Thanks to editors Damien and Rhona for including my poem! ✨

Received some good news! Looking forward to presenting at #AWP2026!

Hello y'all! My new poetry book came out last week.✨ It feels hard to celebrate during such a heavy time, but I have faith in poetry as a healing force.❤️ I hope readers will find solace and solidarity in these poems. Thanks to MoonPath Press and Lana Hechtman-Ayers for all the care and support.

This is my very first #PoemsAbout! Thank you to @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and @alanparry83.bsky.social for the invitation to write about #stardust. Hope you enjoy "Stardust in My Bones."

For full details on all our 32 guests tomorrow on May Storm, the special episode of the poetry podcast, celebrating Poetry Day Ireland with @poetryireland.bsky.social check out the blog post to follow & be fans of our county poets. 32 poets 32 counties 32 poems eatthestorms.com/2025/04/30/m...

Getting through my days with the poetic accompaniment of @sleepingatlast.com Such a gorgeous sound at the juncture of wistful and triumphant. 🌸🦋 ✨So inspiring.✨

Had an amazing experience at Get Lit! in Spokane. Thank you to Li-Young Lee and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social for deeply inspiring and generative craft classes. ❤️🦋 Li-Young Lee’s explanation of the sonnet was life-altering!!!

Sharing on #InternationalWomensDay ‘I used to think the wind was sexy in her chaos’ ‘my mesmeric lullaby’ Marie Marchand @mishiepoet.bsky.social

As the world decays, there are still poems and mushrooms 🍄 and there will always be love. ❤️ Here's my 37-second poem "Sweet Nothings According to Fungi." Thanks to Leia @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for featuring this poem and for being such a supportive editor to work with.

You're in👆Please follow people in it and repost the pack: @cgendsley.bsky.social @marigoldrowell.com @soph-pl.bsky.social @mizov.bsky.social @themixedindigenous.bsky.social @barrybergman.bsky.social @mishiepoet.bsky.social @salemlynn.bsky.social @daphnefama.bsky.social @krystlephoenyx.bsky.social

Really leaning into MLK Day today and remembering my teacher, mentor, and friend Dr. Vincent Harding who taught us that we “are part of an ageless, pulsating membrane of light.” May peace, reason, and love prevail. ❤️

And for my first post on Bluesky, I’d like to share these three poems recently published on iamb. Thanks to editor Mark Antony Owen for the Pushcart Prize nomination for my poem “In Defense of Poetry As Therapeutic.”