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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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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‘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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Catch a falling poem, put it in your pocket
How to celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day & upcoming readings The Mid-Atlantic Review is hosting a community reading and fundraiser this […]
Read more‘Ode to my physical therapist’ in Words Dance
I’ve been writing a lot about the body, chronic pain, and the strange ways pain is invisible but still felt. Today, Words […]
Read more‘Body remembers’ in The Fem
For the past year, I’ve been suffering from intense lower back pain that also causes numbness in my right foot. This pain […]
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