This month I’m the featured poet at Blue Heron Review! This journal has previously published one of my poems, and nominated it for a Pushcart Prize! I’m honored and humbled to be a part of this journal a second time. Click here to read their very kind write-up about me and my work. Click here …
Category: Poetry
2016 Year In Review
This year, I didn’t choose a word for the year like I have in the past. Looking back, I’m having trouble finding one word to describe the year. In some ways, it was hard. In other ways, it was great. There were moments when I felt successful and confident, and moments when I felt lost and …
Big News!
I am thrilled to share that I have been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes this year! Pushcart Prizes are given to writings in literary journals and small presses. My poem “Broken Egg” was just recently published in Whale Road Review, and the journal has nominated this poem for a Pushcart! Read “Broken Egg” here. Also, …
Publishing News
First, the book Soul Bare is here! I got back from the beach yesterday to find the package on my front porch! Along with my copy of the book came a few lovely gifts and a thank you note from the editor. I am so excited!!! I haven’t even read all the …
Good Free Poetry
“There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money, either.” – Robert Graves I really hate that most poetry is free because it is so powerful and meaningful. Writing and reading poetry are spiritual acts. Poems have the potential for turning us inside out, letting us understand ourselves, and helping us …