Poetry

Sol matesMilk Press, The Poetry Society of New York (Nov 2025). Online.

Cry me a river with no bordersevery.Word Poetry (Jan 2026). Online.

My Tia Lupitaevery.Word Poetry (Sept 2025). Online.

“Replay love song” every.Word Poetry (May 2025). Online.

“Dear Palestine” every.Word Poetry (June 2024). Online.

“Will you remember” When the River Speaks Magazine (Jan 2026). Print.

“I’m just one of the girls, drag is everyday” B’K Magazine (Forthcoming). Online.

“Doomscrolling isn’t solidarity” Writers Resist Magazine (Forthcoming). Online.

“Chichimekah” & “OUR WATERS”, Native Land Digital Zine (Forthcoming). Online.

“Cry me a river with no borders" Self published Zine (Dec 2025). Print.

Bio:

Maxochitl is a border breaking poet born on both sides of the river. As an Indigenous Resistance Poet, Cultural Educator, & Community Organizer - they use storytelling as a pathway for collective liberation. They are a teaching artist and host with every.Word poetry, a Black and Indigenous led Spoken Word organization in so called Austin, Texas. In partnership with San Marcos Public Library, they are a part of the When the River Speaks Magazine team. As the Creative Director of Land Justice Community School, they lead the Land Justice Art & Education Lab empowering education and art activism. Storytelling is a tradition passed down to them from elders, generation by generation creating art to document ancestral stories and resistance. Their poetry can be found in Poetry Society New York’s, Milk Press and more. 

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Rest in Peace Emily Pike

San Carlos Apache tribe 14 years old / another day another indian life / ⅘ native women / had her skin been white 

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Dear Texas Legislature,

I too flower bonnets of blue / let the children be our state flowers / have the list of bill numbers filled your mind too?

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