I am a member of the Greater Cincinnati Writers League, the Ohio Poetry Association, and Fourth Friday International Poetry Group. I participate regularly in open mics at local venues as well as virtually.
Books
Ordinary Time, Kelsay Books, 2023. Ordinary Time.
Individual Poems
“After” in Common Threads, Ohio Poetry Association, November 2025.
“Grander” in Tributaria, Loveland, OH: Dos Madres Press, 2025.​
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“Dorita”, 1st place, Urbana, OH: 88th Annual Ohio Poetry Day Best of 2025 Contest Awards.
“The Test”, 2nd place, Urbana, OH: 88th Annual Ohio Poetry Day Best of 2025 Contest Awards.
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“Mainstream” 3rd place, Urbana, OH: 88th Annual Ohio Poetry Day Best of 2025 Contest Awards.
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“The Quiet Man” 3rd place, Urbana, OH: 88th Annual Ohio Poetry Day Best of 2025 Contest Awards.
“Dante’s Ears”, 3rd place, Urbana, OH: 88th Annual Ohio Poetry Day Best of 2025 Contest Awards.
“On the day we heard”, 3rd place, Urbana, OH: 88th Annual Ohio Poetry Day Best of 2025 Contest Awards.
“House” in Ohio: The Body Politic – Anthology of the River Roots Poets, Ohio Poetry Association, 2025.
“27 June 2025” in Sheila-Na-Gig, Volume 10, Number 1, Fall 2025. Read Here.
“Don’t Say Gay” in For A Better World 2025: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing. Read Here
“Discarded” in For A Better World 2025: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing. Read Here
“Basement Bookcase” in Common Threads, Ohio Poetry Association, November 2024.
“DNA” in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Literary Journal, Volume 27, 2024.
“Weekday Friends” in Friendship: Poems & Letters. Akron, OH: Poetry Is Life Publishing, 2024.
“Suddenly Intimate” in Friendship: Poems & Letters. Akron, OH: Poetry Is Life Publishing, 2024.
“Wearing Green in 2022” in Poems from County Clare and Far Beyond: An Anthology by Irish Poets and their friends around the World. San Francisco, CA: Eyepublishewe Publishing, 2024.
“Winter Solstice” in Poems from County Clare and Far Beyond: An Anthology by Irish Poets and their friends around the World. San Francisco, CA: Eyepublishewe Publishing, 2024.
“Cross Cultural Communication” in Poems from County Clare and Far Beyond: An Anthology by Irish Poets and their friends around the World. San Francisco, CA: Eyepublishewe Publishing, 2024.
​“My Sister’s Hair” in Loch Raven Review, April 2024. Read Here
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“Outside the Pub” in Pink Panther Magazine, Volume 15, Number 1, 8 March 2024, p. 30
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“Our Daily Bread” in For a Better World 2023: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing. Read Here
“A Christmas Cactus Celebrates Easter” in Persimmon Tree – Short Takes, Spring 2023.
“Angeles” in Common Threads, November 2022.
“Departure” in The Orchards Poetry Journal, Winter 2022. Read Here
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“Auf Wiedersehen” in Common Threads, November 2022.
“Shell” in Loch Raven Review, November 2022. Read Here
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“Charlene’s Shoes” in Loch Raven Review, November 2022. Read Here
“Blessings in Disguise” in Loch Raven Review, November 2022. Read Here
“Banshee Call” in Braided Way, October 2022. Read Here
“Asparagus and Salmon” in Marriage Lifespan Vol. 6, Pure Slush Press, 2022.
“Innocence” in For a Better World 2022: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing. Link to Conversations Book Here
“Channel Back Chair” in Conversations, Unleash Press, 2022.
“Dear Charlene” in Conversations, Unleash Press, 2022.
“Reflection” in Conversations, Unleash Press, 2022.
“Ten O’Clock Mass – April 1995” in Conversations, Unleash Press, 2022.
“What We Said” in Conversations, Unleash Press, 2022. NOTE: Link to Conversations Book Here
“Circles” in Loch Raven Review, Spring 2022. Read Here
“Making Equations” in Loch Raven Review, Spring 2022. Read Here
“Unusual Spring” in Sheila-Na-Gig, Spring 2022. Read Here
“Doughnut Hole” in Poetry X Hunger Here and in For a Better World 2022: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing. Here
“Kneading” in Common Threads. Ohio Poetry Association, 2021.
“Marginal” in Inside Out: An Affirming Epiphany – Self-Portraits and Statements by 28 Transgender Individuals and Responsive Poems by 28 Greater Cincinnati Poets. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing, 2021.
Inside Out: An Affirming Epiphany – Self-Portraits and Statements by 28 Transgender Individuals and Responsive Poems by 28 Greater Cincinnati poets. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing, 2021. Here
“Minority” in For a Better World 2021: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing.[https://sosartcincinnati.com/publications/]
“Shelter” in For a Better World 2021: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing.[https://sosartcincinnati.com/publications/]
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“Homestead” in Within Us: A Poetry Anthology in Celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Greater Cincinnati Writers League, 2020.Read Here
“Mud Flap Blues” in Within Us: A Poetry Anthology in Celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Greater Cincinnati Writers League, 2020.Read Here
“Famish” in Poetry X Hunger, 2020. Here and in For a Better World 2021: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing.[https://sosartcincinnati.com/publications/]
“Making Doughnuts” in The Boston Poet, August 1997.
Readings & Events
Ohio Poetry Day Awards, Urbana, Ohio, October 18, 2015.
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​River Roots Festival, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, October 10, 2025. https://simplebooklet.com/anthologyoftheriverrootspoets2025#page=1
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​Artists Commemorate World Hunger Day, May 28, 2024, Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, May 28, 2024.
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Virtual Book Launch, Saturday Literary Salon, Facebook Live, April 6, 2024. (see Featured Reading on Home Page)
Featured Poet, Gapstow Girls book club, Cincinnati, January 9, 2024.
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Featured Poet, The Well, Camp Washington, Cincinnati, October 29, 2023.
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Featured Poet, Poet & Song at the Falcon Theatre (636 Monmouth St., Newport October 19, 2023.
Book Launch Party with novelist Suzanne Trauth, Roebling Books & Coffee, Newport, KY, October 5, 2023.
Book Launch, Poetry Night at Sitwell’s Coffee House, Clifton, Cincinnati, October 3, 2023.
National Poetry Month, Poetry in the Garden, Clifton Branch, Cincinnati Public Library, April 11, 2023.
SOS Art Poems for Peace and Justice, Essex Studios, October 7, 2022.
Pride Arts Celebration, June 18, 2022 at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church.
Sheila-Na-Gig, Spring Virtual Reading, May 29, 2022.
Transgender Recognition Program, Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, March 26, 2022.
For A Better World Poetry Reading, Pendleton Art Gallery Annex, Cincinnati, July 24, 2021.
InsideOut: An Affirming Epiphany, Price Hill Branch, Cincinnati Public Library, June 12 & 26, 2021.