How I wander through thesedays, stranger to my own making treading on thin spaces, and the cracks expand acrossthe distance to where You live. A wind blows and it whispers Only words of you. A crowsettles in the trees outsidethe window and calls Your name… Read the rest at the St. KatherineContinue reading “A Poem for the Turning of the Year at St. Katherine Review”
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New Poem for Wee Sparrow Press
It was a joy to participate in the Wee Sparrow Poetry Press’s latest Ekphrastic challenge! I am also grateful they chose my poem, “Bark,” as a finalist. You can read all of the chosen poems, and view the artwork that inspired them, here!
New Poem at The Ekphrastic Review
Van Gogh Revisits His First Painting as a Ghost I’ve seen this street hundreds of times, sometimes even in my dreams. So what is it about one man, slouching down the canal, the light like dawn, The way the lines are stone and waterskeleton and key? … Read the rest of the poem over at The Ekphrastic Review!
Reading for Geez Magazine
I’ve been so grateful to be a part of Geez Magazine’s Advent devotional for two years now. However, this year when they asked me to read my poem for them, I had to take a few deep breaths before saying yes! What a delight it was to share this poem with many listeners and hearContinue reading “Reading for Geez Magazine”
Published in Spiritus Journal
I am a big fan of the content that Spiritus Journal puts out into the world. Which is one big reason that I’m honored and thrilled to have a poem published in their Autumn edition this past month!
A Time of Singing
Don’t you have a secret fondness for journals that are resisting the pull of the internet and remaining analog in their publications? A Time of Singing was generous enough to publish one of my poems this autumn, and it was such fun to receive this piece in the mail!
Featured Poet for Collected Magazine
It was my honor to be the featured poet in Collected Magazine’s Vol.3 Issue 4: SONG. You can check out their full publication online here, and several more of my poems here. “Stand up – quickly now! – For the silver trees are laughing Only for a moment; A coronation of crows Is stirring upContinue reading “Featured Poet for Collected Magazine”
Three Poems at Impspired
Thank you Impspired for publishing three of my poems in their latest issue: The Canticle, Lake Swim, and St. Clare in her Cloister. “…and you are indistinguishable, fused into movement you exert yourself for the pure joy of reaching, your breath heavying your heart singing into your brain.” I encourage you to check them outContinue reading “Three Poems at Impspired”
Two Poems At Amethyst Review
Head over to the Amethyst Review to read two recently published poems: Names Leftover Miracles
Falling Star, by Romare Bearden
body split down the line of ordinary and catastrophe one basket filled with living and two small cups waiting to be filled (with joy? with sorrow? with delight?)… Read the rest of the poem over at Vita Poetica!
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