What if every word that flows out of your pen or your mouth actually needs to leave your body and enter the ears and heart of someone who needs them?
For as long as I can remember, I’ve written about every single thing that has ever happened to me. Sometimes, a poem is born. Other times, it is much more complicated. Here are some of the places I’ve shared those stories.
You can also read weekly personal essays over at my Substack.
Poems
Pacified — winner of the River Run Poetry Prize
They Say That By Writing in Metaphor, You Can Hide From The Truth — The Shore
How To Charm and Snake and Other Magic Tricks + Jeremy Allen White Aint Got Shit on Me — Rat’s Ass Review
On Earning The Moon + Basic Tantric B*tch — Bare Back Magazine
My Therapist Tells Me + A Tired Nurse — Mania Magazine
Clean Hands — Breath & Shadow, Ability Maine
Heirloom — Button Poetry, Metaphor Dice Anthology (buy)
In Opi’s Kitchen - Lines & Stars Magazine
Death Bed Art + A Pause, A Sprint - 2River View
Milkshake - Block Party Magazine
Haunted House (after Maggie Smith) — Sage & Cigarettes
Squeeze — Ink & Marrow
Amma, a contrapuntal — Gyroscope Magazine
They Say, a sonnet — Minison Magazine
Big — Anti-Heroin Chic
Outside Union Station + Buying My Father’s House — Bear Paw Art’s Journal
Cracked + Closer to Myself — Writers for Recovery
In the Sky, With Diamonds + I Left For The Coast on a Thursday — Sky Island Journal
Perpetually Single and Waiting (In A Coffee Shop) + Gifts from Jon — Quail Bell
Media & Podcasts
Sparkly Purple Unicorns — MoMondays Keynote
Author Interview — CTV News
My conversation with Mark Groves
My interview with The NoMo Book Club
My conversation with Najwa Zebian
Talking abortion with Amanda Star Kingsley
My interview on The Pages of a Story Podcast
Writing habits with The Improvement Project Podcast
A writer’s life with The No Schedule Man Podcast
Talking death with We Are All Dying Part 1 & Part 2
Finding Love in the Chaos of Life Podcast
In a past life…
Essays & Blogs
I Dodged A Bullet With My Ex And It Still Hurts
Workshopping (as a noun & verb)
Tips for Putting a Poetry Collection Together
Taking Care When Writing About Trauma
You Applied And Got Rejected… Now What?
How To Make Universal Meaning From Your Personal Story
Books
Salt and Sour (memoir)
Dear Future Lover (anthology)