Erika Takacs


Selected work & recognition

Selected poems online

  • Ash Wednesday After T.S. EliotThe Astorian · 2026Read →
  • One InterpretationThe New Verse News · 2025Read →
  • Children of EncouragementAmethyst Review · 2025Read →
  • John Cage: Organ²/ASLSP (As Slow As Possible)Amethyst Review · 2025Read →
  • The BaptistEarth & Altar · 2025Read →
Earlier poems (5)
  • ReleaseEarth & Altar · 2025Read →
  • At the EndingThimble Literary Magazine · 2025Read →
  • A Prayer for My EnemiesSheila-Na-Gig · 2025Read →
  • ConfessionBraided Way · 2024Read →
  • A Coming AlleluiaEarth & Altar · 2020Read →

In print & journals

Honors & awards

  • Pinesong Awards, 2026North Carolina Poetry SocietyView award →
  • Women’s Poetry Contest, 2024“I want to die like the woman who asked her two best friends to sleep over” · Honorable Mention · Kelsay BooksView award →
  • Advent Poetry Contest, 2024“What Mary Hears” · Honorable Mention · Catholic Literary ArtsView award →

Hymns

  • Resounding VoicesThe Prompting for the Pilgrim · The Hymn SocietyRead →

About me

Erika Takacs

Erika Takacs is a poet, Episcopal priest, and musician originally from Wilmington, Delaware. Her writing has been published in The Orchards Poetry Journal, Earth & Altar, The Christian Century, Braided Way, and Thimble Literary Magazine.

Outside of her work and her family, her three great loves are the music of J.S. Bach, books, and baseball. She currently resides in North Carolina, where she and her husband serve at the pleasure of their very spoiled beagle.

Erika is currently working on her first poetry collection.