Nicole Yurcaba (Нікола Юрцаба) is a Ukrainian-American poet whose poems and reviews have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Prairie Schooner, New Eastern Europe, and The New Voice of Ukraine. She is the author of The Pale Goth (2023), Have Your Eyes (2025), Hutsulka (2026), and Not Sleeping in Newark (2026). X: @nyurtsaba / Instagram: @nyurtsaba

Issue 03
“The first day, the roses are fresh & I am in denial” (poetry)