I first met Kelsey in our dorm rooms, during our first semester of the low-residency MFA program at Pacific University, and I came to see Kelsey as a poetry soulmate. Her poems are brimming with bodies of water and the women who are drawn to them. She’s the West Coast, oceanic, selkie magic to my Mississippi River siren songs, and her poetry belongs in my favorite poetry camp, which is “doesn’t take itself too seriously, with a good dash of humor, while still ripping your heart out.”

When Kelsey mentioned she wanted to create her first website, I went all-in on my proposal to her, because I knew we could create something truly magical together.