brilliant Amy Beth Sisson with her poem “Zoochory” and the inspiration behind it. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/sisson
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“What scatters your pit / is the creature that eats you”
This week, we feature the brilliant Amy Beth Sisson with her poem “Zoochory” and the inspiration behind it. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/sisson
This week, we feature the brilliant Amy Beth Sisson with her poem “Zoochory” and the inspiration behind it. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/sisson
Our second featured poet this week is Sean Prentiss, whose artist statement shares how landscape and place inspired his poems “Trilliums and Ants”, “Ephemeral” and “Autumn Succession”. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/prentiss
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our second featured poet this week is Sean Prentiss, whose artist statement shares how landscape and place inspired his poems “Trilliums and Ants”, “Ephemeral” and “Autumn Succession”. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/prentiss
This week we feature the brilliant Maria Olujic with her essay “Names That Ripen” and an artist statement with thoughts on plants and memory. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/olujic
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This week we feature the brilliant Maria Olujic with her essay “Names That Ripen” and an artist statement with thoughts on plants and memory. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/olujic
We’re thrilled to feature Cindy Ellen Hill this week, with her poems “Trout Lily Dream” and “The Nettle Shirt”. These are accompanied by an artist statement that highlights the importance of artists and imagination in dismantling constructs of “otherness”. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/hill
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We’re thrilled to feature Cindy Ellen Hill this week, with her poems “Trout Lily Dream” and “The Nettle Shirt”. These are accompanied by an artist statement that highlights the importance of artists and imagination in dismantling constructs of “otherness”. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/hill
We’re honoured to feature the wonderful Bernadette Geyer this week with her prose poem “I Waited for the Bee” and a statement on her writing process. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/geyer
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We’re honoured to feature the wonderful Bernadette Geyer this week with her prose poem “I Waited for the Bee” and a statement on her writing process. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/geyer
The incredible Christine Gelineau is featured this week with her poem "September Song" and an artist statement with thoughts on plant rescue. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/gelineau-iss...
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The incredible Christine Gelineau is featured this week with her poem "September Song" and an artist statement with thoughts on plant rescue. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/gelineau-iss...
Call for poems and non-fiction! 🕯 We are now reading for our Winter Solstice Issue. Send us words for the longest nights.
We seek both unpublished and published poetry and essays.
📬 For more information on our submission guidelines: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...
We seek both unpublished and published poetry and essays.
📬 For more information on our submission guidelines: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...
October 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Call for poems and non-fiction! 🕯 We are now reading for our Winter Solstice Issue. Send us words for the longest nights.
We seek both unpublished and published poetry and essays.
📬 For more information on our submission guidelines: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...
We seek both unpublished and published poetry and essays.
📬 For more information on our submission guidelines: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...
We’re thrilled to also feature Sara Eddy this week, with her poem "Feverfew" and artist statement, which reflects on the limits of our knowledge and our symbiotic relationship with plant life. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/eddy
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
We’re thrilled to also feature Sara Eddy this week, with her poem "Feverfew" and artist statement, which reflects on the limits of our knowledge and our symbiotic relationship with plant life. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/eddy
Our featured poet this week is Maggie Dietz, whose artist statement explores the temporalities at play in her poem "Reprieve" and the mythology behind her poem "Trick Narcissus". Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/dietz-issue-18
October 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Our featured poet this week is Maggie Dietz, whose artist statement explores the temporalities at play in her poem "Reprieve" and the mythology behind her poem "Trick Narcissus". Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/dietz-issue-18
Our featured poet this week is Patricia Clark, whose artist statement reflects on mortality and shares the inspiration behind her poem "Stippled Leaf, No Trout". Read here: otherwisecollective.com/clark-issue-18 🍂
October 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Our featured poet this week is Patricia Clark, whose artist statement reflects on mortality and shares the inspiration behind her poem "Stippled Leaf, No Trout". Read here: otherwisecollective.com/clark-issue-18 🍂
We begin our artist features with Joanne Allred, with her poem "Elegy for the Honey Run Trees" and an artist statement reflecting on the consciousness of trees. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/allred
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We begin our artist features with Joanne Allred, with her poem "Elegy for the Honey Run Trees" and an artist statement reflecting on the consciousness of trees. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/allred
Happy Equinox!🌙🍁 From falling leaves to elegies, skunk cabbage to trout lilies - our new issue is here:
otherwisecollective.com/current-issue
Artwork by Candela Murillo (@kamusa_art)
otherwisecollective.com/current-issue
Artwork by Candela Murillo (@kamusa_art)
September 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Happy Equinox!🌙🍁 From falling leaves to elegies, skunk cabbage to trout lilies - our new issue is here:
otherwisecollective.com/current-issue
Artwork by Candela Murillo (@kamusa_art)
otherwisecollective.com/current-issue
Artwork by Candela Murillo (@kamusa_art)
Our final feature of Issue 17 is the wonderful Sally Zaino, with her poem "Elegy for American Beeches" and accompanying artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/zaino
August 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our final feature of Issue 17 is the wonderful Sally Zaino, with her poem "Elegy for American Beeches" and accompanying artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/zaino
We’re thrilled to feature the incredible Anne McCrary Sullivan this week, with her poem "Green Hell I've Heard It Called" and artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/sullivan-iss...
