anapoetics

A new poem at The Night Heron Barks

I am so pleased have a new poem included in the Fall 2020 season of The Night Heron Barks.  This poem began during the 2019 Napa Valley Writers' Conference, when I had the distinct privilege of being in Eavan Boland's workshop.  Her feedback lives in the final version.  Thanks to my workshop mates, and to another teacher, Jeanine Walker, who has been helping me grapple with when a poem is "done."  Finally, thanks to the editorial staff at The Night Heron Barks for presenting the poem so beautifully.

• "An Oral History of the Last Earthquake in the San Joaquin"

Two poems published at Birdland Journal!

I have two poems in the summer 2020 issue of Birdland Journal, a special issue on life during the pandemic.  This is quite exciting because it's been a long time since I've had any work published, and this was only my third acceptance ever.  Many thanks to my classmates in Poetry III for your thoughtful feedback (you know who you are) and to my teacher, Jeanine Walker, as well as to Sharon Smith and Marleen Roggow, the editors of Birdland.

• "Bunker at 3:00 a.m. (or, an optical illusion)"
• "The Wood Planks in the Back Deck Were the Size of Empty Streets"

"Inscription"

My poem "Inscription" was poem of the week this week at West Trestle Review!  After this week, it will be available on the journal's archive page (scroll down).  Many thanks to Patricia Caspers for selecting my work -- my first real published poem! -- and for supporting women poets.