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Trish Hopkinson

Trish Hopkinson is a poet and literary arts advocate. You can find her online at SelfishPoet.com and provisionally in Colorado, where she runs the regional poetry group Rock Canyon Poets, curates Poetry Happens for KRCL 90.9 FM, and is a Poetry Reader for The Adroit Journal. Her poetry has been published in several magazines and journals, including Sugar House Review, Glass Poetry Press, and The Penn Review; and her fourth chapbook Almost Famous was published by Yavanika Press in 2019. Hopkinson happily answers to labels such as atheist, feminist, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling, live music, and craft beer.

Poetry… Uncle Walt even… in a commercial!

Poetry page updated!

My Poetry page now only shows poems that have been published in non-student journals (reserving all other poems for potential future publication). My two original chapbooks are still available for the time being. I will continue to add to the Poetry page as other poems are published.

Oulipost Exit Interview

It's taken me a weekend off to gather my thoughts and be able to pull together a post in the form of an exit interview of sorts. This Oulipost project has resulted in the following: 30+ poems 125 documents 17 new blog followers A press release article on […]

My daughter finished her first found poem!

My 12-year-old daughter Elsie saw an erasure found poem I was working on back in March and loved the idea, so she created this piece for an upcoming art contest at her school. She did a fabulous job and really put her heart and soul into its creation! […]

Two pieces published in Something’s Brewing by Kind of a Hurricane Press

“Espresso Noir” and “Mornings (a haiku series)” were selected for this Something’s Brewing by Kind of a Hurricane Press. Check it out and download a free e-copy or get a paperback on Amazon. Who doesn’t love coffee poems!

Two pieces published in Something's Brewing by Kind of a Hurricane Press

“Espresso Noir” and “Mornings (a haiku series)” were selected for this Something’s Brewing by Kind of a Hurricane Press. Check it out and download a free e-copy or get a paperback on Amazon. Who doesn’t love coffee poems!

Oulipost for NaPoMo 2014

This year for National Poetry Month I’m participating in a Found poetry writing challenge with the Found Poetry Review entitled “Potential Literature Meets Daily Paper.” I’ll be creating a found poem for each day in the month of April using text from the Salt Lake Tribune. Watch for […]

First place in Breast Cancer Awareness contest and Haiku published!

“Sister Shadow” (pg. 18 of Souvenir) and “This Cancer” tied for first place in the local Breast Cancer Month Awareness contest. My Haiku “News lays flat…” was published in the 21st Issue of the online Haiku Journal.

The beginnings of my poetry site…

More to come.

Trish Hopkinson