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Poetry, She Wrote
“They Named Me Diana”
Published in Haven Speculative
“They named me Diana,
they vilify me on their news reports,
they say that I’m insane, a category five"
“Even the Stars”
Published in Literary Heist
“Success looks like crying at night
when you’ve overcome the ticking
of the clock, ever listing what it wants.”
Photo by Ryan Hutton
“How Do I Tell You?”
Published in Ache: The Body’s Experience of Religion
“How do I tell you I no longer lift my hands
or grind my knees down to the guilt . . .”
“Why’d You Call the Wee-Yoo Van?”
Published in Maudlin House
There, a small twinge in my armpit,
I’m sure it’s nothing bad
Photo by JOSHUA COLEMAN
“The Swing”
Published in The Quiet Ones
There’s a swing that appears
on overcast days—not when it rains,
no, and not when it sprinkles, but when the
geese honk overhead in giant arrows in the sky
“There’s Nothing and No One To Stop Me”
Published in Abyss & Apex Magazine
The house is clean so there’s nothing to stop me
The dishes are fed and asleep
The curtains are bare and looking out sweetly
The nightstands are two whiskeys deep
Photo by Timo Stern
“Adopt a Rest”
Published in Spellbinder Magazine
In that time between interesting things
We Rests flourish
During the whirling wheel
Published in A Thin Slice of Anxiety:
I have encountered Conquest / A herald seraphim / A harbinger of sacred fervor / Wrapped all up in righteous sins
Photo by Federico Scarionati
When a misogyny of men catcalls her / telling her to smile / she obliges and flashes her fangs.
Photo by Andrey Zvyagintsev
I’m losing belief in what used to be fact / what used to be immutable, unmovable law
Photo by Randy Jacob
Something about tea with honey, that soothing coat / layered over a raw throat, with tones of apricot
Photo by Valentina Ivanova
“Splendor”
Published in Radon Journal
What if all the stars worked a 9-5 with-
out healthcare or matching 401(k)s?
Photo by NASA on Unsplash
“All the Necessary Sadness”
Published in Third Wednesday Magazine
Lobsters don’t die from old age They just get tired from moulting and shouldering
Photo by Anton Ahlberg on Unsplash
“Lady Death and Her Whistlers”
Published in Star*Line
The whistlers wheel through the sky,
Those skeleton birds, the wind
“Nightfall” and “Little Omens”
Published in Paddler Press (Issue 6: Changes)
Cover your ears, child Hear only the trees now
“Men Also Love Scalp Massages”
Published in The Literary Hatchet (
Issue #32)
Men also love scalp massages and trailed fingers through their hair
“The Addendum of Color”
Published in 3rd Wednesday (Autumn 2022)
A crimson leaf pile near the street drain has a picture of reasons for you to skip down the walk
“Morning Air”
Published in Rough Cut Press (Issue 38)
A phantom muscle in my brain works on weekends and overtime
Photo by Mitchell Hartley on Unsplash
“Mayfly Dreams”
Published in Lothlorien Journal
Our heads house living things
Dreams born and buried as we sleep
Photo by Christopher Campbell on Unsplash
“Except This Smile”
Published in Not One Of Us (Issue 71)
What is sadness, anyway
Except this headache I can’t place
“Fireflies, Wandering Eyes”
Published in Honeyguide Literary Magazine
Fireflies, wandering eyes blinking through the popular trees
“Prime Real Estate”
Published in New Verse News
The cicada killers drone in the park
Small rockets
Photo by Dave LZ on Unsplash
“These Geese, Man”
Published in Daikaijuzine
These geese, man, they hunt
In feral packs, snakes stacked
Photo by Dallas Penner on Unsplash
“What a Flower Has Achieved”
Published in Paper Lanterns Literary Journal (Issue 7)
Why do people ask “When will you bloom?”
“Atomic Poetry”
Published in Idle Ink
“These Plants Are Lucky to Have a Job”
Published in cc&d Magazine
Our plants clock in on Monday and we only water them
If they turn green