Vegan Poetry uses creative writing to improve humanity’s relationship with non-human animals.
Many of our daily activities depend on the suffering and subjugation of sentient creatures. To change the cruel status quo requires a re-thinking of societal norms.
Behavioural change is complex. Representations in art and literature help shape attitudes towards animals. Language informs our norms and channels our thoughts.
As vegan poets, we seek to develop new ways of communicating about (and with) our fellow living beings.
Vegan Poetry is a community project, a creative outlet for compassion and a small cry of resistance in an uncaring system.
Founding Editor
Daniel Clark is a writer, translator and digital marketing specialist. His words have featured in places like Plant Based News, The New European and Environmental Rights Review. Nominated for Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction, he performed eco-poetry at COP26 and was a Poetry Society Young Critic 2023. He also co-edits Briefly Write.
Contributors
Amanda Conover is a queer poet based in Peoria, IL who often engages with themes of existentialism, spirituality, and social issues. She is the poetry editor for Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine and a recent MFA alum who works in scholarly publishing. Her poetry has been published in Atlanta Review, the lickety~split, Sad Girl Diaries, and elsewhere. Find her at amandaconover.com.
Marqv Neves is an advocate, interested in exploring the ethical dimensions of coexistence. With a background in law and a master’s in Sustainable Development from the University of Sussex, Marqv combines his legal expertise with his interest in fiction to challenge societal norms. He’s also a researcher at the Thrive Project, where he contributes to building a future that recognises and respects the rights of non-human beings.
Lena Tschauder is French-German and grew up between both countries. Her vegan poems have been published at the Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Críticos Animales in Spanish and exhibited at the The Art of Compassion project in English at a charity event.
Paul Holroyd gave up meat in 1985 and has been vegan since 2020. After learning the truth about the dairy, egg and meat industries, he felt he owed it to the animals to speak up for them through activism; the poetry came a year later. He now has hundreds of poems covering many different subjects, but veganism and animal rights remain at the core of his writing.
Yara Zalzal is a Lebanese writer, editor, translator, and lifelong advocate for animals. For years, Yara has rescued and cared for countless animals, offering them the love and protection they were denied. Now, as she works to establish an animal rights nonprofit in Lebanon, Yara continues to fight for a future where justice extends to all species.
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