Amy Gerstler

Amy Gerstler has published thirteen books of poems, a children’s book and several collaborative artists books with visual artists. Index of Women, her most recent book of poems, was published by Penguin Random House in 2021. She is currently working on a musical with composer/actor Steve Gunderson.

  • Downsizing

    Hey, maybe the time has come to empty
  • Earth, Temple, Gods

    A woman's feet, in lace-up sandals made of stone.
  • Ruler of Everything

    The Ruler of Everything proclaims blood-colored
  • A Terribly Sentimental Fork

    As unmined silver,
  • The Suicide’s Wife

    inhabits an invisible island
  • Late Portrait

    Dried flowers everywhere. Greeting cards. China plates hung on walls, showing a