My poem “The Shakuhachi Knows,” which originally appeared in Midwest Zen and is included in my full length book, Our Loveliest Bruises, is live at Feed the Holy. Thank you, Barbara Leonhard for giving this poem additional life.
My poems “French for Bread” and “The Way of All Poets” are live at Eclectica Magazine. Thank you, Christine Potter, for taking these two.
My poem, “Awake, I Listen to My Bones Argue” is live at the Amsterdam Review. Many thanks to editors Daniel and Priscilla for taking this sonnet, which was written before my cancer diagnosis.
My poem “Wind” is live at Feed the Holy. Initially published in The Blue Hour Magazine, it is also included in my first full-length collection, Our Loveliest Bruises. Thank you, Barbara Leonhard, for this and other kindnesses!
My poem “I Laugh” is today’s Throwback Thursday feature at Stone Circle Review. Many thanks to editor Lee Potts for this and other kindnesses.
Thanks again to the wonderful Barbara Leonhard for sharing two poems from and an order link for Our Loveliest Bruises, my first full-length collection, in the “Bookshelf” section of LatinosUSA—English edition. I am honored and proud to be a 3: A Taos Press author. Thank you Veronica Golos and Andrea Watson for making this dream come true.
MasticadoresUsa is helping to promote my first full-length collection, Our Loveliest Bruises (3:A Taos Press), which was released in January 2025. i’m unable, due to health, to adequately promote the book via the usual path (a tour, readings, etc.), and am extremely grateful to Barbara Leonhard for providing this service and for sharing two poems from the collection: “Ashes” and “My Mother’s Ghost Looks Away When I Say Her Father’s Name.” Thank you, Barbara!
My poem “My Mother’s Ghost Scrubs the Floor at 2 a.m.” is featured today at Only Poems Daily.
Many thanks to Svetlana Litvinchuk and the Only Poems Team for featuring this poem!
“My Mother’s Ghost Scrubs the Floor at 2 a.m.” first appeared in The Indianapolis Review, was subsequently nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and is included in my debut full-length collection, Our Loveliest Bruises (3: A Taos Press, 2025).
My poem “Moonlight at Noon (Afterlife)” is live at Spare Parts Literary Magazine. Many thanks to poetry editor Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi and the Spare Parts team for taking this piece.
My poem, “Even with Eyes Open,” which originally appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, has been republished by Ellie Magazine. I am grateful to the Ellie Magazine team for taking this piece and offering it new life.
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