Photo by Thought Catalog
Poetry, She Wrote
Nocturne Horror Cover Art Issue 4
A person in a coat with no face, just a hole of light
“She Became Legs”
Published in Nocturne Magazine
Marilka went on so many walks her arms disappeared /
regressing inside her clavicle like two large ropes /
Photo by Wengang Zhai
Image of an airport waiting area
“Walking Up to TSA: A Framed Mental Breakdown”
Published in Oddball Magazine
I forgot how to take off my shoes. How do normal people /
Take off their shoes /
“With This World, We Must Not Forget”
Published in Gaia Lit
When the Thwaites glacier thawed
the news prattled /
about how stock in plastic water bottles fell /
Collection Published in Lothlorien
Photo by Hc Digital
Silhouette of a woman with shopping bags against a bright abstract mural
“Morning Centaur”
In the morning, Harriet the Centaur selected her groceries /
Photo by Ava Sol
Image of a woman in a green dress holding a globe
“Bodies Below”
Let me hold your anger till you can breathe again /
Let me dry you off with a towel of sunlight /
Photo by Kalen Emsley
Image of a road through mountains and an overcast sky
“Perfect Sky”
The infinite calls to finite souls /
To glide across a grain of sand /
Photo by Ludemeula Fernandes
An orange cat holding its paw to its face
“Oh, To Be”
Oh, to be a sun-soaked cat /
blinking at /
the afternoon /
Photo by Hieu Vu Minh
A black and white photo of an abandoned building
“The Blight in Our Rooms”
The hoarding of our neglected synapses, our assortment /
of what once mattered
Cover art for Orion’s Beau Fall 2024
A large devil kissing a king affectionately
“The House That Curves”
Published in Orion’s Beau
They have vaulted cheeks like a ballroom ceiling / and a smile that leans you up against the wall /
Cover art for Small Wonders
Fox playing a violin in a forest
“Fox-Fires”
Published in Small Wonders
In the autumn, we trek /
Into the Red Grove /
Photo by Jordan Graff
a silhouette of a person’s head through a window
“I Do Not Dream”
Published in Penumbric Magazine
The face in the window /
Much like a small moon /
Cover art for Haven Spec Issue 15, Woman with a bloodstained hand
“They Named Me Diana”
Published in Haven Spec
They named me Diana /
they vilify me on their news reports /
Cover art for “Ache: The Body’s Experience of Religion” a silhouette of a person looking up at a starry night sky
“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 /
Cover art for The Quiet Ones
An eerie image of a living red monster house against a blue night sky
“The Swing”
Published in The Quiet Ones
There’s a swing that appears /
on overcast days—not when it rains /
Photo by Timo Stern
A woman backpacking through a narrow city street
“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 /
Photo by Ryan Hutton
A beautiful purple and blue night sky with the Milky Way
“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 /
Published in A Thin Slice of Anxiety:
Photo by Federico Scarionati
A statue of an angel
He Calls Himself Evangel
I have encountered Conquest /
A herald seraphim /
Photo by Andrey Zvyagintsev
A woman looking pissed off
Wrath, Unapologetically
When a misogyny of men catcalls her /
telling her to smile /
Photo by Randy Jacob
A person looking away while their shadow shows in a puddle behind them
Losing Belief
I’m losing belief in what used to be
fact / what used to be immutable, unmovable law /
Photo by Valentina Ivanova
An image of someone pouring cream into coffee
The Type of Tea That Stays
Something about tea with honey, that soothing coat / layered over a raw throat, with tones of apricot
Cover art for Spellbinder
Image of a woman with tousled red hair covering her eyes
“Adopt a Rest
Published in Spellbinder Magazine
In that time between interesting things
We Rests flourish /
Photo by Anton Ahlberg
Image of a red lobster on a gray deck
“All the Necessary Sadness”
Published in Third Wednesday Magazine
Lobsters don’t die from old age / They just get tired from moulting /
Photo by NASA
A black background with a white star cluster in the middle
“Splendor”
Published in Radon Journal
What if all the stars worked a 9-5 with out healthcare or matching 401(k)s /
Photo by JOSHUA COLEMAN
Icon of an ambulance against a teal background
“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 /
Cover art for Paddler Press Issue Six: Changes. Purple and green leaves
“Nightfall” & “Little Omens”
Published in Paddler Press
Cover your ears, child / Hear only the trees now /
Photo by Christopher Campbell
A woman with her eyes closed and dots of light around her
“Mayfly Dreams”
Published in Lothlorien Journal
Our heads house living things /
Dreams born and buried as we sleep /
Star*Line cover art for Fall 2022, red and white stripes
“Lady Death and Her Whistlers”
Published in Star*Line
The whistlers wheel through the sky /
Those skeleton birds, the wind /
Third Wednesday cover art for Autumn 2022, a colorful forest
“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 /
Woman in a red dress climbing a tree on an orange background cover art for Literary Hatchet
“Men Also Love Scalp Massages”
Published in The Literary Hatchet
Men also love scalp massages /
and trailed fingers through their hair /
Photo by Mitchell Hartley
Woman looking over a cliff against a gray sky
“Morning Air”
Published in Rough Cut Press
A phantom muscle in my brain /
works on weekends and overtime /
Cover art for Paper Lanterns Issue 7, purple and pink woman with diamond shapes on her face
“What a Flower Has Achieved”
Published in Paper Lanterns
Why do people ask /
“When will you bloom?” /
Photo by Dave LZ
cicada killer on a branch
Cover art for Honeyguide with abstract images
“Fireflies, Wandering Eyes”
Published in Honeyguide Literary Magazine
Fireflies, wandering eyes / blinking through the popular trees /
Photo by Dallas Penner
Geese on a lake
“These Geese, Man”
Published in Daikaijuzine
These geese, man, they hunt /
In feral packs, snakes stacked /
A barn in the snow, cover art for “The World Outside” anthology
“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 /
a green image of DNA strands with the words overlaid:
“No one can escape poetry.
It’s in the very air,
Molecules arranged under a microscope.”