About Us

Nido Poetry Collective is a collaborative created for women of color poets to:

  • read and reflect on poetry written by women of color

  • participate in writing workshops and generate new poetry

  • build community and center space with our identities as women of color

“Nido” means “nest” in Spanish. This collective exists to be an anchor, an abode to us women who are in need of a space of our own to generate, reflect, and share in community.

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

— Audre Lorde