This week’s poetry books🤍

Excited to be headed to AWP in Baltimore in just two weeks—check out my reading and Underwater book signing schedule below ♥️⬇️♥️

Weekend set of poetry collections💜

This sweetie 🖤🤍🖤

Whimsy rocking her bear hoodie🧡🧸🧡

This weekend’s poetry books💙

Beyond grateful to the most amazing editor and publisher, @wordperv.bsky.social for making yet another of my little-girl dreams some true! 🖤🖤🖤 There are 9 days left to submit manuscripts in the @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social January open submission period—send, send, send, poet friends!

Ready to fill another composition book with the packed (31 students😳) poetry class at Valencia this spring ♥️

Felt pretty magical to find my poetry at the Barnes & Noble store where I worked in college during the 90s on the periodical shelves that were part of my restocking duties ✨♥️✨

One more day of only poetry before the spring semester students descend 💜

Happy 5th birthday to the most awesome indie press, @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social !!! ✨📚🎂📚✨ And lucky us—all 20 of the press collections, including the upcoming The Sky Will Hold by @lizhazenpoet , are on sale for $10 in January to celebrate!

A little Whimsy💕

Winter break poetry💕

It’s time for the annual cover collage—crazy grateful for another wonderful year of poetry publications, including my debut collection from @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social and dream journals like @theflreview.bsky.social , @pangyrus.bsky.social and @salamandermag.bsky.social ♥️♥️♥️

Honored that “This Could Be a Poem about Rape” appears in the latest issue of @salamandermag.bsky.social —thank you to Katie Sticca and the Salamander editorial team🤍 You can grab a copy of Issue 60 at your local Barnes & Noble or from this link: salamandermag.org

Thank you to Sara Schaff and the @saranacreview editorial team for including two of my poems, “Curiosity” and “Patience,” in their beautiful new issue♥️

Thank you to the @sc_rev editorial team for including two poems, “My Therapist Tells Me” and “The Truth Is made Of,” in this gorgeous new issue of South Carolina Review♥️

Whimsy enjoying her new blanket💙

Thank you to the @lochravenreview editorial team for including my poem, “Birth,” in the new issue that dropped today🩵

Beyond honored (and still have chills) from finding out about this Pushcart Prize nomination from one of my favorite literary magazines—thank you, @pangyrus_litmag !! 🤍🤍🤍

Honored to be reading poems from Underwater in The DMQ Review’s Virtual Salon this December, along with poets @xmlnovelist.bsky.social and @young_guevara sharing from their new collections—link to watch below ❤️ www.dmqreview.com/salon

Excited to have three poems in this gorgeous print copy of @lochravenreview and can’t wait to dive into everyone else’s poetry 💛

Had a wonderful time reading at FusionFest and meeting @lisbeth32_palacios who created the amazing author showcase art installation❤️

Central Florida friends and fam, I’ll be reading poetry from Underwater at Fusion Fest on Saturday, Nov. 29th, at 4:15pm in the Global Exchange Tent at the @drphillipsctr Arts Plaza in Downtown Orlando. Tickets are free, and the food and events will be awesome—hope to see you there🧡

Thankful for this little pup—and she’s certainly loving her new tiger toy🧡

Weekend poetry ❤️

Adorable pup post💕

The Riot in Your Throat holiday sale starts today! Grab any of these fab poetry collections for just $10 each through December 13th from the @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social website ❤️🎁❤️

Beyond excited for this first Pushcart Prize nomination and ridiculously grateful to have the most wonderful, supportive publisher—thank you, @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social and best of luck to my awesome pressmates! 🤍

Thank you to Tyler McMahan and the Hawaii Pacific Review editorial team for publishing this new poem, “Morning,” a piece for my dad who would have turned 80 this month 🤍

All ready to hand out candy! 💙

Honored to have two new pieces published today in ONE ART: a journal of poetry—thank you to Mark Danowsky and the @oneart.bsky.social editorial team❤️

Thank you to the I-70 Review editorial team for including my poem, “Mourning Song, (from the Underwater collection out with @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social ) in the 2025 issue of the magazine 🤍

Whimsy and her new Halloween toy💕

Sunday poetry books🤍

Thank you to the wonderful editorial team from SLANT: A Journal of Poetry for the write up about Underwater in the October Forum: News and Reviews column and for originally publishing “The Tarot of Letting Go,” included in the poetry collection, as part of the Spring 2023 issue❤️

Just when I thought Whimsy couldn’t get any more adorable 🤍🖤🤍

Awesome surprise mail from @ucf.bsky.social Alumni, welcoming me to UCF’s Knight Authors—delighted to find Underwater listed between the books of the most wonderful classmate, poet and friend, Michele Parker Randall and @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social pressmate and fabulous poet, Laurie Uttich 🖤💛🖤

A wonderful night of poetry @ravenbookstore.bsky.social with my @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social editor, @wordperv.bsky.social and pressmate, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social 🤍🤍🤍

Why hello, Lawrence! I love being back in this adorable city and am super excited for tonight’s 7pm poetry reading at the magical @ravenbookstore.bsky.social ❤️

And the most adorable officemate award goes to….❤️

Super sweet write up in the @valenciacollege.bsky.social newsletter this week with congratulations on the Underwater book publication❤️❤️❤️

Excited to write with the fall poetry students ♥️

Beyond excited for next month’s poetry reading with stellar @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social pressmates, @wordperv.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social at @ravenbookstore.bsky.social in Lawrence, Kansas ❤️

Thank you to the @3elementsreview editors for including “Year” in the latest issue🩵

This pup!🤍

Onto a second round of awesome, between-semester, poetry books 🤍 @salamandermag.bsky.social @sarahali.bsky.social

Two weeks off between semesters—let the poetry begin💕

Oodles of thanks to Dan and Monica @scotchiescustomcakes for the gorgeous, Underwater, book cover cake for the launch party this week! It was as delicious (perfectly lemony) as it was beautiful! ❤️

More photos from the launch reading/celebration❤️