Matilda Young (she/they) is a writer with a MFA in poetry from the University of Maryland. They have been published in several journals, including Anatolios Magazine, Breakwater Review, and Entropy Magazine’s Blackcackle. She enjoys Edgar Allan Poe jokes, haphazard suburban birding, and being obnoxious about the benefits of stovetop popcorn.

Water is always moving and so are we. As we move through time, we navigate love, loss, a whole lot of disappointment, and even more delight. Through different voices and occasions, the poems in Drift try to speak to this movement with humor, tenderness, and gratitude. Water is always moving, and so are we.