Niesha Okere is a writer and poet from Philadelphia. She writes speculative poems & microfiction about grief, home, and everyday life. September’s House is where she keeps all her daydreams & nightmares.
Her recent work appears or is forthcoming in hex literary, Variant Literature, Allium: A Journal of Poetry & Prose, Barren Magazine, and other publications. She is the author of the chapbook, Blue Girls (Finishing Line Press, 2024). And her writing has been nominated for the Best of the Net. She has a bachelor’s in Magazine Journalism from Temple University and has worked as a journalist, digital producer, and content strategist. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing.