Vismai Rao’s poems appear in Salamander, RHINO, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Pithead Chapel, Poetry Wales, Jet Fuel Review, and elsewhere. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the Orison Anthology. She serves as Poetry Editor for The Night Heron Barks & Ran Off with the Star Bassoon. She lives in Auroville, India.