Faculty Profiles

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Spleen et Ideal in Contrapuntal. After...: Poems Inspired by Other Art.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Instead of Heart, We Could Say. Press Pause. Press Pause Press.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Forgive My 9AM Salivations, But. Press Pause. Press Pause Press.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Girl Pissing Sunsets. The Harvard Advocate.

Hensley, K. L. (2025, June). The Gentle Art of Leeching. Gulf Coast. Retrieved from https://gulfcoastmag.org/stories/372-summerfall-2025,4803

Hensley, K. L. (2025, January). The Works of Flesh Are Manifest. BOOTH. Retrieved from https://booth.butler.edu/2025/01/03/the-works-of-flesh-are-manifest/

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Salome in Tritina. Sonora Reivew.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Her/men/u/tics. A Little Sugar in the Tank Anthology. Miracle Monacle.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Skeleton B78. Foreshadow.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Cock Worship is So Twelfth Century. Filling Station.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). If God Comes Back, I’m a Goner! Copytext Magazine.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Rapture with Foul Mouth. Phoebe.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Un/a/muse. The Turning Leaf Journal.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Selkie. Prose Poems.

Hensley, K. L. (n.d.). Decreation. Prose Poems.

Hensley, K. L. (2025, December). Madonna of Rot. Nixes Mate Review. Retrieved from https://nixesmate.pub/issue-36-37-summer-fall-2025/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, December). Redneck. Pictura Journal. Retrieved from https://heyzine.com/flip-book/005c001af7.html#page/86

Hensley, K. L. (2025, December). The Easter of Wuther. Pictura Journal. Retrieved from https://heyzine.com/flip-book/005c001af7.html#page/86

Hensley, K. L. (2025, November). Tarswing. Anthropocene Poetry Journal. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved from https://www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/tarswing-by-kale-hensley

Hensley, K. L. (2025, November). Nightcrawlers. Hood of Bone Review. Retrieved from https://www.hoodofbonereview.org/issue-four-nov-2025

Hensley, K. L. (2025, November). Birdseye. Hood of Bone Review. Retrieved from https://www.hoodofbonereview.org/issue-four-nov-2025

Hensley, K. L. (2025, November). The Apple of My Armpit. Luna Luna Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.lunalunamagazine.com/blog/poetry-kale-hensley

Hensley, K. L. (2025, November). Welcome to the Reliquary. Luna Luna Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.lunalunamagazine.com/blog/poetry-kale-hensley

Hensley, K. L. (2025, November). The Etymology of Harmony. The Account: A Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Thought. Retrieved from https://theaccountmagazine.com/article/hensley-25/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, November). Ugh, I’m Soooo Over Hope. The Account: A Journal of Poetry, Prose and Thought. Retrieved from https://theaccountmagazine.com/article/hensley-25/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, August). Sphagia. Sontag Mag. Retrieved from https://sontagmag.com/sontag-mag-volume-five-summer-fall-2025/kale-hensley-sphagia

Hensley, K. L. (2025, July). At the Mouth of a Peculiar Holler. Charleston Anvil. Charleston, WV. Retrieved from https://the-charleston-anvil.square.site/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, July). Bad Faith. The Table Review. Retrieved from https://thetablereview.org/bad-faith-kale-hensley

Hensley, K. L. (2025, June). The Gentle Art of Forsooking. December. Retrieved from https://decembermag.org/current-issue-36-1/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, June). Instead of Love, We Could Say. Let’s Stab Caesar. Retrieved from https://www.letsstabcaesar.com/volume-5

Hensley, K. L. (2025, June). We’re Finally Drunk Enough to Watch Ice-Skating Videos. Let’s Stab Caesar. Retrieved from https://www.letsstabcaesar.com/volume-5

Hensley, K. L. (2025, June). Call ’Em Like You See ’Em. Epiphany: A Literary Journal. Retrieved from https://epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany-springsummer-2025-desire-dread

Hensley, K. L. (2025, June). Mystic Origin Story. Epiphany: A Literary Journal. Retrieved from https://epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany-springsummer-2025-desire-dread

