April Tierney is a poet, activist, craftswoman, mother, and lover of stories. Her work follows threads of ecopoetics, myth, culture, and lineage. She has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and featured in Orion Magazine, Deep Times: A Journal of the Work that Reconnects, Clarion Poetry Magazine, and Real Ground Journal, among others.

April is the author of four full length collections of poetry, including Matter/Mother (Wayfarer Books, 2024). She is also a contributor in several anthologies, including Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher's Field Guide to the Poetics of Migration edited by Jamie K Reaser and J Drew Lanham.

April is a collaborative artist at heart. She has read poetry alongside musicians, vocalists, illustrators, photographers, abstract painters, dancers, essayists, and storytellers. She also guides nature-based writing classes for adults and kids as well as seasonal art making workshops. Readings and events are held in person and online.