It’s my birthday AND South 85 released its latest issue? Best day ever. Read at south85journal.com/fall-winter-2025 !

I am so excited for the upcoming issue of @south85journal.bsky.social - releasing SOON!

Leslie is simply the best editor from which to learn the ropes of a literary journal. This hour-ish interview is so worth a listen! ✨

It’s been a minute. My newest publication is out! A very old poem of mine found a home in the Incandescent Review. 💡 Read “Learning Contentment” on page 20: theincandescentreview.org/issue-19

Thanks to our social media manager @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social for getting @south85journal.bsky.social into the meme game. And be assured that our enthusiastic team would love to read your work!

One more little poem out in the world! 🌹 Thanks to The Dewdrop for publishing one of my spring haikus: thedewdrop.org/2025/05/06/d...

Never not reposting this poem. Especially now.

Release day (again)! My poem “And I Go On Saying” was published in Last Leaves Magazine’s tenth issue! 🍂 lastleavesmag.com/last-leaves-...

RELEASE DAY! Check out my poem “Elegy on a Recurring Nightmare” in this anthology by @sidhepress.bsky.social Available in print or eBook form: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay...

The new issue of @south85journal.bsky.social is HERE! Read at south85journal.com/borders-boun...

I love lit mag happy mail! 😍

My friend Brig published a story in @thetwinbill.bsky.social ! ⚾ You can read it here: thetwinbill.com/a-vigil-beyo...

Lucia Perillo. I feel like this portion of “Samara” speaks for itself. 🫶

Sometimes prompts in MFA workshop pay off. Just had a prompt-inspired poem accepted by Last Leaves Magazine! 🍂

Had one of my early nature poems accepted for publication. Thanks to The Incandescent Review for creating a space for young and emerging writers!

A victory in the formed verse department: Had my first contrapuntal poem accepted by Sídhe Press for a forthcoming anthology on grief. Thank you, @sidhepress.bsky.social !

Obsessed with this gorgeous print copy of Persephone Literary Magazine that arrived in the mail! persephoneliterary.com/january-2025

“When women speak, it is mostly poetry.” —Audre Lorde HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!

My friend Kelsey had her poem “When I Find Out I Have Cancer” published in Anacapa Review: anacapareview.com/kelsey-stanc... “When I find out I have cancer / I . . . / remind myself that I am more than / a round mass without end.”

“All things we see are the shapes death makes. When we see straightly and hard we see with the eyes of death.” —Linda Gregg, “The Heart Flowing Out”

Carolina Muse recently published my poem “Crushed Cherry.” 🍒 Here’s a preview! simplebooklet.com/carolinamuse... Print copies are available until 3/9. Proceeds will go toward hurricane relief & artist support: carolina-muse.com/order

🎉 Hooray for publication day! Flip to page 44 to read my poem “The Shape of My Body.” 🌿 wildwillowmagazine.com/wp-content/u...

Currently reading Ray Bradbury and am particularly taken by this quote: “There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”

It’s been out for a while now, but I’m so thankful to Persephone Literary Magazine for publishing my poem “Decline.” 🐍 Here’s a preview! Read the full poem on page 9 ➡️ persephoneliterary.com/january-2025