Hensley, K. L. (2025, June). The Mysterious Doodles in a 1,300 Year Old Book. New Delta Review. Retrieved from https://ndrmag.org/the-mysterious-doodles-hidden-in-a-1-300-year-old-book

Hensley, K. L. (2025, June). How the Seminar Became a Circle Jerk Became a Mosh Pit. The Martello Journal. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved from https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60b545bedf3b1702ea454bba/t/684017e82185b9734eeda58c/1749030891239/RAGIN%E2%80%99_compressed.pdf

Hensley, K. L. (2025). Tiny Talks with Kale Hensley. Tiny Spoon. Retrieved from https://tinyspoon.org/2025/06/10/tiny-talks-with-kale-hensley/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, May). So Shiny, So Deep, So Unlike Me. Reed Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.reedmag.org/product-page/reed-magazine-issue-158

Hensley, K. L. (2025, May). Braiding the Girl. Tiny Spoon. Retrieved from https://tinyspoon.org/product/issue-13-superstition-divination/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, May). Oyez. Peach Fuzz. Austin, TX. Retrieved from https://www.peachfuzzmag.com/product-page/peach-fuzz-issue-32

Hensley, K. L. (2025, May). Postmodern Transportation. The Core Review. Fork Apple Press. Retrieved from https://forkapplepress.com/the-core-review/issue-2/postmodern-transportation

Hensley, K. L. (2025, May). My Lips Are Up Here. The Core Review. Fork Apple Press. Retrieved from https://forkapplepress.com/the-core-review/issue-2/my-lips-are-up-here

Hensley, K. L. (2025, April). A Light Touch. Midway Journal. Retrieved from https://midwayjournal.com/a-light-touch/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, March). Creeker. Cordella Magazine. Cordella Press. Retrieved from https://www.cordella.org/#/creeker

Hensley, K. L. (2025, January). The Gentle Art of Beseeching. Amethyst Review. Amethyst Press. Retrieved from https://amethystmagazine.org/2025/01/05/the-gentle-art-of-beseeching-a-poem-by-kate-hensley/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, January). I Try to Name All the Colors in West Virginia But I Run Out of Breath. Salvation South. Retrieved from https://www.salvationsouth.com/west-virginia-poems-kale-hensley-surrender-colors/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, January). The Origins of Surrender Lie in the Cartwheel. Salvation South. Retrieved from https://www.salvationsouth.com/west-virginia-poems-kale-hensley-surrender-colors/

Hensley, K. L. (2025, January). Variations in Stain. Rust & Moth. Retrieved from https://rustandmoth.com/work/variations-in-stain/

Hensley, K. L. (2024, December). Creation Myth: Phyllis Rides Aristotle. Evergreen Review. Retrieved from https://evergreenreview.com/read/the-rest-cure-for-common-whores/

Hensley, K. L. (2024, July). A Bed Built on Wheels. So to Speak: A Journal of Feminist Art and Language. Retrieved from https://www.sotospeakjournal.org/kale-hensley-a-bed-built

Hensley, K. L. (2024, April). When the Last Trumpet Sounds, I Will Be in the Mummy Room at the Museum. Gulf Stream. Retrieved from https://gulfstreamlitmag.com/2024/04/16/when-the-last-trumpet-sounds-i-will-be-in-the-mummy-room-at-the-museum/

Hensley, K. L. (2024, April). Christina Beyond the Curtain. Image. Retrieved from https://imagejournal.org/article/christina-beyond-the-curtain/

Hensley, K. L. (2024, December). Heartfast. Amethyst Review. Amethyst Press. Retrieved from https://amethystmagazine.org/2024/12/02/heartfast-a-poem-by-kate-hensley/

Hensley, K. L. (2024, December). I’m Steering the Whelm of This Ship. Many Nice Donkeys. Retrieved from https://www.manynicedonkeys.com/_files/ugd/af8f94_cea598c685204908ac3dace4dfc49ef1.pdf

Hensley, K. L. (2024, December). Sistering: the Reprise. Evergreen Review. https://evergreenreview.com/read/the-rest-cure-for-common-whores/.

