Third Place: ASP Bulletin Poetry Contest
I haven’t written a lot of new poems lately, choosing to concentrating instead on submitting poems within my book manuscript that have yet to find a home. So when I read on Blue Sky that the ASP Bulletin — a publication of Alan Squire Publishing — was holding its inaugural poetry contest, I thought, why […]
Finalist honors: 2022 River Heron Poetry Prize
I learned this week that a poem of mine made it into the top five in the contest.
New book review out in Salamander
Amy Roma’s real-life accounts of Central American refugees seeking sanctuary was a sobering read.
A “Sweet’ month for poetry
A finalist nod in a competition after years of trying made for a
Good news in hard times
A Pushcart nomination for a special poem was an expected boost.
An origin story: New poem on Sweet Lit
This week, I had a poem publication that is especially “sweet”. My poem “In The Hollow” appeared on Sweet: A Literary Confection’s stunning new website, which alone would be meaningful enough to warrant a “pinch me” reaction. Add that to the fact that my poem is featured alongside another writer I feel like I virtually […]
Noteworthy? They think so. Grateful for acknowledgement by UCity Review
As I write this, it’s April 11, 2021, just over a year since the pandemic changed life as all of us know it.
Pinch me: Four Pushcart nominations!
No nominal excitement here. Much gratitude to Split Rock Review & Concrete Wolf Press for their support.
The latest Potomac Review has arrived, and it’s beautiful
My new poem, “Personal Effects,” in this issue, deals with the aftermath of loss and questions of belonging (and belongings) that ensue.