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A Butterfly Love Poem in Plainsongs

My poem “Lepidopterist” is in the digital and print issues of the lovely journal Plainsongs, Fall 2025. We were driving through Eastern Washington recently and passed a farmhouse that evoked…Read More »

Honorable Mention in Passager Contest

My poem, “Ache of Crimson in the Key of C,” received an honorable mention in Passager journal’s 2025 contest. The poem appears in the Fall 2025 print issue. This poem…Read More »

Octopus Poem in The Schooner

My poem, “The Irony of Play,” is included in the Winter 2024 print edition of The Schooner (formerly Prairie Schooner). The editors got backed up so the issue just arrived…Read More »

“Transformative” Featured on Thirteen Bridges Website for the month of August 2025

My poem about my mother’s final days, “Transformative,” is the featured poem for August in the beautiful online journal Thirteen Bridges. I am so thrilled with the presentation and honored…Read More »