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"A Train at Night," The Write Launch, Issue 21 (January 2019). read
"A Word for that Sound" Cathexis Northwest, October 2022. read
“Abba, I Thank You,” Agape Review, November 1, 2021. read
"Alone in the Universe," The Writers Club, December 24, 2022). read
"Amazing Grace," Agape Review, September 28, 2023. read
"And So We Sleep," The Write Launch, Issue 38 (June 2020). read
“And the Other Two" (from "Two Prayers for Blessed
Imagination"), Agape Review, June 5, 2022. read
"And They Were Gone," Emblazoned Soul, Issue 1 (Winter 2022).
"At the Edge (of a Lake)," Peeking Cat Literary, Issue 40 (January 28,
2021) ​
"Attic," The Write Launch, Issue 38 (June 2020). read
"Autumn Has a Rose-Gold Heart" Cathexis Northwest, November-
December 2023.
“Beholding a Beholder,” Beautiful: In the eye of the beholder,
Sweetycat Press, 2022. purchase
“Black Gold's Siren Sound,” Family, THE POET, 2022.
“Broken Poem?” Adversity, THE POET, Autumn 2021.
“Cardinal Impulse,” Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Spring 2019.
purchase read (p. 12) featured blog
"Caregiver's Lamentation," Corona Global Lockdown, Poet's
Choice Press, 2020.
"Causes Lost or Losing," The Writers Club, February 4, 2023. read
"Chipped Stool," Atherton Review, Volume 104, 2021. purchase
"Christmas Sky," THE POET. Christmas Special Issue, 2020. ​​
"Conjured as a Memory," Intangible Magazine, Volume 3 (2022). read
"Crystalled NIght Redemption," October Hill Magazine, Volume 7,
Issue 1 (Spring 2023). read
"Danaus sentiensus," Cathexis Northwest, November 2019. read
"Dance of the Cafeteros," The Valiant Scribe, December 2022. read
"Desert Thunderstorm," THE POET Magazine. Profiles, 2021.
"Discernment," The Writers Club, November 6, 2021. read
​​​“Do Not Be Afraid,” Love Wins! April 2, 2024. read
​​​“Dream Chaser,” Steady Hands: Ode to Our Fathers, A. B. Baird
Publishing (2019). purchase
"Earth Cries and the Oceans Catch the Tears," The Write Launch,
Winter 2024. read
“Enough of Sadness (A Plea in Villanelle),” Last Leaves, 2021.
read (p. 128)
"Exhausted Dreams," Breathe, January 2022. read
"Failure of Imagination," Breathe, July 2022. read
“Fathomless Pain,” Adversity, THE POET, Autumn 2021.
"Flooding Ol' Jim's Grave," Breathe, November 2020. read
“Forever, Always,” A Love Letter To..., Sweetycat Press, 2021. purchase
“Four Friends at Breakfast,” Family, THE POET, 2022.
"Four Moves from Now," Meat for Tea - The Valley Review, Volume 13,
Issue 3 (2019). purchase
"From the Very Last Seat," The Writers Club, January 22, 2022. read
"Fullness of Time," The Write Launch, Issue 55 (November 2021). read
"Futile Wars," The Metaworker Literary Magazine, July 3, 2023. read
"Gentle Kiss of New Year's Eve," The Writers Club, January 8, 2022. read
"Gift," The Gift, Sweetycat Press, 2022.
"Gifted Fingers,"
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Movement: Our Bodies in Action, Sweetycat Press, 2022. purchase
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Jewels in the Queen's Crown, Sweetycat Press, 2022.
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Sapphire Prize in Poetry​
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"Glass Jars at a Cafe," Cathexis Northwest, December 2021. read
"Glass-Half-Fullness," THE POET Magazine. Profiles, 2021.
“Grace to You, and Peace,” Faith, Volume 1, THE POET, 2021.
"Haiku (a child is to love)," Childhood, Volume 1, THE POET, Winter
2020.
"Haiku (willful ignorance)," published with "I Knew It" as "Willful
Ignorance," Breathe, August 2023.
"Handful of If," Vermont Public Radio, 2021.
"Harvested Words," Planted Words, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, 2022.
"Her England: A Constant Rain," Poetry Celebrating the Life of Queen Elizabeth II, THE POET, 2022. purchase
"hope is not in spite of," American Writers Review 2021: Turmoil and
Recovery. San Fedele Press, 2021. purchase
"How Dare You," Ekstasis Magazine, December 2021. read
“How Hard It Is to Change My Mind,” The Writers Club, March 12,
2022. read
"I Came Upon a Notch in Time," Poetry Downtown Rutland, The Paper
Poet, April 2022.
"I Hear the Dawn in Birdsong," THE POET - Poem of the Day, May 26,
2021.
" If These Walls Could Talk," The Write Launch, Issue 77 (September
2023). read
" Images of Night," The Write Launch, Issue 77 (September 2023). read
"In Birdsong," Poetry Downtown Rutland, The Paper Poet, April 2022.
"In That Moment," Vermont's Best Emerging Poets 2019,
Z Publications.
