The Poet Heroic
The Poet Heroic is a podcast and small-press poetry publishing house
founded and hosted by the poet Timothy Arliss OBrien.
We also created a magical metaphysical imprint,
The Healers Coven, for all of your mystical needs.
(Because even magic is poetry.)
We celebrate all writers and uphold the belief that anyone can be a poet.
We believe poetry can be words, photography collections, tarot decks, paintings, podcasts, secret envelopes, books hiding within books, crystal grids, drag queens, classical music, cookbooks and recipes, and quiet affirmations whispered into the dark.
Submissions are always open and previously published pieces are welcome.
Meet the Heroes
that showcase the heroic poetry
Timothy Arliss OBrien is a professional creative who has worked in classical music composition, poetry & publishing, and the visual arts for over a decade. His goal is to connect people to accessible new music that showcases virtuosic abilities without losing touch of authentic emotions. He has premiered music with The Astoria Music Festival, Los Angeles' 48-hour film competition, Cascadia Composers, Sound of Late’s 48-hour Composition Competition, and ENAensemble’s Serial Opera Project. He also wants to produce writing that connects the reader to themselves in a way that promotes wonder and self-realization. He has published several collections of poetry (The Art of Learning to Fly, Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month, The Queer Revolt), several cartomancy decks for divination (The Gazing Ball Tarot and The Pixel Acid Tarot), and has writing featured with Look Up Records (Seattle), Zines and Things, and Deep Overstock: The Bookseller’s Journal. He has also combined his passion for poetry with his love of publishing and curates the podcast & publishing house, The Poet Heroic, and he also hosts the new music podcast Composers Breathing. He also showcases his psychedelic makeup skills as the phenomenal drag queen Tabitha Acidz and expanded his love for music by transforming into
the up-and-coming SoundCloud rapper Lil Fag Tears.
Composer, Poet/Author, Publisher, & Drag Queen
The Poet Heroic: founding publisher & bookbinder
The Healer's Coven: tarot creator & spell writer
Composers Breathing host & curator
Tabitha Acidz: drag queen
Board of Directors, Cascadia Composers
Poetry Editor, Deep Overstock
Poetry Reader, Okay Donkey
Poetry Reviewer, Fruitslice Magazine
Nicholas Yandell is a composer, who sometimes creates with words instead of sound. In those cases, he usually ends up with fiction and occasionally poetry. He also paints and draws, and often all these activities become combined, because they’re really not all that different from each other,
and it’s all just art right?
When not working on creative projects, Nick works as a bookseller at Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon, where he enjoys being surrounded by a wealth of knowledge, as well as working and interacting with creatively stimulating people.
Composer, Musician, Author (fiction, poetry, essay)
The Poet Heroic: cofounder & podcast cohost
Gentle Heresy: founding bandmember
Board of Directors, Cascadia Composers
Poetry Editor, Deep Overstock
Poetry Reader, Okay Donkey
Bookseller, Powell’s City of Books