Poems making the rounds...

Short Stories

When your protagonist throws her drink at you and asks,

"Seriously? Haven't I had enough drama?"

"Rebecca" is featured in the

2018 Willa Cather Foundation anthology,

"After Antonia." 


When your poem slides over and whispers,

"Is it cool if I see other people?"

"Bladen," "Geneva," and "Bomb Cyclone" find their rhythmn on the Nebraskan plains. 

"The Dairy Mart," "Streets of Tirana," and "Mirupafshim (Goodbye)" say hello to Nebraska.

"Broadway & 9th" -happiness comes in unexpected ways. 

Poems out on the dating scene...


Perceptions Magazine: June 2021 issue. "Tepelenë" and "Our Lady of the EBT."

San Diego Writers Ink: 2021 A Year in Ink Anthology. "When Jesus Left Me at the Altar"

Other Wordly Women Press: 2021 Summer Anthology. "Till the Heart"

Beatific Magazine: 2021 Fall Issue. "Beer Bottles from the Stars" and "Sandia"

The Seattle Star: April-2021. "The Madonna"

DASH Literary Journal: May 2021 Issue. "Heterosexual Dictatorship", "5th Grade", and

"The Knives are Out"

The Potomac Review: Fall 2021 Issue. "Abandon the 'O' ".

Evening Street Press & Review: 2022 Issue. "That Ford Escort" and "Paper Twitter" 

Cider Press Review: March 2022 Issue. "Time to Think"

Midwest Quarterly: Fall 2021 Issue. "Two Skies"

Glint Literary Journal: December 2021, Issue 12. "The Holy Ghost Ate the Stars"

Brief Wilderness: October 2021. "Saturday Morning" & "Tunnel of Miracles"

Wrath-Bearing Tree: March 2022 Issue. "ABBA-1975" & "On the Street"

Nebraska Writers Guild: Voices from the Plains Anthology, Vol. 5: December 2021

"Saint Cecilia" "Poplar Street" & "Time to Move On"

The Round (Brown University): January 2022-Issue XXII. "The Smashing Pumpkins"

Slab (Slippery Rock University): April 2022-Issue 17. "It Felt Like a Wednesday"

East Jasmine Review: September/October 2022. "Trashy Saint", "When Saturn Came Home", "One Note", & "Blue Light Special". 

"Road Trip" is worth the drive and savors each moment.

"These Words" because words can transform and heal.