Poetry

COLLECTIONS

my mother as a lighthouse, my father as the sea. Ghost City Press, August 2021.

INDIVIDUAL POEMS

FORTHCOMING

“local woman discovers remains of two girls, 10 and 6, missing since 1977.” HELLANTH, forthcoming 2022.

PUBLISHED

“Grand Canyon.” Scrawl Place, 3 Jan 2022.

“all the stories about twins are about us.” Kissing Dynamite, Issue 39, March 2022.

“letter to my brother in the police station while I wait to sign my statement after the accident.” Eclipse Lit, Issue 1, 2021.

“Six Short Stories About Love.” The Bitchin’ Kitsch: All My Relations, Vol. 1, 2021.

“Leaving Las Vegas, New Mexico.” Whale Road Review, Issue 23, Summer 2021.

“humming along to carburetors with a popsicle in july.” Superfroot Magazine, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2021.

“one day, my mother dies.” Mom Egg Review, Issue 19, April 2021.

“Are you afraid of the dark?” Horse Egg Literary, Issue 2: Bestiary, April 2021.

“search & rescue 2.” The Minison Project, Issue 7, 14 March 2021.

“Haiku for leaving flowers on your headstone on the fifteenth anniversary.” Loud Coffee Press, Volume 2 Issue 1, Winter 2021. * Winner, Loud Coffee Press Haiku Contest.

“carelessness.” Santa Clara Review, Vol. 108 Issue 1, 25 January 2021.

“Spreading My Brother’s Ashes.” Santa Clara Review, Vol. 108 Issue 1, 25 January 2021.

“landfall.” the tide rises, the tide falls: an oceanic literary journal. 23 December 2020.

“Ghazal Meant to Be Sung to the Sea.” Iron Horse Literary Review, Volume 22.3, Fall 2020.

“The Girl They Buried.” Barely South Review, Volume 12.1, Fall 2020.

“So Many.” Barely South Review, Volume 12.1, Fall 2020.

“Hunger.” Watershed Review, Spring/Fall 2020.

“yes, i’m wild.” Neologism Poetry Journal, Issue 41, October 2020.

“lessons.” Harpur Palate, Issue 20 Volume 1, Fall 2020.* Finalist, Porter House Review Editor’s Contest.

“And/Or.” Blue River Review, Issue 4.2, Summer 2020.

“constellation.” Pretty Owl Poetry, Issue 26, Summer 2020.

“Dead Girl in a Dumpster Behind an Arby’s in South Phoenix Uncovered by Thursday’s Monsoon.” South Dakota Review, Vol. 55, Nos. 1 & 2, Summer 2020.

“Do you believe in hearts?” South Dakota Review, Vol. 55, Nos. 1 & 2, Summer 2020.

“The Old Gods & the New Trees.” Jet Fuel Review, Spring Issue 19, 28 April 2020.

“Cryptophasia.” Jet Fuel Review, Spring Issue 19, 28 April 2020.

“the mapmaker’s daughter.” Stonecoast Review, Issue 11, Summer 2019.

“Our Birthday, at the Beach.” Sleet Magazine, Vol 11 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2019.* nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

“Possession.” Tipton Poetry Journal, Issue 41, Spring/Summer 2019.

“Revolution.” Meatyard Untitled, Issue 1, December 2018.

“After 3 Years Over There, My Brother Has These Dreams.” Innisfree Poetry Journal, Issue 17, 2013.

“my brother, i wish you were a ghost.” Innisfree Poetry Journal, Issue 17, 2013.

“Scar.” Kakalak: Anthology of Carolina Poets, 2009, p. 4-5. *Second Place Winner, Kalalak Poetry Contest, judged by Bob Hicok.

“Lying Still Beneath the Sky.” Kakalak: Anthology of Carolina Poets, 2009, p. 88.

“Albuquerque, Day Nine.” Iodine Poetry Journal, Volume IX Number 2, 2008, p. 39.

“thirst.” Iodine Poetry Journal, Volume IX Number 2, 2008, p. 39.