"In the Between," Intangible Magazine, Vol 1 (2021). read
“It Doesn't Give Me Hope,” The Writers Club, July 22, 2023. read
“It Is My Grief,” Adversity, THE POET, Autumn 2021. purchase
“It’s Been a Long Time,” The Writers Club, August 20, 2022. read
"It's Worth the Mess," Meat for Tea - The Valley Review, Volume 14,
Issue 4 (2020). purchase
"Joy," The Write Launch, Issue 21 (January 2019). read
"Judge Not By What Makes Us Small,"
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First appeared in The Esthetic Apostle, Online
Edition, February 2019. defunct -
Reprinted in The Phoenix Project of Second Chance Lit, February 26, 2021. read
"Just Do It," The Write Launch, Issue 29 (September 2019). read
“Known,” Friends and Friendship, THE POET Magazine, 2021.
“Leaf from a Gradual, N. France, ca. 1550,” Osmosis Press (online,
September 11, 2022). read
“Leaping Day,” Love Wins! February 29, 2024. read
"Life Dunes," The Write Launch, Issue 29 (September 2019). read
"Light Breaks into New Day," Love Wins!, August 5, 2022. read
"Live Oak Forest," Forest, Tiny Seed Press, 2021 (online blog
July 1, 2021). featured blog
"Lizzy's Sonnet," Grand Little Things, Online Edition, July 15, 2020. read
"Long Ago, Friday Nights in Texas," The Write Launch, Issue 21 (January 2019). read
"Meeting Ellie," Close Friends and Relatives, Poet's Choice Press, 2021.
"Memorial Day," The Writers Club, November 6, 2021. read
"Mere Joy," Love Wins! March 12, 2021. read
“Monometer,” The Writers Club, December 10, 2022. read
"Moonflower," Love Wins!, September 12, 2021. read
"Nano and Pawpaw," Loss - Lifespan Volume 9, Pure Slush (2024).
"Natural Theology," Perkins Log, Volume XXX, No. 2, pg. 31 (Spring 1981).
"New Moon in Winter Dusk-Night Sky," Vermilion, Flash Issue 5
(2022). read
“No Two Fires the Same,”
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Tiny Seed Literary Journal, June 2019. purchase read (p. 29-30) featured blog
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Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing, Elements, Issue 8.4 (Winter 2022) read
"Not Mine To Be," Cathexis Northwest, November 2019. read
"Not-Remembered," October Hill Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring 2020). read
"Of Joy and Laughter," Vermont's Best Emerging Poets 2019,
Z Publications.
“Of Little Faith,” Faith, Volume 1, THE POET, 2021.
"On Character," The Writers Club (GreyThoughts), August 6, 2022.
"On the Bridge Too Far," THE POET Magazine. Profiles, 2021.
"On the Wing," Wings, Tiny See Literary Journal, (October 1, 2023).
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" Overheard On a Train" The Write Launch, Issue 77 (September 2023).
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“Painting the Roses Red,” Poems for Wonderland, Hedgehog Press,
2024.
“Patience (dba "Faith"),” Agape Review, July 30, 2021. read
" Peace," The Write Launch, Issue 47 (March 2021). read
"Pocket Watch," Retirement- Lifespan Volume 10, Pure Slush (2024).
"Poet's Passion," The Writers Club, February 5, 2022. read
"Poison Grapes," Snapdragon: A Journal of Arts & Healing, redemption | grace December 2019. (Issue 5.4)
“Pondering How Best to Start,” flourish | hope Spring 2019
(Issue 5.1) purchase
"Potential," Tiny Seed Literary Journal, May 21, 2022. featured blog
"Quality Time with a Spider," Tiny Seed Literary Journal, June 4, 2020.
"Que Será - Mother's Stare," The Write Launch, Issue 47 (March 2021).
"Quest[ion]," Breathe, July 2021. read
"Reflections in a Bookstore Window," Books, Truth Serum
Volume 7 (2023).
"Remember," The Writers Club, October 23, 2021. read
"Repeating History," Breathe, September 2021. read
"Requiem for the Selfless," THE POET Magazine. Profiles, 2021.
"Reservoir No More," The Write Launch, Winter 2024. read
"Resilience," Love Wins!, August 25, 2021. read
"Résumé (To Sum It All Up)," Desire, Poet’s Choice Press,
2021.
"Rushdie," Breathe, October 30, 2022. read
"Sanctuary," Peace Like a River, Issue 3, Winter 2022.
"Scar," Childhood, Volume 1, THE POET, 2021.
"Seasons (in four poems)" Cathexis Northwest, November-December
2023. (Published as part of "Seasons") read
"Sent to Our Rooms or Into the Streets," The Fruits of Our Quarantine,
Wingless Dreamer Press, 2020.
"Shadow Play," The Write Launch, Issue 55 (November 2021). read
"Shelter in Place," Corona Global Lockdown, Poet's Choice Press, 2020.
"Sitting in Darkness,”
“Small Courages,” The Writers Club (Grey Thoughts), July 3, 2021.
