PUBLICATIONS

Winner of the North Carolina Writers' Network 2024 Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize. Judge Logen Cure said, “I chose this poem because it stuck with me after first reading it. It is unmistakably North Carolinian, with its setting in Swain County and gorgeous depiction of ‘old / mountain offerings / to the dead.’ I was struck by the use of ‘holy’ as a verb in the opening, and I have continued to consider the questions in the second stanza: ‘How, after all, / can grief be / a thing graspable? / Or holy be / a thing held?’ The closing lines of this poem do not neatly resolve these questions; rather, the speaker offers a moment of connection, reflecting the complex reality of grief.”

Night Owl Dreams Woman

The Sunlight Press

As I Go Blind I See / Each Macular Hole is an Hourglass in My Eye / Communion with Orange

Please See Me

Prayer Walker’s Tongue

Kakalak, 2023. p. 100

The Holy Ghost is God the Woman who Comes with Tongue of Fire

Gyroscope Review, Summer 2023, p. 47

Dandelion Girl

Tiny Seed Literary Journal

Woman, Transformed to Bird, Flower, and Song

The Clayjar Review

Fire My Clay to Cup

Amethyst Review

The Annunciation of a Dying Woman

Amethyst Review

Snakeberry Mama

Kakalak, 2022, p. 121

A Plate of Sea by Cienfuegos, City of Hungry Corners

The Main Street Rag, Vol 27, Number 1, Winter 2022, p. 18

Hungry Love Seeks Dressy Dimestore Woman

Broad River Review, Vol. 53, 2021, p. 69, finalist for Broad River Review Rash Award in Poetry

Aunt Lil’s Crazy Quilt

Kakalak, 2022, p. 101

After the Yard Sale

County Lines: A Literary Journal, Vol 8, Franklin County Arts Council Writers Guild, 2021, p. 84

Her Kitchen Hands Make Love

Pinesong, Katherine Kennedy McIntyre Light Verse Award, 2nd Place, North Carolina Poetry Society, Vol 57, 2021, p. 21

October Hands

The Fourth River

Woman-Tied Knots, Sichuan, 1986

North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 88, Numbers 1/2 Spring/Summer 2021, University of Nebraska Press, 2021, p. 40

Serenity Prayer, Old Chapel Cemetery

North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 88, Numbers 1/2 Spring/Summer 2021, University of Nebraska Press, 2021, p. 41

They Call Me Crone, But I Know I’m An Old Woman Seizing Her Power

Gyroscope Review, Crone Power Issue, Issue 21-4, Fall 2021, p. 10. Nominated for Pushcart Prize in Poetry; also published in Gyroscope Review Year-End Anthology, 2021, p. 187

Heirloom Tomatoes

Kakalak, 2020, p. 62.

A SAMPLING OF STORIES

Place in My Poetry: An Essay

Catholic Literary Arts Newsletter, May 2025

Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

moonShine Review, Vol. 20, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2024, pps. 3-6

Nominated for Pushcart Prize in Fiction

From Mudville to Joy Ville

Now or Never: The Personal Story Publishing Project

Peach Skin Letters

50-Word Stories

Stir-Fried Bee Chrysalis and the Soul Stories of Bright Beaded Hats

Sooner or Later: The Personal Story Publishing Project

The Bead Collector’s Memories

The Petrigru Review

Swept by Two Birds and a Rose

Braided Way

When Pigs Fly in Knotweed County,

County Lines: a Literary Journal, Vol. 11, Franklin County Arts Council and the Carolina Piedmont Writers’ Guild, 2023, pps. 8-15, Awarded Honorable Mention for Carolina Prize for Writing

Devil’s Footprint on My Chin: The Great Awakening of Iris Blue Luckadoo Bivens

Hard to Find: An Anthology of New Southern Gothic, ed., Meredith Janning, Stephen F. Austin State University Press (SFASU Press), Nacogdoches, TX, distributed by Texas A&M Consortium, pps. 111-117. Finalist for the 2023 Doris Betts Fiction Prize sponsored by NC Writers' Network

A Well-Dressed Woman and Her Good Luck Go-Go Boots

moonShine Review, Spring/Summer 2022, pps. 13-16

Doll Clothes for Jesus

moonShine Review, Fall/Winter 2022, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pps. 39-44

Holding Hands with Angels

Curious Stuff: The Personal Story Publishing Project

Bride of Wild

The Petigru Review

Nominated for Best Short Fiction

Capers in the Covent and a Sinner's Surprise

Twists & Turns: The Personal Story Publishing Project

Polka Dots & Yellow Teeth