Recenter Press

Recenter Press is a small independent publisher and poetry journal founded in June 2017.

Works published speak to workers’ rights and experiences, LGBTQ and racial justice, faith and recovery, and our interdependence with each other and the natural world. Recenter Press is a small independent publisher and poetry journal founded in June 2017 by Terra Oliveira. Works published speak to workers’ rights and experiences, LGBTQ and racial justice, recovery and mysticism, and our interdependence with each other and the natural world.

03/10/2026

“from rot comes rupture” by in Issue Six

Tova Greene (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based producer and poet-person. As the Chief Programs Officer of , they create immersive poetry wonderlands—such as The New York City Poetry Festival & Poetry Camp—that prioritize collaboration and artistic experimentation. Their events have garnered acclaim from outlets including The New York Times and Observer. Their debut collection, lilac on the damned’s breath (Bottlecap Press, 2022), grapples with the cyclical nature of grief. You can find them at tova-greene.com, and on Instagram .

03/09/2026

“Let Them Fall” by , Recenter Press Poetry Journal: Issue Six featured artist

Artist statement: “At the end of the day, we’ve all carried something outside of ourselves home with us. Whether from work, social situations, or even pressures from right inside of the house. Occasionally, this mental clutter can become so prevalent that it seeps deep into our subconscious, blurring the lines between our inner and outer worlds. Suddenly, even our most intimate of spaces can be littered with external challenges, worries, or responsibilities. In these moments, sometimes the best thing to do is to witness the thoughts as they rise, let them fall, and trust that you’ll clean them up eventually, when you have the energy to do so.

What can you let fall today?“

03/04/2026

One of three poems by in Issue Six of the Recenter Press Poetry Journal

Jacalyn Eyvonne was the Co-Poet Laureate of Vallejo, CA (January 2024-December 2025), and author of I Am Not An Inconsequential Word - Poetry and Remnants, Venting To Verse - How To Turn Anger Into Poetry, and The Unyielding Weight of Words, Poems on Reflection, Healing, and Love. She has also co-edited Youth Poetry Letters, Vallejo Youth Share Their World, and Don’t Close Your Eyes After Midnight, in which she shares a collection of short, weird tales. She is a photographer, filmmaker, and artist, often melding images with poetry. Her work appears internationally in numerous anthologies and publications, beginning with her earliest poem, ‘It’s Magic,’ which appeared on the Sports Pages of the Oakland Tribune in dedication to basketball fame, Magic Johnson, after he announced his battle with HIV in November 1991. Jacalyn is the former publisher of the international magazine In The Company of Poets, current director of the Monologues and Poetry International Film Fest, and a graduate of the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, Motion Picture and Television. You can find her at jacalyneyvonne.com, and on Instagram .

02/23/2026

“He Feeds His Horse Dandelions” by Meg Dermody in Six

Meg Dermody is a poet and lecturer based in southwest Colorado by way of the American South. Her work appears in Landfill, Obliterat, PWATEM, and other zines and micro-publications. She writes toward surreal ecologies of the body: poems where grief and intimacy tangle with hauntings, creaturely transformations, and the divine/grotesque/divine. Meg teaches at Fort Lewis College and spends her time thinking about domestic strangeness, eco-mysticism, and how to be porous to a landscape. You can follow her on Instagram

02/18/2026

“Without Sanctuary” by Sara Gallagher, featured artist of Issue Six of the Recenter Press Poetry Journal

Artist statement: “American society has toxic masculinity woven through its veins. This, inevitably, often leads to many boys (and therefore men) being starved of sensitivity and safety within themselves. They are often not taught nor shown strong examples of men being present, vulnerable, or tending to their own self-care and emotional needs. Rather, there is an ingrained need to “be the protector”, assess “nearby dangers”, or as the Boy Scouts of America say - “Be Prepared”. This sadly leads to an inability for many men be truly present within themselves, trust and accept others, or indulge in healthy ways to treat and pamper oneself. I know if I never let myself access those things, I would always be on edge, too…

How can we embrace our boys and our men and help bring them back to themselves, let go, and sink into a comforting, nurturing space to reconnect and heal? Can we demonstrate how to let our guard down?