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"Smiling at a Crocus in the Snow," Poetry of the Wild Flowers
Anthology, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, 2023. read
“Snake Tree,” Tiny Seed Literary Journal, - Hibernation, April 21, 2021. featured blog
"So, So Small," THE POET. Christmas Special Issue, 2020. ​
"Spring Has a Brass Heart" Cathexis Northwest, November-
December 2023. (Published as part of "Seasons")
"Standing Too Close to Darkness," Intangible Magazine: Issue IV -
"Labyrinth" (2023). read
"Starlight," THE POET. Christmas Special Issue, 2020. ​
"Stillness," The MOON magazine, August 2019. read
"Stop It!" 433, 3/4/2021. read
"Sudden Gasp," The Write Launch, (October 2022). read
"Summer - Memory or Prophecy?" The Write Launch, Winter 2024.
"Summer Has a Golden Heart" Cathexis Northwest, November-
December 2023. (Published as part of "Seasons")
"Sunburnt Love," Sledgehammer Literary Journal, April 7, 2021. read
"Sunset," As Above So Below, Issue 6, 2020. read​
"Supermoon," October Hill Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 1 (Spring 2024). read (page 75)
"Surf," Love Wins!, July 30, 2022. read
"Tabletop Musing," Peeking Cat Literary, Issue 40 (January 28, 2021).​
“Ten Is Too Few" (from "Two Prayers for Blessed Imagination"), Agape
Review, June 5, 2022. read
"Thalia & Melpomene," The Write Launch, Issue 38 (June 2020). read
"Thank You for the Whispers” Gratitudes: To Our Mothers, A. B. Baird
Publishing (2019). purchase
"That Other Stuff," The Writers Club, February 3, 2024. read
"The Art of Hate," Breathe, November 2021. read
"The Dig," The Write Launch, Issue 66 (October 2022). read
"The Moon It Fell," The Writers Club, October 9, 2021. read
"The Path," The MOON magazine, August 2019. read
"The Path: A Bombed-out Bridge in Irpin," Poetry for Ukraine,
The POET Magazine Press, 2022.
“The Sighing Will Flee Away,” Faith, Volume 1, THE POET, 2021.
"There Are No Words," The Write Launch, Issue 47 (March 2021).
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"This Between Time," Frost Meadow Review - Pandemic Poetry Online
Edition, June 24, 2020. read
"This Old Brick Church," The Writers Club, September 16, 2023. read
"To Cradle Hope," October Hill Magazine. Volume 6, Issue 1 (Spring 2011).
"To Dream of Being Sky," October Hill Magazine. Volume 6, Issue 1
(Spring 2011). read (pg. 95)
“To Sing of the Saints,” Agape Review, November 1, 2021. read
"Two Skies, Two Nights," October Hill Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 1
(Spring 2024). read (page 74)
"Undisturbed," The Metaworker Literary Magazine, March 18, 2022. read
"Unseparate," Intangible Magazine, Vol 1 (2021). read
"V," Tiny Seed Literary Journal - Apaja'simk, November 25, 2021. read
"Venetian Masks," The Valiant Scribe, October 22, 2021. read
“Vermont Mountains,” Tiny Seed Literary Journal, - Lessons from the
Wild, January 4, 2021. featured blog
"Villanelle of Grace," Poetry Downtown Rutland, The Paper Poet,
April 2022.
"Voices from the Other Room: Mother and Daughter," ​
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First appeared in Vermont's Best Emerging Poets 2019, Z Publications.
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Reprinted in Snapdragon: A Journal of Arts & Healing, sound | silence, December 2020 (Issue 6.4). purchase
"Wandering Around the Truth," The Writers Club (September 25, 2021).
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"Warning," The Write Launch, Issue 29 (September 2019). read
"We Are the Both," The Writers Club, December 30, 2023. read
"We Never Used to Look," Corona Global Lockdown, Poet's
Choice Press, 2020.
“Were There Not Ten?” Agape Review, July 23, 2021. read
"What, But a Fool," THE POET Magazine. Profiles, 2021.
"What Do I Say?" Close Up: Poems on Cancer, Grief, Hope, and Healing,
Orchard Lea Press, 2022. purchase
"Where Once Lay a Sprawling Lake" Our Changing Earth, Volume 2,
THE POET, Winter 2022.
“Willful Ignorance,” Breathe, August 2023. read
"Windsong: Grand Opera," The Write Launch, Issue 55
(November 2021). read
"Windsong: Solo Flute," The Write Launch, Issue 66 (October 2022).
"Winter Dusk-Night," swifts and slows: a quarterly of crisscrossings,
2022.
"Winter Has a Pewter Heart" Cathexis Northwest, November-
December 2023. (Published as part of "Seasons")
"Winter Run," Flora Review Literary Magazine, Winter 2022.
"Winter's Peak," Frost and Firelight Issue, (Winter 2024). read
“Wiping the Tears of a Child of God,” Agape Review, November 1, 2021. read
“With Sighs Too Deep for Words,” Agape Review, July 28, 2021. read
“Without a Moral Compass,” Breathe, April 2023. read
"Wonder-full," Flora Review Literary Magazine, Winter 2022.
"You" Close Up: Poems on Cancer, Grief, Hope, and Healing, Orchard
Lea Press, 2022. purchase