In-titled Poems

In-titled Poem Live in Neologism Poetry Journal

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A brown donkey wearing a bridle and looking down, in close-up

I’m honored to be a repeat contributor to the very fine online literary entity, Neologism Poetry Journal.  I’m grateful to editor Christopher Fields for his impeccable professionalism — not to mention his fantastic sense of humor! — and for selecting for publication my In-titled Poem, “Would You Come Looking for Me?”

Thanks, also, to my dear friend and poetic colleague extraordinaire, Michael Vecchio, for supplying this piece’s title and inspiring (however inadvertently) the shenanigans that ensued…

Two Poems Published in The Iowa Review!

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Yes, my friends, this is a thing that’s happening IRL!

Please join me in expressing my heartfelt thanks to The Iowa Review editors Lynne Nugent and Jen Frantz for selecting my poems, “Pelvic Organ Prolapse” (photo included below) and “The Shape of Unsayable,” for publication in TIR’s issue 54.1 (spring 2024). I’ll post an update when the link to order copies of this issue is available.

Poem Live at Panoply

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Another In-titled Poem has found its perfect home in cyberspace! Thanks to lovely editors Andrea, Clara, and Jeff of Panoply, my poem, “Writer’s Block is a Bitch,” which also happens to be a Petrarchan sonnet (because I’m just like that…), is now published in issue 27. I’m especially proud and pleased that my poem appears alongside my husband, Robert Okaji’s awesome excursion into feline metaphysics, and a host of other luminous poetry and short prose.

New Poem Up at The Dodge!

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A huge praying mantis poses a bit menacingly atop a grill cover in the backyard.

I’m proud and excited to share my new poem, “Praying Mantis,” which has found the loveliest of homes at The Dodge Literary Magazine! Thank you to poetry editor Leah Kaminski for selecting and championing my work and to managing editor Jamie A. M. for their efficient, beautiful, and meticulous work on the webpage layout.

“Praying Mantis” is the first to be published of a series of poems I’ve been composing in a newly-invented experimental form (yes, there’s more where this one came from!), which my son, Matthew, has brilliantly and aptly named the “In-titled Poem.”