Kiki Petrosino (born 1979) is an American poet and professor of poetry.

[1] After spending two years in Switzerland teaching Italian and English in a private school,[2] she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia (2001), a Master of Arts in humanities degree from the University of Chicago (2004), and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop (2006).

[6] Her prose has appeared in publications including Ploughshares, Poetry Magazine, Iowa Review, and more.

[7] Reviewers have praised Petrosino's use of repetition and unconventional hyphenation in conjunction with traditional poetic forms such as the sestina.

[8] Petrosino has cited her familiarity with the Italian language and its comparative inflexibility as inspiration for her play with English.