Hi! I’m Carolene.

I’m a Malayali-American poet from South Florida and a 2024 MacDowell Fellow. I received my MFA at the University of Miami, where I was a James Michener Fellow. I’m currently working on revising my debut poetry collection and submitting it to contests. Read more about me here.

Updates:

I’m excited to say I am the Honorable Mention for the Bellevue Literary Review’s 2024 Poetry Prize! My poem was recently published in Issue 46; click here to buy it.

If you’re itching to read a poem fast, don’t fear — you can read my most recent poem in BOOTH here.

I also have poems forthcoming in Bennington Review, Poetry Online (poetry.onl), and Southeast Review—stay tuned for their publication dates!

In the meantime, please enjoy this picture I took in Kerala a couple years back.