August 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We’re thrilled to feature the incredible Anne McCrary Sullivan this week, with her poem "Green Hell I've Heard It Called" and artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/sullivan-iss...
This week, we also spotlight the brilliant Lex Runciman, sharing his poem "Native" and thoughts behind it. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/runciman
August 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This week, we also spotlight the brilliant Lex Runciman, sharing his poem "Native" and thoughts behind it. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/runciman
This week’s incredible feature: Paulann Petersen and her poems "Because Every Jot of Earth Is a Grave", "Because Any Pip or Pit Is a Solar Seed" accompanied by an artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/petersen-iss...
August 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This week’s incredible feature: Paulann Petersen and her poems "Because Every Jot of Earth Is a Grave", "Because Any Pip or Pit Is a Solar Seed" accompanied by an artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/petersen-iss...
This week's second feature is the incredible Betsy Merbitz, with her poems "Why Goldenrod" and "Elda Mor", alongside an artist statement reflecting on her writing process. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/merbitz
July 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This week's second feature is the incredible Betsy Merbitz, with her poems "Why Goldenrod" and "Elda Mor", alongside an artist statement reflecting on her writing process. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/merbitz
We’re thrilled to feature the incredible Deirdre Lockwood this week, with her poems "No Smoke, No Heat, No Rain
", "I Walk Through the Neighborhood Without You for the First Time Since Your Birth" and an accompanying an artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/lockwood
", "I Walk Through the Neighborhood Without You for the First Time Since Your Birth" and an accompanying an artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/lockwood
July 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We’re thrilled to feature the incredible Deirdre Lockwood this week, with her poems "No Smoke, No Heat, No Rain
", "I Walk Through the Neighborhood Without You for the First Time Since Your Birth" and an accompanying an artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/lockwood
", "I Walk Through the Neighborhood Without You for the First Time Since Your Birth" and an accompanying an artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/lockwood
We’re now reading for our Autumn Equinox Issue!🍂🕯️
📬 Send no more than 5 poems or an essay of no more than 1500 words in a single Word document to Neil Shepard at [email protected]
For more information on our submission guidelines, see here: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...
📬 Send no more than 5 poems or an essay of no more than 1500 words in a single Word document to Neil Shepard at [email protected]
For more information on our submission guidelines, see here: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...
July 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We’re now reading for our Autumn Equinox Issue!🍂🕯️
📬 Send no more than 5 poems or an essay of no more than 1500 words in a single Word document to Neil Shepard at [email protected]
For more information on our submission guidelines, see here: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...
📬 Send no more than 5 poems or an essay of no more than 1500 words in a single Word document to Neil Shepard at [email protected]
For more information on our submission guidelines, see here: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...
This week’s second feature is Carlene Kucharczyk, with her poem “Moonvine” and accompanying artist statement! Read here: otherwisecollective.com/kucharczyk
July 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This week’s second feature is Carlene Kucharczyk, with her poem “Moonvine” and accompanying artist statement! Read here: otherwisecollective.com/kucharczyk
It is our pleasure to feature Tara Hollander this week, with her poem “Thistles at the Fork" and an accompanying artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/hollander-is...
July 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It is our pleasure to feature Tara Hollander this week, with her poem “Thistles at the Fork" and an accompanying artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/hollander-is...
It is our pleasure to feature Katie Higinbotham with her poignant essay "Tiger Lily" and accompanying artist statement. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/higinbotham
July 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It is our pleasure to feature Katie Higinbotham with her poignant essay "Tiger Lily" and accompanying artist statement. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/higinbotham
This week we feature the wonderful Angie Estes’ with her poem on the gingko tree "Lieu de living Mémoire". Read the poem and accompanying artist statement here: otherwisecollective.com/estes
July 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week we feature the wonderful Angie Estes’ with her poem on the gingko tree "Lieu de living Mémoire". Read the poem and accompanying artist statement here: otherwisecollective.com/estes