Clara Trippe (she/they) is a Midwest poet who grew up on occupied Ojibwe land. They received their MFA from the University of Oregon, and they are currently a grant writer for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. You can find her work featured in The Rumpus, Terrain.org, Heavy Feather Review, Crab Creek Review, and more. Wherever they are, they would like to go home. You can find her as @mid_west_dad on Instagram.
Poetry
Summer 2025
This Will Pass, and Pass
I dug the bones from the dirt by the bus stop. Keptthe gourd from my father’s garden until it gaveagainst my hands. Showered mold all shadesof day and night. In […]
Poetry
Summer 2025
Midwest at Sunset
Do nothing but reach with the pine trees. The girls scatterwhere the sky falls at their feet. Prairies stretch and stretchto the last brush of light. Sundown:the brightness returns as […]