2010s · All the Tiny Anchors · Poetry · Unanchored

Sharon as Segue

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We had a talk after our first real date
I used Sharon Olds’s Gold Cell as segue
poems of damage and fracture
told like a spy from war.
I needed you to know
enough to understand
enough to get why.
Before I shed my clothes
I had to untie those secrets
to lay them out across our laps.
Feet up on the coffee table
I had to look away as I always do
and tell you
how damaged I was
how broken my heart had been
before I ever saw it coming.
How it wouldn’t be personal
how it wouldn’t be about you
how I carried this weight all my life
how I didn’t know if I could rest it.
You sat stone quiet
arm across my shoulders
you kissed my hair
locking your knees under mine.

Originally published in Carnival: Black, White, and Coffee and also part of All the Tiny Anchors.

San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly
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San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly

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SGVPQ 62Always honored to share pages with poets in my community. I am very excited to have my poem, “Reef of Clouds” be included in San Gabriel Valley Poertry Quarterly, Issue 62 Spring 2014, with 38 other poets, including Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Marie Lecrivain, and Don Kingfisher Campbell. I will get to read with these lovely people on Saturday, May 31st between 3-5 pm, at the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd.

2014 · Publications

East Jasmine Review Volume 2 Issue 1

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East Jasmine Review V.2.1The newest issue of East Jasmine Review is available now! I have three poems in this issue, “Words in Stone and Liquid”, “The Truth of My Skin”, and “The First Her”. I am honored to share these pages with some of my favorite poets, Charlotte San Juan, Clifton Snider, John Brantingham, Mary Torregrossa, Thomas R. Thomas, Elmast Kozloyan, and K. Andrew Turner! Over 100 pages of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in three eco-friendly formats: Kindle, ePub, and PDF for the low cost of $4.50!

The first two poems of mine will also be in my upcoming collection, All the Tiny Anchors.

2014 · Publications

Disorder: Mental Illness and Its Affects

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DisorderThumbNailCover  I am very excited to share this anthology I am honored to be a part of. Two of my poems, “White Sandals” and “Skin As Thick As Walruses“, are in the pages of this collection of poems about living with and around mental illness. The 140 page book is available through Amazon or through the Red Dashboard bookstore.

Anchors (Poetry with Music) · Recordings · The Unnamed Algorithm

Skin As Thick As Walruses Recording

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img047“Skin As Thick As Walruses”, along with “White Sandals”, is included in the anthology Disorder: Mental Illness and Its Affects published by Red Dashboard now available. I feel extremely honored to be a part of this anthology since this issue is very near to my heart.

Before you buy your very own copy, you can listen to a recording done with BobKat. Bobby Cuff selected music they had prerecorded and without any planning or previewing, we recorded this track in one take. The timing was magical. I hope you will enjoy.

Listen here.

Storm Cycle Anthology
2014 · Publications

Storm Cycle Anthology

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2013 Storm Cycle Cover I am honored to have two poems in Storm Cycle 2013, Best of Kind of a Hurricane Press, “Lies to Tell My Body” and “Viscosity”. You can buy the 450 page anthology at Amazon or download the PDF version for free!

July 9th @ The Ugly Mug!
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July 9th @ The Ugly Mug!

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Doing a feature at The Ugly Mug in the city of Orange on July 9, 2014! Hosted by Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, the reading starts at 8:00 P.M., has a great open reading, and very comfortable atmosphere for a small $3 cover.

261 N. Glassell Ave., Orange, CA  92866

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Plump Tomatoes
2010s · All the Tiny Anchors · Poetry

Plump Tomatoes

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These are the kind of poems
they want us to write,
about black-red birds and the sky
and the plumpness of tomatoes
soft against your tongue,
how it relates to our humanity
and our connection to the eternal.

But I don’t relate to birds
and tomatoes (though I
will eat them endlessly)
do not keep me up at night.
When I am forced to flatten
the pages of my journal,
it’s the calluses on his fingers
how I want to scrape them
scratch his dead skin off
until he forgets me,
but he has already
forgotten me.

 

Originally published on Cadence Collective.

Last Hour of 37
2010s · All the Tiny Anchors · Poetry

Last Hour of 37

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Just before midnight, I lay under
the Palms Springs sky
on silver-blue foam in a
saltwater pool with the edge
of your tongue and curves
of your long fingers pulling
me towards your liberation
of my body from
the taut strings of
my bathing suit
around my neck.

First published in one sentence poems.

Events · Feature Readings

May 10th, 2014

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Poetic Conspirators, Nancy and Sarah, Come to Santa Barbara!

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We are coming to the gorgeous city of Santa Barbara to read poetry. How much happier can we be? If you are in the area, join us for some poetry shenanigans at Granada Books at 1224 State St., Santa Barbara, California 93101, on Saturday, May 10th, from 4pm to 6pm.