Hensley, K. L. (2024, December). The Rest Cure for Common Whores. Evergreen Review. Retrieved from https://evergreenreview.com/read/the-rest-cure-for-common-whores/

Hensley, K. L. (2024, December). All My Prayers in Blood and Cream. Jelly Squid. Retrieved from https://www.jellysquid.site/issue-2/all-my-prayers-in-blood-and-cream-kale-hensley

Hensley, K. L. (2024, November). Halloween 2017. Miniskirt Magazine. Retrieved from https://miniskirtmagazine.com/kale-hensley/

Hensley, K. L. (2024, November). Chigger Chug. The Hopper. Retrieved from http://www.hoppermag.org/chigger-chug

Hensley, K. L. (2024, October). I Reckon with Feet. Potomac Review. Montgomery College. Retrieved from https://mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacreview/2024/10/19/kale-hensley/

Hensley, K. L. (2024, October). The Sign of the Crocus. Lucky Jefferson. Retrieved from https://luckyjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ember-No.-12-ONLINE.pdf

Hensley, K. L. (2024, September). Itsafter: A Ballad of Mary Magdalene. The Clayjar Review. Retrieved from https://clayjar.review/issues/toil/itsafter

Hensley, K. L. (2024). Skate Trick. In THE THIRD BULLSHIT LIT ANTHOLOGY. Bullshit Lit Mag & Press.

Hensley, K. L. (2024, September). I Asked a Saint to Ruin Your Breakfast. The Crawfish. Retrieved from https://www.the-crawfish.com/features/i-asked-a-saint-to-ruin-your-breakfastkale-hensley

Hensley, K. L. (2024, September). Afterworld. The Clayjar Review. Retrieved from https://clayjar.review/issues/toil/afterworld

Hensley, K. L. (2024, August). Even in the Small Worlds, You Came First. The Squawk Back. Retrieved from https://www.thesquawkback.com/2024/08/kale-hensley.html

Hensley, K. L. (2024, August). My Kink Was Heat and Inquiry. The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles. Retrieved from https://www.robindunn.com/LAROLA19.pdf

Hensley, K. L. (2024, August). I Begged God For Your Anger and Instead He Gave Me... The Squawk Back. Retrieved from https://www.thesquawkback.com/2024/08/kale-hensley.html

Hensley, K. L. (2024, August). The United States of Virgin Martyrs. The Squawk Back. Retrieved from https://www.thesquawkback.com/2024/08/kale-hensley.html

Hensley, K. L. (2024, July). Anniversaries. Talk Vomit. Retrieved from https://talkvomit.com/2024/08/16/anniversaries/

Hensley, K. L. (2024). Mrs. Not Me (4th ed.). midsummer magazine. Retrieved from https://www.midsummermagazine.com/read/issue-4/mrs-not-me

Hensley, K. L. (2024). Private[s] Practice: Reading Priestess in Diane di Prima’s Memoirs. Beatdom.

Hensley, K. L. (2024, March). Troffea Confessional. Lucent Dreaming. Retrieved from https://lucentdreaming.com/troffea-confessional-by-kale-hensley-lucent-dreaming-issue-13/

Hensley, K. L. (2023, November). Nymphonics. Screen Door Review. Retrieved from https://www.screendoorreview.com/nymphonics/

Hensley, K. L. (2023). Sappho to Erinna in Technicolor (15th ed.). Retrieved from https://www.screendoorreview.com/sappho-to-erinna-in-technicolor/

Hensley, K. L. (2023). Julian then Norwich. In All Shall Be Well: Poems for Julian of Norwich. Amethyst Press.

Hensley, K. L. (2023, February). Morning Glory. Sweet Lit. Retrieved from https://sweetlit.org/kale-hensley-volume-15/

Hensley, K. L. (2022, December). Self-Portrait as St. Lucy’s Shopping List. Red Ogre Review. Retrieved from https://ogre.red/issues/2022-12/2022-12-hensley-kale/

Hensley, K. L. (2019, May). All American-Transubstantiation. Levee Magazine.

Hensley, K. L. (2019, April). The Spider. Collision. University of Pittsburgh.