Kai Coggin (she/her) is the inaugural poet laureate of the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and author of five collections, most recently Mother of Other Kingdoms (Harbor Editions, 2024). She is a certified master naturalist, a K–12 teaching artist, and host of the longest-running consecutive weekly open-mic series in the country—Wednesday Night Poetry. She lives with her wife in a peaceful valley, where they tend to wild things and each other. (Photo by Jeff Fuller Freeman)
Contributions to Humans & Nature
- “Night Blooming Cereus / Queen of the Night,” a poem in Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Humans & Nature Press, 2026).
