Bo Hee Moon

Bo Hee Moon is the author of the debut poetry collection Omma, Sea of Joy and Other Astrological Signs (Tinderbox Editions, 2021). Her poems have appeared in Cha, Cream City Review, Gulf Coast, AGNI, The Margins, Tupelo Quarterly, Zone 3, and elsewhere. Born in South Korea, she was adopted at three months old and grew up in Illinois. She previously published under a different name. boheemoon.com (updated 10/2023)

Bo Hee Moon’s AGNI poem “Letters to Omma—Reunion,” part of Afterlives: An AGNI Portfolio of Asian Adoptee Diaspora Writing, won the 2025 Brazos Bookstore / Academy of American Poets Prize and has been reprinted on Poets.org.