Katherine Gekker is the author of In Search of Warm Breathing Things.
Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, including The Hopkins Review, Presence, CALYX, and Rappahannock Review. Through 2025, she served as Assistant Poetry Editor for Delmarva Review.
Gekker’s poems, collectively called “…to Cast a Shadow Again,” have been set to music by composer Eric Ewazen. Composer Carson Cooman has set a seasonal cycle of her poems, “Chasing the Moon Down,” to music.
Gekker was born in Washington, DC. She founded a commercial printing company in 1974 and sold it 31 years later. She lives with her wife in Arlington, Virginia, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
author photo credit: Lianna Gekker