C.W. (Christopher) Buckley

Poet

Seattle, WA
Washington US
Email: 
[email protected]

Author's Bio

C.W. Buckley lives and writes in Seattle with his wife and two sons. His poetry explores conscience, faith, and the natural world, offering gentle witness to precious things and what their loss can mean. A fourth-generation West Coaster, he earned degrees in Human Biology from Stanford University and Religion from Claremont School of Theology.

His work appears in Image Journal, Cirque, Camas, Dappled Things, and the anthology Winter in America (Still. He reads regularly at Easy Speak Seattle and is the author of Redshift, a collection from Cirque Press.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Undeniable: Writers Respond to Climate Change (Alternating Current Press, 2020)
Book:
Redshift (Cirque Press, 2026)
Chapbook:
BLUING (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
Journals:
Camas
,
Catamaran Literary Reader
,
Cirque
,
Dappled Things
,
Image Journal
,
Lummox Journal
,
Raven Chronicles
,
Rock & Sling
,
The Timberline Review
,
Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature
Prizes won: 

Finalist, Cirque Journal Poems of Place Contest 2023 (Poem: "Canto III - Next Stop: Paradise")

Finalist, Single Word Contest 2020, Sunspot Literary Review (Poem: "Self-Quarantined")
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Finalist, Tiferet 2017 Writing Contest (Poem: "The Garden at Sunset")
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Third prize, Maxi Category, Bay Area Poets Coalition Anthology 23, April 1, 2002 (Poem: "The Older Woman")

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Robinson Jeffers Bede Griffiths John Steinbeck Ursula Le Guin
What I'm reading now: 
The Prophets by Abraham Joshua Heschel

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Livermore, CA
California
Raised in: 
Livermore, CA
California
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Last update: Sep 14, 2026