April 26, 2026

Isabelle Correa

Isabelle Correa

Isabelle Correa is a poet from Washington state now living in Mexico City. She’s the author of Good Girl and Other Yearnings (Write Bloody Publishing). Her next collection, Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Loves Away in Fear of Losing It (Arcana Press, September 2026) is available now for preorder. Her work has appeared in Pank, Hobart, and more. Find her on Instagram: @isabellecorreawrites and on Substack: A Poem Is A Place.

A woman is desire dressed in flames.
Desire is a bask of crocodiles gutting
the carnations in my chest.

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When I shifted into poetry to write about my life, it was incredibly freeing. Poetry allows for that lack of narrative sense. It doesn’t require things to be neatly explained or resolved. It doesn’t have to be consumable. Contradictions can coexist. There can be paradox—that’s what poetry is built for.

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