“My initial impression
was red: a poppy field,
a sunrise, an umbrella….”
-excerpt “My First Still Life” broadcasted on The Habit Podcast (starts 23:20); read the poem here.)
In this poem about my father, a fourth-generation farmer on my family’s farm in northeastern Colorado, I explore the aesthetic beauty of Impressionism and the awe of a farmer who looks to a new day after loss. This poem is me in stanza form: my voice, my land, my loss, my home, my one day.
I am a poet, author, and higher education freelance editor in southern California. Born the fifth generation on my family’s farm in Colorado and a classically trained pianist, I meld in my writing aurality, rural life, and empathy through the varied voices and lives of those I observe. A rare health condition keeps me from living in Colorado near my family’s farm, so my poetry and writing reach for home — both temporal and eternal.
Read more about my condition and Who keeps me pressing on and living with Hope — Behold.
Publications
“Small Talk in a Loss Universe” published in The Clayjar Review (2024, online).
“Counting Stars” published in Vita Poetica (2024, online). Listen to my poem on Vita Poetica’s Podcast here.
“prison’s prism” published in Foreshadow Magazine (2024, online).
“Glory, Us” published in Foreshadow Magazine (2024, online).
“Pearlescent” short story published in Solum Literary Journal, Vol. V (Summer 2024, print). Read an excerpt from “Pearlescent” here.
“All, I Prayed” published in Calla Press (Spring 2024, print).
“Math and Mercy Over 10 Seconds” published in Habitations, Vol. II (2024, print).
“Sanctuary” published in Habitations, Vol. II (2024, print).
“The Hope in a Scar” published in Habitations, Vol. II (2024, print).
While I Wake poetry-trio published in Solid Food Press (2024, online):
“Glimmer Spiel”
“Only Caterpillars Crawl With Singular Aim”
“When Eternity Began”
“Mysterious Way” published in Ekstasis (2024, online).
“My Body Language” published in San Antonio Review (2023, online).
“The Sky Above My Head” published in San Antonio Review (2023, online).
“Life’s Stage” published in San Antonio Review (2023, online).
“Dear Woman With a Black Fox-Dog” published in Pittsburg State University’s The Midwest Quarterly (2023, print).
“The Nursery” published in Pittsburg State University’s The Midwest Quarterly (2023, print).
“The One Who Sees” published in The Habit Portfolio (2023, online).
“The One Who Sees” featured in Inkling Literary Strategies’ Snapshots of Memories: A Workshop in Flash Nonfiction (2023, online)
“The One Who Sees” featured in Fieldmoot’s Snapshots of Memories: A Workshop in Flash Nonfiction (2023, online).
“My First Still Life” broadcasted on The Habit Podcast (2023, online, starting at 23:20 min.).
“Blessed is She” published in Yale Divinity’s LETTERS Journal (2022, online).
“Umbrella” published in The Penwood Review (2011, print).
“Diary of the Body” published in The Penwood Review (2007, print).
“Statements: Excluded” published In Other Words Anthology (2007, print).
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