Poetry

PUBLISHED POEMS

“Love Junkies “ - first place winner of New Millennium Writing 2026 Award for Poetry, published July 2026. Online here.

“The One-Eyed Man” -The Courtship of the Winds, July 2026. Online here.

“An Open Letter from Gregg Popovich to Tim Duncan” - The San Antonio Review, June 2026. Nominated for Best of the Net. Online here.

From the San Antonio Review: “A stunning poem reimagines the bond between Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan—ocean swims, championships, loss, and the quiet devotion that outlasts all of it.”

“What it Means to be Human” - The Louisville Review Spring 2026. This poem was selected for publication from a submitted collection which was a finalist for Louisville Review 2026 Frederick Smock Poetry Prize (for full-length collections). Online here.

“Night on Earth” - Cathexis Northwest Press, July 2026. Online here.

“Sorry, Son” - The Nelligan Review, June 2026. Online here.

“21st Century American Birthday” - Mid-Atlantic Review, February 2026. Online here.

“Winter Wind” - Mid-Atlantic Review, February 2026. Online here (scroll down).

“If You Can Hear This” - Bramble Spring 2026. Online here.

“Sylvia Plath Party” - Bramble Spring 2026. Online here.

“Swamp Creature” - Bramble Spring 2026. Online here.

“Of Wolves and Snakes” - After Happy Hour Review, December 2025. Interview and audio here. Journal available online here (p. 65-69).

“Too Close to the Sun” - Floating Acorn Review's Issue Four (October 2025). Online here. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

“A Desert Crossing” - Floating Acorn Review's Issue Four (October 2025). Online here.

“Careful with the Knife” - Floating Acorn Review's Issue Four (October 2025). Online here.

“Two Dollars a Door” - Screaming at America, Volume 2—An Anthology of Disobedience (May 2025). Available for purchase here.

UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS

“Heat of Summer” - poem to be published in Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment in 2026.

“Zippers Have Teeth Too” - poem to be published in The Bookends Review in 2027.