SWWIM sustains and celebrates women poets by connecting creatives across generations and by curating a living archive of contemporary poetry, while solidifying Miami as a nexus for the literary arts.

When I think about us, I think about southern summers

SWWIM Every Day
by Bleah Patterson
 

Bleah (blay-uh) Patterson is a queer, Southern poet born and raised in Texas. Much of her work explores the contention between identity and home and has been featured by various journals including Electric Literature, Write or Die, Phoebe Literature, and Taco Bell Quarterly.

 

When wispy clouds drift through sparsely wooded mountains