Poetry

“you ask an autistic person why they like puzzles,” published in water damaged paper anthology
“sonder sings through the sycamores,” created in the moss portal summer 2023 poetry cohort
page 1/2 of “adornments,” created in the moss portal summer 2023 poetry cohort
page 2/2 of “adornments,” created in the moss portal summer 2023 poetry cohort
page 1/2 of “lost in modern lesbos,” as published in sfu’s we were here, we were queer literary arts zine
page 2/2 of “lost in modern lesbos,” as published in sfu’s we were here, we were queer literary arts zine
“my sister’s children,” as published in solastalgia, an eco-anxiety zine
“the sanctuary of special interest,” as published in water damaged paper anthology
“gnc femme,” as published in formzine volume 1
“fallen flowers,” as published in the lyre (fall 2023)
“long hauler,” as published in the lyre (fall 2021)

Since winning a Scholastic Gold Key for their poetry in 2018, Alex has fallen only further in love with the art form, both on the page as well as on the stage. They completed their first poetry mentorship, Telling It Bent, with The Frank Theatre in 2020, and have continued to write since. They find poetry to be invaluable for expression, healing, and connection, and owe much of who they are as a creative to their local poetry scene.

The subject matter of Alex’s poetry varies, but common themes include neuroqueer joy, nature, and survivorship.

notable publications

“Comb” (Gotham Literature, 2025)
“How to Hold Your Nonbinary Lover” (Feels Magazine, 2025)
“Femme Fillesque” and “I Tried Ballet” (tba Journal, 2025)
“The Lovers That Launched A Thousand Censorships” (Angelic Goldsky’s Stealth Codes, Queer Arts Festival, 2024)
“Queer Changeling” (Van Pride Magazine, 2024)
“And What A World It Is, Where I Can Be So Stirred Into Hoping!” & “The Planet With All The Trees” (Petal Projections Issue 09, 2024)
“a professional dyke on pinkwashing” (SFU Slam Poetry Poems for Peace, 2024)
“you ask an autistic person why they like puzzles” & “the sanctuary of special interests” (Water Damaged Paper Anthology, 2023)
“Fallen Flowers” (Unquiet Minds, 2022)
“My Sister’s Children” (Solastalgia, from Apathy is Boring, 2022)
“GNC Femme” (FORMZINE, from artbyform, 2022)
“you always sent me picture of flowers” (The Haven, 2022)
“to hell with the trinary, too” (Wellness Beyond the Binary Magazine, 2022)
“Long Hauler” (SFU’s The Lyre, 2021)
“How To Hold A Nonbinary Dyke Body” (Care Collective Zine, 2021)
“Lost in Modern Lesbos” (SFU’s We Were Here Zine, 2021) (they’re also one of the zine’s creators!)
“Sensory Issues” (WMN Zine, 2021)
“some things just don’t work for everyone” (Cotyledon, from Vancouver Poetry House, 2020)
“To My Future Face” and “Things I Have Taken From My Lovers” (Flaming Balloon Press, 2020)
“purgatory is a foreign parking lot” (Train River Publishing: Summer 2020 Poetry Anthology)

notable performances

SFU Slam Poetry Poems fr Peace Zine Launch (2024)
Arts in The Garden with North Van Arts (2023)
IGNITE! Youth Festival (2020 & 2022)
Gender Equality New York Transgender Day of Visibility (2022)
SFU Theatre Student Union Cabaret: I Need to Tell You Something (2021)
UBC Pride Picnic (2021)
Vancouver Pride (2021)
Paprika Festival x Social Distancing Festival’s COSMOCABARET (2021)
Fringe Festival x Alley Theatre’s Judith Fair (2020)
Vines Art Festival (2020)
UBC Slam Poetry Instagram Showcase (2020)
Silouan Hainsworth’s Delicacy & Defiance (2019)

awards

International Scholastic Writing Awards: Gold Key in Poetry (2018)
International Scholastic Writing Awards: Silver Key (Overall transcript) (2018)

Alex’s work for the poetry scene goes beyond sharing their own work. They were a founding member of SFU We Were Here, We Were Queer, a literary arts zine devoted to highlighting the skills and achievementsof queer SFU and FIC students, and most recently, they expanded into teaching poetry, leading spoken word workshops at festivals and theatres.

teaching

Finding the Voice Through Spoken Word Poetry with BC Culture Days (2025)
Finding the Voice Through Spoken Word Poetry with The Arts Club (2025)
Poetry 101 with Realwheels’ Freewheeling Festival (2023)