Meca'Ayo (Tameca L Coleman) is a singer, multi-genre writer, itinerant nerd, massage therapist, and point and shoot art dabbler who currently lives in Denver Colorado. Their writing and photography have been featured in literary magazines, art exhibits, newspapers, and other venues and publications. Their first book an identity polyptych debuted from The Elephants in 2021. 

Meca’Ayo Cole is a published author of poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism, fiction, and hybrid works. Their books include an identity polyptych (2021, The Elephants), and their work has been anthologized in Poems from the Back Forty from Columbine Poets of Colorado 2018, Cellar Door: December 2010, Tales to Oddify: Fall/Winter 2009.

They were nominated in 2023 as a finalist for Poet Laureate in both Adams County and the State of Colorado.