Poems
THE BACKSIDE OF LONELY, Atticus Review, August 15, 2023
TONIGHT THE WINDS, Writing in a Woman's Voice, August 10, 2023
SHE WOULD HAVE CRAWLED THROUGH HELL ON HER BELLY OVER GLASS,
CAROLINA KIN, UNDER CANOPY OF OAK AND WOOD THRUSH, TODAY A BIRD,
SOMETIMES I PICTURE YOU WALKING TOO FAR AHEAD, Appalachian Places Magazine, May 16, 2023
CHILD OF THE LARGE-BEAKED BIRD, EARTH ELEGY, GRANNY MEDICINE, The Milk House, April 27, 2023
THIS KIND OF TIRED, RockPaperPoem, Issue 5, April 2023
SOURDOUGH, RockPaperPoem, Issue 5, April 2023
THE VEIL BETWEEN SKIN AND WHAT’S INSIDE, THE BREAKDOWN, 2River, Issue 27.3, March 20, 2023
BOBCAT, Verse Daily, March 19, 2023
RETRIBUTION, Still: The Journal, #41: Winter, 2023 (The Climate Issue)
LAND LESSONS, SWWIM, FEBRUARY 6, 2023
INCLINATIONS, About Place Journal, Dec 1, 2022
CHILD OF THE LARGE-BEAKED BIRD, One, October 9, 2022
AN APPALACHIAN WOMAN'S GUIDE TO BEER DRINKING, Vox Populi Sept. 28, 2022
PACK HORSE LIBRARIANS, (Video) September 2022
TO NO ONE IN PARTICULAR, Vox Populi Sept. 7, 2022
TO SAVE A LIFE, New Ohio Review/Moveable Contest 2022
TODAY I'M LYING IN THE FETAL POSITION, Main Street Rag, Winter 2021
THAT PLUS FIFTY CENTS, MacQueen''s Quinterly, Issue 14
BAD COMPANY, MacQueen''s Quinterly, Summer Issue 14
VERNAL EQUINOX, New Ohio Review, Volume 3
AFTER THE FIRE, Thimble Magazine, Winter 2021, Volume #3
BECAUSE AUTUMN ALWAYS CLOTHESLINES ME, POWER OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN, One Art, November 16, 2021
CONFLAGRATION, Vox Populi, November 12, 2021
THAT SPOT WHERE RACCOON CREEK MEETS BRUSH FORK, Vox Populi, October 18, 2021
SERVING, World Literature Today, October 7, 2021
HEARTLAND HOSPICE, Vox Populi, September 27, 2021
LAST NIGHT THE CHIME OF TREE FROGS, Vov Populi, August 16, 2021
THE WHOLE SHEBANG UP FOR DEBATE, Rattle, August 4, 2021
RARE BIRDS, One, August 2, 2021
BETHAL RIDGE CEMETERY, Poem-a-Day (Academy of American Poets) July 20, 2021
THE DAY I LEARN HER DIAGNOSIS, Poem-a-Day (Academy of American Poets) July 20, 2021
THE WEEDS IN THIS GARDEN, Poem-a-Day (Academy of American Poets) July 20, 2021
BONE THIN, BECAUSE COAL, TENNESSEE HOMELAND, HARD TRUTH, THE SOFTENING, ONE ART, July 16, 2021
PLANTING BY THE SIGNS, Vox Populi, July 5, 2021
REMIX: FOR MY PEOPLE, PBS American Portrait Storytelling Project, Jan.18, 2021, (last two lines) collaborative poem
BY ALL INDICATIONS I The NY Times, Nov. 26, 2020
LEFTOVERS I Poetry X Hungar, November 11, 2020
NIGHT MOVES I Verse Daily, Oct 30, 2020
HANK WILLIAMS' LAST RIDE I Still: The Journal, #34: Fall, 2020
THE DAY I LEARN HER DIAGNOSIS I Still: The Journal, #34: Fall, 2020
HOLD FAST I Still: The Journal, #34: Fall, 2020
BOILERMAKER I Writers Resist I Issue 116: 06 August 2020
I COME FROM A PLACE SO DEEP INSIDE AMERICA IT CAN'T BE SEEN I Verse Daily, July 1, 2020
BETHAL RIDGE CEMETERY I Stirring Literary Journal, Volume 22, Spring 2020
THE TROUBLE WITH APPLES I Heartwood, Spring 2020
TRIGGER WARNING I Sheila-Na-Gig Online, Volume 4.3, Spring 2020
GEAUX JEAUX I Athens News, Jan 2, 2020
SAY HIS NAME I CIty of Athens and Equal Justice Initiative, Autumn 2019
BADASSES I Sheila-Na-Gig Online, Volume 3.2, Winter 2018
THE WEEDS IN THIS GARDEN I Still: The Journal, Fall 2018
WEDDING DRESS I Looking at Appalachia I Call and Response, Fall 2018
BASEMENT I Rise Up Review, Summer 2018
ILLUMINATION I Rise Up Review, Winter 2018
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MINE, ONCE REMOVED I Still :The Journal, volume 24, Summer 2017
OH YOU WOMAN OF APPALACHIA I The American Journal of Poetry, volume 3, 2017
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