I really love writing reviews. I love introducing people to poets, books, and presses they may not have known about before. I love digging into the poems and trying to figure out why they sing with me, and I hope they sing with you. Please go check out my reviews at SoFloPoJo. ❤️

In issue #41, I have the privilege of sharing my thoughts about Asa Drake's Maybe the Body (Tin House), Elane Kim's Antibody (River River Books), and Catherine Esposito Prescott's Superbloom (Gunpowder Press). I hope you enjoy the reviews and check out the poets and presses.

SoFloPoJo Reviews online now www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/reviews-2026...

Good morning, poetry people. Four new poetry book reviews are live this morning at SoFloPoJo - reviews of Yael Valencia Aldana's Black Mestiza, Laura Creste's In the Good Years, Michele Evans's purl, and MaKshya Tolbert's Shade is a Place - www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/reviews-2026...

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Books and baths = Merry Christmas. ❤️

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Friday, November 14th at 7:30 PM Eastern SoFloPoJo Issue 39 POETRY Launch Reading featuring poets from our November Issue us02web.zoom.us/.../register...

Poetry shelfie #1 - Allen through Mickiewicz

Read the new review of Jameela F. Dallis’s Encounters for the Living and the Dead by @christinalinsin.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social’s November issue here! 👉 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/reviews-2024... #poetry #booksky

New reviews live today in SoFloPoJo's 39th issue: @taylorbyas.bsky.social Resting Bitch Face @josehernandezdz.bsky.social The Parachutist Jameela F. Dallis's Encounters For the Living and the Dead @riverriverbooks.bsky.social and Judith H. Montgomery's The Ferry Keeper

I will be giving a free, local poetry workshop for veterans. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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I have been looking forward to this absolutely gorgeous book's arrival and know I am going to enjoy my weekend now that it will be filled with @taylorbyas.bsky.social 's work. ❤️

Twenty-eight years ago today, we started an adventure. ❤️

There is so much fantastic poetry in this issue!! Come listen with us!

I am so grateful to have three new poetry book reviews in the August issue of South Florida Poetry Journal. This issue, I review books by Jessica Nirvana Ram, Robin Walter, and Joe Wilkins. Please check it out at the link in the comments.

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I can't decide if I'm just feeling b*itchy tonight or if my school's new SLOGAN - "Race to Excellence" is really as horrific as I'm thinking it is. (I teach sixth grade in a struggling school) (Why are we racing?) (Is there a finish line?) (What about those who can't/don't want to race?)

If you're stuck living on a cactus, try to be the flower, not the needle...

Pirate (my foster-fail from two years ago). ❤️

Monthly reminder: Stone Circle Review reads year-round and publishes weekly. Send one poem (no themes, no fees) and hear back in within 28 days. Link in bio. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Poems

I am very proud to have a new poem up at Porcupine Literary. If you would like to read it, you may find it here: www.porcupineliterary.com/post/no-life...

Psst…we’re reading full-length poetry manuscripts now. Yes, we read them all. Yes, all submitters hear back from us before we announce selections. No, there’s no mandatory reading fee. 📚💙🌊🌊 riverriverbooks.org/editors/subm...

I am so proud to have a new poem live this morning in South Florida Poetry Journal's May issue. You may read it here, if you'd like: www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com

Last Friday, we were evacuated from our middle school for a suspicious gas smell. OSHA has now taken over our building, and we are trying to cobble together online learning for the 650 children we serve without access to any of our materials. So, how is your week going?

My review of @britrogers.bsky.social Good Dress is live on South Florida Poetry Journal. If you would like to read it, here is the link: www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/reviews-2024...

My review of Brittany Rogers's (@britrogers.bsky.social ) Good Dress:poems will be published by SoFloPoJo in their February issue, so please be on the lookout for it. And if you haven't had a chance to read Good Dress, please do. It is wonderful.

Absolutely heartbroken today. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...

I am so grateful to Katie Manning and Whale Road Review for believing in my work. ❤️