Tohm Bakelas

Tohm Bakelas is a New Jersey poet who works as a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He began writing poetry in 2018. His poems have appeared in journals, zines, and online publications. He founded Between Shadows Press in Denville, New Jersey, in 2021 and edits it. The press publishes mostly chapbooks of poetry and short stories. His books include Cleaning the Gutters of Hell (Zeitgeist Press, 2023) and Punk Poets Are Pretentious Assholes (Between Shadows Press, 2021).