Tina Barry is the author of I Tell Henrietta (Aim Higher, Inc., 2024) with images by Kristin Flynn, Beautiful Raft and Mall Flower (Big Table Publishing, 2019 and 2016). Her poetry and short fiction can be found in Verse Daily, Rattle, ONE ART: a journal of poetry, SWWIM, Gyroscope, The Best Small Fictions 2020 (spotlighted story) and 2016, and elsewhere. Tina has five Pushcart Prize nominations and several Best of the Net and Best Microfiction nods. She teaches at The Poetry Barn and Writers.com.

Other poems by Tina Barry in Verse Daily:
December 29, 2022:   "The Little I Remember" "I understand raindrops..."

Other poems on the web by Tina Barry:
"Because I was Lonely"
Two poems
Three poems
"Lilies"
"Mother's Ready"
"A Friend's Daughter Dies"
"Another Server Calls me ‘Young Lady,'"
"The Birth of Athena"
"Because I am Lonely"
"Clairvoyant"
"#MeToo: Still Life with Road Kill"
"After the Shooting in El Paso"

Tina Barry's Website.

About I Tell Henrietta:

"Tina Barry's startling and eclectic I Tell Henrietta pushes the hybrid aesthetic envelope forward. Part poetry, part micro, these written gems are vividly unclassifiable. Suffused with astute observation, memory and crystalline imagery, Barry's collection is a must read for those who love small works containing multitudes."
—Nathan Leslie

"Tina Barry's astonishing collection I Tell Henrietta explores thresholds between the dream world and wakefulness, and between poetry and prose. Throughout this book Barry shares truths of girlhood and womanhood, showcasing moments that drift from real into surreal. While the speaker's confidante in the collection is often the figure of Henrietta, the reader also feels like an intimate part of the storytelling, privy to wonders like, 'rivers swirled black, trees pulled from their roots, / tipped to the ground.' Barry has a talent for recasting ordinary scenes in a way that transforms them into deeply felt revelations that resonate far beyond the page."
—Mary Biddinger

"Line up the poems in Tina Barry's I Tell Henrietta on the bar and take them like shots (alluring, astringent) without any chaser. When you wake up, dare the mirror. You'll find wing-scars, a cigarette burn or two, tattoos you can't remember getting, all love's bruises. And you'll thank Barry for every single mark."
—Joshua Davis

"In I Tell Henrietta, Tina Barry draws us into a world both familiar and startling. Her stories are filled with absent fathers who are 'with the circus,' swans in unexpected iterations, and teenagers 'narrow as needlefish.' Barry's stories are shared with the elusive title character 'Henrietta,' who listens, sometimes skeptically, but who always elicits more. These poems are soft explosions of beautiful imagery and language and heart. A rich and satisfying read, a journey you will be glad you have taken. "
—Francine Witte