Humana Obscura

Humana Obscura Humana Obscura is an independent nature-focused literary magazine. The magazine accepts poetry, short prose under 1,000 words, and artwork in various medium.

As our name suggests—“obscured human”—we focus on work where the human element is concealed but not entirely absent, aiming to revive the nature genre. Humana Obscura’s mission is to publish and promote the best work of today’s voices and talents. Our intention is to inspire readers and enrich their lives while providing an inclusive space for elevating the voices, expressions, and creative work o

f our contributors. Founded in 2020, Humana Obscura is published online and in print twice yearly, and features work from around the world. Visit our website for submission guidelines.

Detail of “Featherweight” by Debbie Strange in the Winter 2024 issue of Debbie Strange is a chronically ill short-form ...
01/19/2025

Detail of “Featherweight” by Debbie Strange in the Winter 2024 issue of
Debbie Strange is a chronically ill short-form poet, visual artist, and photographer from Canada whose creative passions connect her more closely to the world, to others, and to herself. Strange’s work has received multiple awards and thousands of her poems and artworks have been published worldwide. Her most recent book, The Language of Loss: Haiku & Tanka Conversations, won the Sable Books 2019 International Women’s Haiku Contest, and Haiku Canada’s 2022 Marianne Bluger Chapbook Award. Her award-winning haiku collection, Random Blue Sparks, is forthcoming from Snapshot Press in 2024. Please visit her publication archive at debbiemstrange.blogspot.com for further information. Follow her on X and Instagram

“The Encounter” by Abby Harding in the Winter 2024 issue of
01/17/2025

“The Encounter” by Abby Harding in the Winter 2024 issue of

Detail of “After the Thunder” by Sally Podmore in the Winter 2024 issue of . ...
01/16/2025

Detail of “After the Thunder” by Sally Podmore in the Winter 2024 issue of .

Two haiku by Luke Levi in the Winter 2024 issue of Luke Levi is a poet. His recent book is Windswept Leaves: New and Se...
01/15/2025

Two haiku by Luke Levi in the Winter 2024 issue of
Luke Levi is a poet. His recent book is Windswept Leaves: New and Selected Haiku. His poems can be found in Tiny Seed Journal, Presence, Humana Obscura, Haiku Commentary, Akitsu Quarterly, and elsewhere. He currently resides in the Texas Hill Country. Find more about him at lukelevi.com and Instagram/Threads

Detail of “Winter Wonder” by Sally Podmore in the Winter 2024 issue of ...
01/15/2025

Detail of “Winter Wonder” by Sally Podmore in the Winter 2024 issue of

“Rain” by Hilda Weiss in the Winter 2024 issue of Hilda Weiss is a poet and the co-founder/curator for www.Poetry.LA, ...
01/14/2025

“Rain” by Hilda Weiss in the Winter 2024 issue of
Hilda Weiss is a poet and the co-founder/curator for www.Poetry.LA, a website featuring videos of poets and poetry venues in Southern California. Her poetry manuscript, Seemingly Normal, was awarded Honorable Mention by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. She has a chapbook, Optimism About Trees, and has been published in Rattle, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Cultural Weekly, Poemeleon, and Anti-Heroin Chic, among others. A fourth generation Californian, she lives, writes, and grows her own vegetables in a garden full of native California plants in Santa Monica.

“Letting Go” by Anne Kulou in the Winter 2024 issue of Anne Kulou is a published artist who started to write poetry in ...
01/13/2025

“Letting Go” by Anne Kulou in the Winter 2024 issue of
Anne Kulou is a published artist who started to write poetry in childhood as a means to express her rich imaginative mind and non-dualistic experience of the natural world, deeply intertwined with her inner—sensory, cognitive and emotional—processes. Some years ago, she discovered photography as an equally powerful and subtle medium for creative expression, as another way to say the unfathomable. She lives in Germany and works as a forensic psychologist (MSc) and trauma sensitive Gestalt psychotherapist. You can find her online on Instagram under , and .

“Clementine” by Abby Harding in the Winter 2024 issue of Abby Harding writes from her home in a small, central-Illino...
01/12/2025

“Clementine” by Abby Harding in the Winter 2024 issue of
Abby Harding writes from her home in a small, central-Illinois farm town. Her debut poetry collection, Some Days Are Sandstone, released in October 2024. Her work draws on the natural world, focusing on the intersection of grief and hope. When she’s not writing or gazing into the middle distance, she and her husband homeschool their three children and care for a small menagerie of animals (three chickens, two geriatric cats, and a guinea pig named Moose). Learn more and find links to her socials at abbyharding.com/links.

Detail of “Dawn Colors 17” by Holly Willis in the Winter 2024 issue of Holly Willis is a writer, photographer, and fi...
01/11/2025

Detail of “Dawn Colors 17” by Holly Willis in the Winter 2024 issue of
Holly Willis is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker who moves between Maine and California exploring landscape, color, movement, and material, using both old, analog technologies, including a camera obcura, as well as new digital tools. Her writing and photography have appeared in journals such as River Teeth, carte blanche, Ponder, and The Normal School. Connect with her on Instagram and www.hollywillis.com.

