Christy Lee Barnes

Christy Lee Barnes is a PNW poet and educator whose work can be found in publications such as Prairie Schooner, McSweeney’s, and Plume. Her first chapbook, Commodore Rookery, is forthcoming in 2025. (Source)

Poems by Christy Lee Barnes

Love Poem With Tinnitus by Christy Lee Barnes

August 9, 2026

“part of love I think is sitting with the pain / you’d fix if you could, but can’t.” — Christy Lee Barnes