The Collected Works Of

Briana Grace Hammerstrom

BRIANA GRACE HAMMERSTROM has participated in the National Poetry Slam, Individual World Poetry Slam, the Southwest Shootout, Flagstaff Poetry Slam, Bigfoot Poetry Festival, and has earned titles such as Haiku Deathmatch Champion. She has been published in Red Ogre Review, Fork Apple Press, The Word's Faire, Rock&Sling Journal and other publications. Her work is a journey through queer joy, sheer outrage, and the enchantment of everyday language.

The Laundry List | WAN Cypher 2017

"Poetry remembers it was an oral art before it was a written one" - Jorge Luis Borges

From Sonnets to Free Verse, Hammerstrom has long explored how to get words both on the page and off of it. Southwest Shootout to Bigfoot Poetry Festivals, BGH has showcased across the West Coast.
Pictured here at Slamlandia

Interactive Workshops

Words Words Words. From those just starting on their journey to those looking to reinforce the language they grew up with.Body Workshop for Bigfoot Poetry Festival 2023

Verbose Verse

With a deep history in performance, indulging in Broadway to Reader's Theatre, Hammerstrom invokes the power behind the speech.BGH reading at the Flagstaff Poetry Slam

Found Footage

The Market is an Animal | Blue Hour Open Mic April 2025
For a Ghost

A Unfinished List of Publications

Fork Apple Press
For A Ghost

Clepsydra Magazine
I Promised A Lighthouse

Red Ogre Review
Martinique Pink Toe

Chrysalism Press
Birdsong

Palette Poetry
In (Digital) Memoriam

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