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Tag: body poems

A Love Poem for Pride Month

My poem, “She gave me COVID on our first date”, is out now on DC Pride Poems. This poem is pretty self-explanatory 😂. And […]

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June 10, 2026June 10, 2026

My book turns 10 this year!

I had a dream come true ten years ago. My book On that one-way trip to Mars was published in May 2016 — which is somehow a decade ago!

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May 25, 2026May 25, 2026
The Scarlet Letter ad in The Film Daily, Jul-Dec 1926 (page 1254 crop)

‘She’s a wild, wild woman’

Writing poetry inspired by wronged women Xochi Quetzali Cartland, one of my fellow poets in the 2026 cohort of Pride Poets-in-Residence through […]

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April 28, 2026

On that one-way trip to Mars reviewed in Vagabond City Lit!

I’m heading to Mars right now. I’ve left orbit. This amazing review from Bethany Mary has blasted me off the planet! Bethany […]

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October 13, 2016February 18, 2018
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