Poems

Click on the poem title to view poem. Click on the journal title to link to online journals.​​​​​​​​​

• IT WAS THE YEAR - Rust&Moth, Autumn 2025

• DOWN THE MOUNTAIN - Cider Press Review, Volume 27-3, August, 2025

• BACKYARD, About Place, May 2025, Collaborative piece with David Walder, photographer.

• THE BISHOP -  Writers Resist - Issue 148, Summer 2025

• COMPLAINTS - Mantis, A Journal of Poetry, Criticism & Translation - Issue 23, 2025

• GROUNDWATER   -    The Avenue Journal​​

•  VIDEO VILLANELLE  - The Marbled Sigh, Political Poems, An Online Anthology

• UNLEASHED  - The Marbled Sigh, Political Poems, An Online Anthology

• SPECKLED FISH - Muleskinner, Journal 11, Sept 2024, page 108-109.

• WAR SESTINA -  Wordpeace, Issue 9.2, Summer/Fall 2024, War and Peace, 

• PARKING GARAGE - 2024 Pinesong Award Anthology

• PIECING - Poetry in Plain Sight, April 1, 2023

• JUST ENOUGH - Speckled Trout Review​​, Fall 2022, Issue 4.2

• KILLING OF THE POETS   -  Poets Without Borders, Anita McAndrews Poets for Human Rights Poetry Contest​, 12/12/2021

• TRUMP TOWER  -  Writers Resist, Dec. 24, 2020, Issue 125

• THE POLISH BORDER  - Topical Poetry

• SOOT - Snapdragon, Summer, 2021

• THEY BROUGHT YOU TO ME - Poetry East, Issue 104, Spring, 2022

• BLACKBERRY - Poetry in Plain Sight

• WE THE FAMILIES - New Verse News -June 5, 2020

• ASKING YOUR PERMISSION - Mer Vox​

• WHAT I MISSED - Collateral, 2021

• ATTENDING THE HEARING - Barzakh, SPRING 2020

• THE SHOT - Barzakh, SPRING 2020

• THROUGH THE GLASS - Barzakh, SPRING 2020

• STANDING GUARD - Atlanta Review, Spring/Summer, 2021

• JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS HOPELESS  - Adanna

• SNOW - The News&Observer, The Durham News, Jan. 2, 2010

• CONDEMNED - NC Independent, 2001, Front Porch

• MISSOURI BRIDGE -  Davidson MIscellany

• POLISHING - The Archive, Spring, 2976

• FOR THE SNACK BAR JANITOR - The Guide, WDBS, Nov., 1978

• BOSS -  The Guide, WDBS, Sept., 1977