In 2018 I returned to writing poetry and in 2020 began to publish my work. My poetry collection, Ordinary Time, is published and available at Kelsay Books. I have also published individual poems in poetry journals and anthologies. I am a participant in the Greater Cincinnati Writers League, the Ohio Poetry Association, and Fourth Friday International Poetry Group. I participate in open mics, both local (Sitwells Coffee House, Clifton; Roebling Books & Coffee, Covington) and virtual (Fourth Friday International), and have been a featured poet at some local and virtual venues.
My Poems
Ordinary Time, Kelsay Books, 2023. Ordinary Time.
“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. https://orchardspoetry.com/
“Auf Wiedersehen” in Common Threads, November 2022.
“Shell” in Loch Raven Review, November 2022. https://thelochravenreview.net/eileen-trauth-2/
“Charlene’s Shoes” in Loch Raven Review, November 2022. https://thelochravenreview.net/eileen-trauth-2/
“Blessings in Disguise” in Loch Raven Review, November 2022. https://thelochravenreview.net/eileen-trauth-2/
“Banshee Call” in Braided Way, October 2022. https://braidedway.org/banshee-call/
“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.
“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
“Circles” in Loch Raven Review, Spring 2022. https://thelochravenreview.net/eileen-trauth/
“Making Equations” in Loch Raven Review, Spring 2022. https://thelochravenreview.net/eileen-trauth/
“Unusual Spring” in Sheila-Na-Gig, Spring 2022. https://sheilanagigblog.wordpress.com/volume-6-3-spring-2022/eileen-trauth/
“Doughnut Hole” in Poetry X Hunger https://www.poetryxhunger.com/wfd-2021/poem-by-eileen-trauth and
in For a Better World 2022: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing.
“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. https://sosartcincinnati.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/insideout-an-affirming-epiphany.pdf
“Minority” in For a Better World 2021: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing.
“Shelter” in For a Better World 2021: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing.
“Homestead” in Within Us: A Poetry Anthology in Celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Greater Cincinnati
Writers League, 2020.
“Mud Flap Blues” in Within Us: A Poetry Anthology in Celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Greater Cincinnati
Writers League, 2020.
For a Better World 2021: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Goshen Publishing.
“Making Doughnuts” in The Boston Poet, August 1997.
Readings
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
Sheila-Na-Gig, Spring Virtual Reading, May 29, 2022
Transgender Recognition Program, March 26, 2022
For A Better World Poetry Reading, Pendleton Art Gallery Annex, July 24, 2021
InsideOut: An Affirming Epiphany, Price Hill Branch, Cincinnati Public Library, June 12 & 26, 2021