The Weeds Grow Anyway

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Nico Wilkinson's debut full-length poetry collection "The Weeds Grow Anyway" is a celebration of that which lies beyond resilience in the face of adversity: audacity. Writing from Colorado Springs amidst a time of anti-trans violence, they examine the relationship of trans people to this world through the lens of nature's relationship to humans. What makes a plant into a weed, something deemed unacceptable to the landscape? The poetry within - much like the local flora and trans people who live there - is rooted in the experience of queering the inhospitable landscape that is Colorado Springs.

Published Poems

• blessing from venetucci farm. Sunday Mornings at the River. 2024 Poetry Diary.

• trans day of i love you + interview. High Country News.

• everyone has a queer farm fantasy. the winnow. dual themed issue: home / liminal spaces (purchase here)

• daydream. The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4, Latinext. Haymarket Books.

• a poem in which the word ‘fingernails’ is replaced by ‘gender’. Suspect Press.

• how many times must i mourn this year. Colorado Springs Independent.

• Queer Etymology. Colorado Springs Independent.

• ways i could be buried with you and the train Crab Fat Magazine

• riverbed Rust + Moth.

• facts about manatees. Cactus Heart.

• the train. Voicemail Poems.

• grind. Hot Poetry Calendar, June poet and model. Olney // Bullshit Lit.

• Slamming Bricks Anthology.

• the bees and the beekeeper speak. co-written with Mackenzie Beninati. Deep Overstock Journal Issue 17: Beekeeping.

Articles

• Peach Press hopes to elevate underrepresented voices. Colorado Springs Independent.

• The spirit of do-it-yourself is in doing ‘it’ together. Colorado Springs Independent.

• Mani Queen talks drag and the Springs scene. Colorado Springs Independent.

• The Origin of Us. Cipher Magazine.

• The Dead Dogs of Dale Street. Cipher Magazine.

• Packing Boxes. Cipher Magazine.

Inauguration by Nico Wilkinson and Idris Goodwin