Greetings Poetry Fans and Poetry Fam! I’ve just been published … yet again! I’m thrilled to announce that my work appears in the latest issue of Snapdragon: A Journal of Art and Healing. They are a femme-and WOC-led artistic journal I’ve long been a fan of, and after submitting 14 poems over the past 5 years, it finally happened!

Snapdragon comes out quarterly, and each issue has a theme. This year-end issue”s theme is depression/acceptance, and my poem “Silence” is the first up!

I wrote “Silence” in 2013, and many of its sentiments are still true today. If you, too, are living with mental illness — a result of trying to be sane in an insane society, or well in a civilization that profits from illness — you are not alone! I hope you find comfort and connection in my poem and in all the beautiful work in this issue. The journal is not available for free, so please consider purchasing a copy to enjoy, or to gift a friend!

You can read the original poem here.

Thank you for reading, cheering, and caring. Happy holy-days!

Greetings Poetry Fans and Poetry Fam! I’ve just been published … again! This time, my work will appear in the 2021 Fixed and Free Poetry Anthology.

Both the anthology and the Fixed and Free monthly poetry reading are the long-time labor of love of Albuquerque poet Billy Brown. This book contains some of the best work of the best poets in one of the most poetry-rich geographies in the USA — New Mexico! 

I can get you a discounted advance copy of the book for $22.50, which is a 10% discount off the list price of $25. Please let me know ASAP if you want one — this discount expires next week!

The anthology contains three of my pieces: “A Reminder to the Tender Ones”, “Tethered”, and “To The Woman Who Came After Me”. The latter two were hits during my featured reading at Fixed and Free on March 25th.

Please consider buying a copy for yourself, or for a dear one as a holiday gift. I get zero money from the proceeds — your purchase says “YES!” to art and artists during a time when creativity is keeping many of us alive.

Thank you for reading!

Greetings Poetry Fans and Poetry Fam!

I seem to be on a bit of a roll!  Following my inclusion in the incredible anthology We Don’t Break, We Burn: Poems of Resilience, I’ve just been published again! This time, my work appears in the March issue of Deep Times: A Journal of The Word That Reconnects.

Deep Times is a biannual journal inspired by the work of environmental activist and scholar Joanna Macy. It “offers must-read articles, art, and poetry for people who have experienced the shift in perception invoked by the Work That Reconnects – of how life flows in relationships and systems, not isolated things, and how our selves are not separated from each other or Earth, but deeply interdependent.” As such, I’m deeply honored to have been included in this issue.

My published piece, “Shards” has been a favorite of many readers, especially recently. In it, I describe my archetypal loneliness and frustration trying to navigate a world in decline, deterioration and transformation. By hesitantly sharing this poem with others, I’ve learned I’m not alone. I’ve met more who are “truly weary of the brokenness” and who also seek a “path leading out of this shatter zone.”

Thank you for reading!