This summer has been very good to me. You can find my work in three literary journals. You can even see two of my newest poems online, for free! Psychic Meatloaf: Journal of Contemporary Poetry published two of my newest poems in their first issue. You can see my poems from the “Carbonite Dream Series” on […]
I sometimes wonder if I am missing the boat about short stories. What I know about writing fiction could fit through the eye of an oarlock. Some rules on writing apply across the board, but I feel that fiction takes a certain knack that I lack. Perhaps writing poetry and essays, I can always anticipate […]
April is also National Poetry Month. If you are like the average American, you’re able to shrug it off pretty well. You might even complain that there seems to be an awful lot of verse on NPR lately. If you hunker down, it will all be over in thirty days. But this month, I want […]
Paperback, 248 pages From Ohio University Press November 2005 ISBN: 9780821416501 What is queer culture? Is it Pride parades with the flotilla of Dykes on Bikes, drag queens, leather daddies and dance music? Is queer culture the collective body of bars, organizations, events and arts in large metropolitan centers? Queer is most often hitched to […]
I am pleased to announce that you can now find my work inLines + Stars Winter 2010 issue. My poem “Buffalo Jump” can be viewed for free online. Please take a moment and visit the site at http://www.linesandstars.com/
I found this postcard in a junk shop. The image is strange and if you give it a closer look it gets wierder. I wonder if the text was added after the fact by someone else. In the picture there is a spotlight…or light coming through a curtain? But why is the curtain open if […]
Tonight, I saw one of my Bellingham crushes. I treasure my crushes. I pretend that they are secret, but my boyfriend knows. My friends know. Anyone standing near me when that boy walks by is sure to know. What does it mean to be headed toward my mid-thirties and still swooning over a handsome gent […]
I have finished with my graduate school applications, which means I am going to take a well deserved respite. I will jump out of the rut I have been in and seek to make some new furrows. Amid all of this breaking free, I am going to try and tackle some new work. I don’t […]
During this time of year in the Pacific Northwest the whole world turns gray. Rain and cloud cover become the norm. Although the days are lengthening, there is usually less sunshine to be had. January and February are grim even for the locals. * * * * Although T.S. Elliot said that April was the […]
For the past year and a half I worked on a collection of poems about the stars. The story goes that each constellation was released from the sky for a single evening and landed somewhere in New York City. Each poem tells the story of one constellation and how it adapts to (post)modern life. I […]