New poem, Lines Written During Another Hottest Something or Other on Record, featured in Second Coming. Thank you Michael H. Broder for curating this necessary work. #poetry #resistance #climatecrisis #democracy #secondcoming Second Coming No. 152 — June 20, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/indolent...

Honored to have my poem His Departure Comes Over Me published in the latest Elysium Review. Grateful to editor Stevie Edwards and the mission to uplift poetry that celebrates. 🔗 www.elysiumreview.com/karen-elizab... #Poetry #ElysiumReview #KarenElizabethSharpe #Motherhood #NewPublication

It is true there is not enough beauty in the world. It is also true that I am not competent to restore it. Neither is there candor, and here I may be of some use. I am at work, though I am silent. —Louise Glück, from "October"

Trump is offering all federal workers a buyout with seven months’ pay to shrink the government—but that’s not the whole story. Reports reveal some employees are being pressured to resign or face termination under the guise of organizational restructuring. In short: take the buyout or be fired.

Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief. —Anne Carson

Honored to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize this year for my poem The Sixth Type:A Presciption from Editor Cristina Raskopf Norcross and Blue Heron Review. Congratulations to all of this year's nominees! blueheronreview.com

Thank you Halfway Down the Stairs! Almost missed this sweet pub feom September … halfwaydownthestairs.net/2024/09/01/i...