I’m so excited to be judging this contest this year along with two talented and wonderful poets, M. Brett Gaffney and Helen Townsend. This Sunday @ 2pm Pacific we will be live on the air with Rick Lupert of Poetry Super Highway reading poems, having a conversation about […]
Click the image below to read two of my poems, “Wouldn't a flyswatter be easier” and “South Side,” along with excellent work from fellow poetry contest judges M. Brett Gaffney and Helen Townsend on Poetry Super Highway. Watch for my official announcement of the Poetry Super Highway poetry contest later this […]
In January of 2015, my friend and fellow poet Bonnie Shiffler-Olsen and I embarked on a new poetic adventure–one that I am certain will become a staple in the Utah literary community for years to come. We were searching for a creative and academic poetry community, one where poets […]
I’m so pleased and honored to have my new poem “Offspring” published in the special Motherhood issue of Stirring. Founded in 1999, by Sundress Publications, Stirring: A Literary Collection is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet. Stirring is a strictly electronic journal that publishes monthly issues on […]
I’m so pleased and honored to have my new poem “Offspring” published in the special Motherhood issue of Stirring. Founded in 1999, by Sundress Publications, Stirring: A Literary Collection is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet. Stirring is a strictly electronic journal that publishes monthly issues on […]
This poem was inspired by a recent prompt at the Utah Arts Festival Iron Pen competition and helped me process the events in Orlando that I had not yet been able to put into words. We have a strong LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City and there are […]
This poem was inspired by a recent prompt at the Utah Arts Festival Iron Pen competition and helped me process the events in Orlando that I had not yet been able to put into words. We have a strong LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City and there are […]
It’s one thing to have a poem published, it’s another to have it published by an incredible and passionate staff and for it to be a found poem! I’m so pleased and honored to have my new poem “Your scarlet” published in the Spring issue of Amethyst Arsenic alongside […]
It’s one thing to have a poem published, it’s another to have it published by an incredible and passionate staff and for it to be a found poem! I’m so pleased and honored to have my new poem “Your scarlet” published in the Spring issue of Amethyst Arsenic alongside […]
My second poem is up at The Chaotic Review. It’s a poem for Emily Dickinson and is close to my heart. There are a few poets that helped me first love poetry, and she’s definitely at the top of the list.