Can we help them find sanctuary one relationship, household, or community at a time?“

02/17/2026

“Mother & Calf” by Trevor Conway in Issue Six

Trevor Conway is a writer and editor from Sligo, northwest Ireland. His first collection of poems, Evidence of Freewheeling, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2015; his second, Breeding Monsters, followed in 2018, then No Small Thing in 2023. He also published a children’s guide for writing poetry, Nurturing the Creative Child: A Guide to Writing Poetry. You can find him at trevorconway.weebly.com, and on Instagram .

02/11/2026

“Purple Resilience” by Ha Kiet Chau in Issue Six of the Recenter Press Poetry Journal

Ha Kiet Chau is the author of two poetry collections Eleven Miles to June (Green Writers Press 2021) and Woman Come Undone (Mouthfeel Press 2014). She received an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and is a recipient of the 2014-2015 UCLA Extension Writers Program Scholarship and the 2023-2024 Bernice Ruben Arnold Award. Her writings have appeared or are forthcoming in New American Writing, Ploughshares, South Carolina Review, and The Margins, among others. Her YA novel in verse, Darling Winter, is forthcoming from Mouthfeel Press. Find Ha on Instagram

02/10/2026

“Storyteller” by Sara Gallagher, our featured artist in Issue Six of the Recenter Press Poetry Journal!

Sara Gallagher’s art practice works to break social taboos surrounding emotional and mental health through a hyperrealistic graphite and pastel technique she developed, writing, and community-based engagement. Working within a framework she describes as “Emotional Realism,” she transforms vulnerable conversations into visual form, exploring themes such as emotional intimacy, transition, and resilience. The concept of each piece derives from one of the community-based conversations she facilitates, and is paired with a written statement and a question directed to the viewer, encouraging further dialogue, personal reflection, and solidarity within our greater communities.

Community involvement is central to Gallagher’s work. She fosters safe spaces for shared storytelling through discussions, workshops, and mentorship. Gallagher holds a BFA with a dual emphasis in Painting & Drawing and Photography from San Francisco State University and studied hyperrealism with renowned artist Dirk Dzimirsky. Represented by CK Contemporary in San Francisco, her work has received international recognition from the Art Renewal Center, Fine Art Connoisseur, the European Museum of Modern Art, Sotheby’s New York, the Bennett Collection of Women Realists, the Lunar Codex Cultural Heritage Site on the Moon, and others.

You can find more of her work at www.saragallagherartwork.com and on Instagram

01/29/2026

“Erythroxylon Coca,” one of two poems by Franziska Hofhansel in Issue Six of the Recenter Press Poetry Journal. Read the full issue at the link in bio

12/22/2025

“Amr be Marouf va Nahy az Monkar” by Monir Gholamzadeh Bazarbash in Issue Six of the Recenter Press Poetry Journal

Monir Gholamzadeh Bazarbash was born and raised in Urmia, Iran. She lives and teaches in Florida with her son. You can follow her on Instagram .mon

12/15/2025

Hi all, I am thrilled to share that Issue Six of the Recenter Press Poetry Journal is now out and alive in the world. I am incredibly proud of this issue and so grateful to each of the contributors, and all who submitted. The practice of curation being one of my favorite and most challenging dances, the art of saying yes to what jumps out at me and still appreciating and admiring much of what is not “selected.”

I spent last week reading hundreds of poem submissions, and the process of narrowing becoming a practice of weaving together what feels most pertinent and relevant in this particular moment, both personally and politically. In this issue, you will find writers and makers based in the Bay Area and beyond, with sharp yet tender works on grief, gratitude, interpersonal relationships, culture and class, and our interconnections with the natural world.

I hope you enjoy the issue and that you spread the word with your communities — this is my favorite issue to date, and you can read the full issue at the link in bio.

12/13/2025

Tabling all of the Recenter Press books at 12-5pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley today! Come through for your holiday book haul 📚

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Recenter Press is a Philadelphia-based publisher dedicated to sharing work that is grounded in both the spiritual and the material. Our vision is to support work that documents personal transformation, that challenges social conditioning under capitalism, that speaks to the need for the revolutionary transformation of society, and that captures our deep communion with the world. Thank you for sharing this space with us.