The Moon

Hermit Crab Poetry

By Elena Rielinger and Gretchen Rockwell

Elena Rielinger is a poet living in Idaho. Her work has appeared in perhappened mag, streetcake mag, and Crêpe and Penn. You can find her debut microchapbook, Cast Not Your Pearls, in Ghost City Press’s 2021 Summer Series. She has been a Pushcart and Best New Poets nominee. You can follow her on her website elenarielinger.wordpress.com, or Instagram @elenarielinger.

Gretchen Rockwell is a queer poet who can frequently be found writing about gender, science, space, and unusual connections. Xe is the author of the chapbooks body in motion (perhappened press) and Lexicon of Future Selves (VA Press) and two microchapbooks; xer work has appeared in AGNI, Cotton Xenomorph, Whale Road Review, Palette Poetry, and elsewhere. Find xer at www.gretchenrockwell.com or on Instagram at @daft_rockwell.