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 “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, “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.
One of my favorite publications, Vox Populi, is featuring four of my poems. These hendecasyllabic pieces (consisting of eleven lines, each containing eleven syllables) reflect back on the early days of my illness, when pain and difficulties breathing prevented me from lying down. I spent six months attempting to sleep on a recliner before treatment allowed me back in bed.
My poems “When to Say Goodbye” and “I Praise the Moon, Even When She Laughs” are live at Does It Have Pockets. Many thanks to Camille Griep and the Does It Have Pockets team for taking these previously published pieces and offering them new life.
I am honored that my poem “From Left to Right I Consider Purpose and Kanji” is live at Formidable Woman Sanctuary as a contribution to editor and founder d ellis phelps’s Solace Project. The poem also resides in my new full-length book, Our Loveliest Bruises, from 3: A Taos Press. I am grateful to d for this publication and many other kindnesses over the years.
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