I write both poetry and creative nonfiction. Language helps me make sense of the world around me and gives me a way to capture—and remember—what might otherwise be lost. Recently, I’ve been working on flash creative nonfiction pieces inspired by my beloved canine companion, Ani, who passed away in 2025. You might say she’s become my muse. By writing about her, I’m breathing life into the beauty and joy she awakened in me, or rather, helped me connect to again. What better teacher could this humble human have asked for than a dog—a creature who delights in vulgarities like scent-rolling, turning the mud and stink of dead things into one of life’s greatest pleasures?

Selected Work

“Dalliance” — Creative nonfiction
Originally published in Thorn & Bloom: A Literary Magazine 4 (Dec. 2025): 12–13.

“The Balloon” — Poetry
Originally published in Cold Mountain Review 41.1 (2013): 29.

“Methuselah” — Poetry
Originally published in The Labletter: Annual Journal of Art and Literature 14 (2012): 34.

Forthcoming Publications

“Aphasias” and “Loaded.” Women Writers Anthology. 1455 Books, 2026.

Publications

“Soar.” Poetose Journal (2026). Available online.

“Gift.” Beautiful Things: A Weekly Online Magazine of Micro-Essays (2 March 2026). Available online.

“White Peonies.” San Pedro River Review 18.1 (Spring 2026): 48. Purchase issue.

“Dalliance.” Thorn & Bloom: A Literary Magazine 4 (Dec. 2025): 12–13. Purchase issue.

“Lilacs.” Hamilton Stone Review 52 (May 2025).

“Dream Forests” and “Faith.” Human Obscura 6 (2023): 42, 49. Purchase issue.

“Bones” and “Quarantine.” Feminist Studies 40.1 (2014): 216. Purchase issue.

“The Balloon.” Cold Mountain Review 41.1 (2013): 29.

“Dancing Girl.” SNReview 14.2 (2012): 39–40.

“Corn.” Straightforward Poetry: A Magazine 1 (2012).

“Grace Note.” Sugar Mule 41 (2012): 218.

“Margins.” Split This Rock Poem of the Week Series (12 Nov. 2012). Available online.

“Methuselah.” The Labletter: Annual Journal of Art and Literature 14 (2012): 34.

“On Constellations.” The Aurorean 17.1 (2012): 47.

“Prayer.” Diverse Voices Quarterly 4.13 (2012): 22.

“Hunger, Blossoms.” Apropos Literary Journal 2.1 (2011).

“Two Poems for J.” The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide 16.5 (2009): 25.

“Longing.” Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory, edited by Sean Miller and Shveta Verma, Scriblerus Press, 2008, p. 172. Purchase anthology.