Poems

“Give me back / my heart, beautiful bird. Mistake me for an open window.”

from “Bird Chooses to Make a Habitat of Heart”

Publications

“[animal revolt]” in Star*Line, vol. 45, no. 4 (Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association), Fall 2022 | more details

“ad perficiendum” in Impossible Archetype, no. 11, 31 Mar 2022 | more details

“Pangaea Proxima,” “Panthalassa,” & “Juniper Tree, Boy and Bird” in Adult Children: Being One, Having One & What Goes In-Between (Wising Up Press), 01 Jan 2022 | more details

“I Can’t Explain Love or Loss if the Only Language I Have is Geology or What I Watch on YouTube” in Impossible Archetype, no. 10, 30 Aug 2021 | more details

“Bird Chooses to Make a Habitat of Heart” in Impossible Archetype, no. 9, 29 Mar 2021 | more details

“In Which I Invent a Man” in Impossible Archetype, no. 8, 31 Aug 2020 | more details

In a Mirror, Dimming” in Eye to the Telescope, no. 37 “The Sex Issue” (Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association), 15 Jul 2020 | more details

Witch House” in Eye to the Telescope, no. 36 “House & Home” (Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association), 15 Apr 2020 | more details

“Passage” in Impossible Archetype, no. 7, 30 Mar 2020 | more details

Elysium to Lethe Through Athabasca Valles” posted on Twitter (HiRISE MarsPoetica), 06 Nov 2019 | more details

“[Aliens are here]” in Star*Line, vol. 42, no. 4 (Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association), Fall 2019 | more details

“November in Portland” in Impossible Archetype, no. 6, 26 Aug 2019 | more details

Distraction” in Impossible Archetype, no. 5, 25 Mar 2019 | more details

“a haunting” & “Annular Eclipse” in Manzano Mountain Review, no. 2, 01 May 2018 | more details

Nervous Bambi” in Impossible Archetype, no. 3, 19 Mar 2018 | more details

“My Unbelievable Man” in The Laurel Review, vol. 50, no. 2, 10 Oct 2017 | more details

Roadside Freak Show” in Impossible Archetype, no. 2, 21 Aug 2017 | more details

Self-Published

Foolishly into the Ocean” on 07 Aug 2018

Looking Ahead” on 21 Aug 2017

Condemn” on 13 Aug 2017

A poem constructed at the University of Arizona Poetry Center” on on Hi on 17 Jul 2013 | more details

Honors

Pushcart Prize nominations: “Bird Chooses to Make a Habitat of Heart,” “In Which I Invent a Man,” “In a Mirror, Dimming,” “Witch House,” “Passage,” and “November in Portland”

Finalist for the 2018 and 2021 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards, Semi-Finalist in 2019 and 2020

Shortlisted for the Shadow Award 2019 (The Molotov Cocktail), 20 Sep 2019 | more details

1st Place in the 2017 “Write-to-Read” Contest (The Writers Studio Tucson), selected by Ted McLoof, for “These Are the Animals You May Eat” | more details

One of three University of Arizona undergraduates awarded the Hattie Locket Awards 2014, selected by Karen Brennan, for “He can wear hats,” “The Talents,” and “The Divorce of Lilith and Samuel”