Charity Yoro

Charity E. Yoro (she/her) considers herself a steward of words and other beings. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and on The Rumpus, poets.org, Tupelo Press Quarterly, West Trestle Review, PRISM International, Frontier Poetry, and elsewhere, and has received Pushcart Prize and Orison Anthology nominations. Charity’s work has been supported by Kundiman, Tin House, and Sustainable Arts Foundation, along with residencies at Small Press Traffic and Mineral School. Her debut poetry collection ten-cent flower & other territories (First Matter Press) was named the 2025 Oregon Book Award winner for the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry. Born, raised, and educated on the east side of O‘ahu, she currently lives west of Denver with her wild, loving family.