“Fallow Season” by Robert René Galván in the Winter 2024 issue of Robert René Galván, born in San Antonio of Indigenou...
01/11/2025

“Fallow Season” by Robert René Galván in the Winter 2024 issue of
Robert René Galván, born in San Antonio of Indigenous/Mexican heritage, resides in New York City where he works as a professional musician and poet. His collections of poems include Meteors, Undesirable: Race and Remembrance (Somos en Escrito Foundation Press), Standing Stones (Finishing Line Press), and The Shadow of Time (Adelaide Books).

Detail of “Sumptuous Respite” by Cristina Sanchez in the Winter 2024 issue of Cristina Sanchez (she/they) is a mixed-me...
01/10/2025

Detail of “Sumptuous Respite” by Cristina Sanchez in the Winter 2024 issue of
Cristina Sanchez (she/they) is a mixed-media q***r artist based in New York. They rediscovered their love for art over the past year and now can’t live without it. Sanchez is a speech pathologist by trade, loves tending to her community garden plot, playing with her quirky rabbits and feline friends, solo traveling around the world, and is a literary lover. Connect with them on Instagram

“Frost” by D. Dina Friedman in the Winter 2024 issue of D. Dina Friedman’s newest books are the poetry collection Her...
01/09/2025

“Frost” by D. Dina Friedman in the Winter 2024 issue of
D. Dina Friedman’s newest books are the poetry collection Here in Sanctuary—Whirling (Querencia Press) and the short-story collection Immigrants (Creators Press), which was first runner up in the short-story category for the Eric Hoffer Award. Her previous books include two YA novels, Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar Straus Giroux) and one book of poetry Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press). Friedman has published in over a hundred literary journals including Rattle, Salamander, The Sun, Mass Poetry, Crab Orchard Review, Cider Press Review, Lilith, and Rhino and received four Pushcart Prize nominations. Learn more at www.ddinafriedman.com.

Detail of “Reformation” by Amy Aiken in the Winter 2024 issue of Amy Aiken is a photographer based in the southern Un...
01/08/2025

Detail of “Reformation” by Amy Aiken in the Winter 2024 issue of
Amy Aiken is a photographer based in the southern United States whose work captures the beauty and wonder of the world around her. Photography is her means of engaging with her environment in a creative way. For Aiken, making pictures is a process of discovery, and she endeavors to bring our attention to the beauty in the everyday that is often overlooked. Her work has been featured in several publications, including Humana Obscura, Hintology, and Color Tag Magazine. Her work has also been been exhibited at ArtFields. You can find more of her work at www.amyaiken.com or on Instagram .

Haiku by C.X. Turner in the Winter 2024 issue of C.X. Turner writes poems about dandelions, frozen fingers, and frogs. ...
01/07/2025

Haiku by C.X. Turner in the Winter 2024 issue of
C.X. Turner writes poems about dandelions, frozen fingers, and frogs. She enjoys experimenting with Japanese short-forms and her poems and artwork have been widely published in a range of journals and anthologies. She enjoys working collaboratively with other poets and on solo projects. Connect on X and on Instagram .rpoetic

Detail of “The Story” by Kathleen Christensen in the Winter 2024 issue of . ...
01/06/2025

Detail of “The Story” by Kathleen Christensen in the Winter 2024 issue of .

Two tanka by Jenny Ward Angyal in the Winter 2024 issue of Jenny Ward Angyal has written poetry since the age of five ...
01/05/2025

Two tanka by Jenny Ward Angyal in the Winter 2024 issue of
Jenny Ward Angyal has written poetry since the age of five and Japanese short-form verse since 2008. Her tanka and haiku have appeared widely in journals. She is the author or co-author of seven books of tanka, tanka sequences, tanka-prose, and haibun, which are available on Amazon. She currently serves as a Global Moderator of Inkstone Poetry Forum. She lives with her husband and one Abyssinian cat on a small organic farm in central North Carolina.

Detail of “Winter Day” by Susan Marsh in the Winter 2024 issue of Susan Marsh has created art from an early age, begin...
01/04/2025

Detail of “Winter Day” by Susan Marsh in the Winter 2024 issue of
Susan Marsh has created art from an early age, beginning with pen and ink drawing and woodcut relief printing. Later pursuits include ink wash, po’mo, sumi-e, and watercolor. An active member of the Jackson Hole Art Association and Teton Plein Air Painters, her work has been shown at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, Teton County Library, the National Museum of Wildlife Art, and other venues. Her work is available at the Art Shop in Moose, Wyoming. Learn more at www.slmarsh.com.

“If You Can Find It” by Walter Heineman in the Winter 2024 issue of Walter Heineman‘s backyard is a butterfly garden. T...
01/03/2025

“If You Can Find It” by Walter Heineman in the Winter 2024 issue of
Walter Heineman‘s backyard is a butterfly garden. The driveway is a landing zone for the doves that are fed every morning. Peanuts are scattered by the walkway to observe squirrel antics. The inside of the house is filled with books and african spiritual objects. 

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