Christina Linsin
About the Poet
Christina Linsin is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and teacher in Alleghany County, Virginia. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Christina's parents moved the family to Florida when she was seven. In 2013, Christina, her husband, and their children moved back to Virginia, where she has taught English in Virginia public schools since.
As a poet, Christina Linsin's work examines connections with nature, complexities of mental illness, and creating meaningful connections with others. Her poems have been published in Still: The Journal, Stone Circle Review, Whale Road Review, Mid-Atlantic Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, Clinch Mountain Review, and other places.
She currently serves as Western Region Vice President of the Poetry Society of Virginia and as Reviews Editor at South Florida Poetry Journal.
Region
Southwest
Virginia City or County Affiliation
Alleghany County
Years of Residence in Virginia
20
Current City/State of Residence
Covington, VA
Gender
Female
Race/Ethnicity
White
Year of Birth
1974
Keywords/Tags
mental health, connections, nature, family
Published Works or Performances
Poems:
“Is There a Way to Repair the House Without Harming Any Soft Creatures Gently Living Within its Walls?” and “What Makes Us Human.” Clinch Mountain Review, November 2025.
“Unfolding” and “Long Day” (In The Zest of the Lemon, Volume 3, October 2025).
“No Life to Breathe” (In Porcupine Literary, May 2025).
“Root for the thing half dead” (In South Florida Poetry Journal, May issue, #34, May 2025).
“Bikes.” (In Collected Winning Poems from the Poetry Society of Virginia: 2024, The Poetry Society of Virginia, August 2024).
“Ornament.” (In Susurrus, Summer Issue 2024, August 2024).
“What May Be.” (In Anti-Heroin Chic, Spring, Issue #34, April 2024).
“I’m Afraid I Don’t Know How to Love.” (In Whale Road Review, Spring Issue, #34, March 2024).
“What Should Be,” “Countermelody,” and “Lavender.” (In The Mid-Atlantic Review, Featured Poet, March 2024).
“Spoons.” (In Tinderbox Poetry Journal, vol. 8, issue 3. Featured Poet, September 2023).
“Thirst.” (In Still: The Journal, #42 Summer, June 2023).
“Lachryphagy.” (In Stone Circle Review, Featured Poet, May 2023).
“September Hay.” (In The Milk House, Featured Poet, 18 May 2023).
“Usefulness.” (In tiny wren lit., unthemed issue, no. 4, April 2023).
“September 27.” (In The Poet’s Page, April/May/June 1997).
Reviews:
Review of In the Good Years: poems, by Laura Cresté (In South Florida Poetry Journal, February 2026).
Review of Black Mestiza: poems, by Yael Valencia Aldana (In South Florida Poetry Journal, February 2026).
Review of Shade is a Place, by MaKshya Tolbert (In South Florida Poetry Journal, February 2026).
Review of purl, by Michele Evans (In South Florida Poetry Journal, February 2026).
Review of Resting Bitch Face, by Taylor Byas (In South Florida Poetry Journal, November 2025).
Review of Encounters For the Living and the Dead, by Jameela F. Dallis (In South Florida Poetry Journal, November 2025).
Review of The Ferry Keeper, by Judith H. Montgomery (In South Florida Poetry Journal, 1 November 2025).
Review of The Parachutist, by Jose Hernandez Diaz (In South Florida Poetry Journal, November 2025).
Review of Pastoral, 1994, by Joe Wilkins (In South Florida Poetry Journal, August 2025).
Review of Little Mercy: Poems, by Robin Walter (In South Florida Poetry Journal, 1 August 2025.
Review of Earthly Gods: poems, by Jessica Nirvana Ram (In South Florida Poetry Journal, August 2025.
Review of Good Dress: poems, by Brittany Rogers (In South Florida Poetry Journal, February 2025).
Review of Cloud Missives, by Kenzie Allen (In South Florida Poetry Journal, August 2024).
Selected Individual Poems or Performances
1. “I’m Afraid I Don’t Know How to Love.” Whale Road Review, Spring Issue, #34. Katie Manning, ed. 24 March 2024.
https://www.whaleroadreview.com/linsin/
2. “What Should Be,” “Countermelody,” and “Lavender.” The Mid-Atlantic Review, Featured Poet. Robert Bettman, ed. 16 March 2024. https://midatlanticreview.com/2024/03/three-poems-by-christina-linsin/
3. “Ornament.” Susurrus. Summer Issue 2024. Madeleine Gallo, ed. 18 August 2024. https://www.susurrusthemagazine.com/ornament
4. “Lachryphagy.” Stone Circle Review. Featured Poet. Lee Potts, ed. 20 May 2023. https://www.stonecirclereview.com/lachryphagy/
5. My work as Reviews Editor at SoFloPoJo https://www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/reviews-2026-27.html
Christina Linsin