Witch-Written: 7 Female Poets Who Hexed Us With Their Words

Some women write to soothe. Others write to awaken. 

And then there are the ones who write like they’re reaching into your chest, curling their ink-stained fingers around your heart and daring it to beat truer.

These are the literary witches—femme sorceresses whose verses hex, haunt and seduce.

Whether whispering love spells or shrieking grief, the seven poets below didn’t just tell stories, they invoked something deeper.