Publications (full list).

Thanking the Barista and Morning After the Election originally appeared in Third Wednesday, Spring 2025.

At the picture window and Elegy in Late September originally appeared in Peninsula Poets, Contest Edition, Poetry Society of Michigan, Fall 2024.

Interwoven and Loggerhead originally appeared in Cardinal Sins, V. 44, Issue 1 (2024).

Among the New Homes and Mansions originally appeared in Peninsula Poets, Poetry Society of Michigan, Spring Issue, 2024.

The Michigan Historical Review. “One Hundred Years after The Yesterdays of Grand Rapids: Looking back on Captain Charles E. Belknap’s Incredible Life and Legacy in West Michigan” (Spring 2024).

Cusping originally appeared in The Taborian, April 1, 2024.

Split Level originally appeared in Product Magazine, University of Southern Mississippi, Issue 38: January 16, 2024.

Stag’s originally appeared in The Candid Review, January 15, 2024.

Looking for a lighter on my 41st birthday, Hearth & Coffin Volume 3, Issue 4 (“Burn”). January 8, 2024.

Yardwork, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Issue #15: Companions, January 2024.

Garden Benediction, Seasonal Road, Snow Day, and Wednesday Vigil first appeared in the anthology, Angels on a Sylvan Road: An Anthological Ode to the Natural World, by MyrtleHaus, March 2024.

Thursday Night at Great Clips and Two Swans at Reeds Lake, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Winter 2023. Additionally, “Two Swans at Reeds Lake” received 2nd place in the 2023 Long Form Poetry Contest held by Nymeria Publishing.

Ordinary Inning, The Twin Bill, Issue Thirteen. October 26, 2023.]

Restoring Notre Dame, in Literaria Magazine, Issue 1: Genus. October 6, 2023.

Reader, to tell you all: Found poems in Charlotte Bronte’s, Jane Eyre. Poetry chapbook from Dancing Girl Press, June 13, 2023.

Review in Great Lakes Review - Gail Griffin’s debut collection, Omena Bay Testament. August 4, 2023.

Bachelorette Party, published in Grand Dame Literary Magazine, August 1, 2023.

Whisper Moment, published in Litbreak Magazine, June 5, 2023.

St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands is forthcoming in Making Waves: a West Michigan Review. Fall 2023.

Close of the Day in Paper Dragon, Volume 5, July 29 2023.

The day after the last school shooting, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Issue #13: These Things We Carry, July 2023.

Flu Shot at Walgreens, Summer Wedding, and Sunday Rest, Qua Literary and Fine Arts Magazine, Winter 2023.

Antique Desk originally appeared in Coffee Ring magazine, Issue 1: Patchwork. November 30, 2023.

An apology to Bertha Mason, first wife of Edward Rochester is forthcoming in the anthology, The Power of the Feminine “I”, 2023.

Piano Lesson, Peninsula Poets, Poetry Society of Michigan, Spring Issue 2023: Volume 80-1.

Tar River Poetry. Silviculture. Spring 2023.

The Good China, Make Truth Matter (Again). January 30, 2023. First place winner of The Honest Storytelling Challenge.

Review in Full Stop Magazine - Emily Stoddard’s debut collection, Divination with a Human Heart Attached. January 13, 2023.

New Note Poetry. Taking out the trash. Winter 2022 issue: January 1, 2023.

Visitor’s Pass originally appeared in Surface Reflections, an anthology published by Lakeshore One, an imprint of Lakeshore Literary Inc., October 2022.

The Drifter and Other Unusual Tales (a community anthology). Psychic Reading. Fall 2022. Pages Promotions.

Vagabond City. Christ at Heart’s Door. Issue 75: September 19, 2022.

Making Waves: a West Michigan Review. Coax the Flame; Confession #68. Fall 2022.

The Lakeshore Review, Issue 1. Forthcoming. The Only Private Place. Spring 2022.

The Orchards Poetry Journal. At the River. June 2022.

Master of Arts. Scantic Books, September 21, 2022.

Teen Years. Third place winner of the Lavender Farm 7th Annual Poetry Contest.

Among the Happy Poets: Theodore Roethke’s Influence in a Time of Disruption. Mad Dogs on the wall. A collection of poetry written as part of the Saginaw Chapbook Project Spring 2022.

Double the Recipe for Poetry—featured on Writer Writer Pants on Fire, a blog by Mindy McGinnis. May 2, 2022.

Peninsula Poets: Poetry Society of Michigan. A Good Confidant. Spring Issue, 2022.

After the 8-Ball. Forthcoming March 16, 2022, from Cornerstone Press, University of Wisconsin—Steven’s Point. Click here to order.

Travelogue. WordView: Art Inspiring Art, an exhibit at the Lowell Arts Gallery in collaboration with Grand Rapids visual artist Benjamin Boss. Exhibition Dates: January 8 – February 19, 2022.

Hyype. Phases. January 16, 2022. Issue 8.

Third Wednesday. Sonnet for 2020; A Mercy; & Grief is an item on a menu I don’t want. Third Wednesday, Autumn 2021 Issue: Volume XIV, Number 4.

Peninsula Poets: Contest Edition. You don’t know. Poetry Society of Michigan, Fall Issue 2021: 78-2. (3rd place, Chancellor’s Prize). Please also click here for a video reading of the poem.

Decameron Writing Series: Cycle Five. Haunted, The River Liffey, and Marginalia. September 2021. Available online here.

The Michigan Historical Review. “Lively Roots: How the Grand Rapids Public Library Found its Footing in the Early Years” (Fall 2021).

Michigan Roots: A Poetry Society of Michigan Anthology. How strangers in Michigan say I love you in a snowstorm. August 28, 2021. Five-year anthology of the Poetry Society of Michigan (PSM)—available here.

Chronicle. Gertrude Weaver. (Summer 2021).

Three Stars. Ghost City Press, Summer Series 2021. Microchap of poetry: June 28, 2021.

Storytwigs. Replay. February 2021 (4th place).

So What to Say to a Bird. Kalamazoo Friends of Poetry, February 2021. State of Michigan winner, Celery City Chapbook Contest.

The Michigan Poet. Coming in from the bonfire. (Summer, 2020).

Chronicle. A Great, Sturdy Soul: The Librarian Lucy Ball. (Spring 2020).

Peninsula Poets. Be Good. Poetry Society of Michigan, Spring Issue 2020: Volume 77-1.

Skinny Vanilla Crisis. (Novel, 282 pages). Atmosphere Press. July 1, 2020.

Mothers Always Write (“Family Tree,” published Feb. 24, 2020).

Michigan History, volume 104, number 1 (January/February 2020). Profile of Charles E. Belknap.

The 3288 Review. After a Party. Volume 5, Issue 2. Autumn 2019 (published by Caffeinated Press).

Porch Light to the Longshoreman (August 29, 2019). Poetry chapbook, Finishing Line Press.

Peninsula Poets. Reeds Lake. Poetry Society of Michigan, Spring Issue 2019: 76-1.

Open Palm Print. Milk Door. Issue 9, February 2019.

Induction: poems for my new daughter (March 2, 2018). Poetry chapbook, Finishing Line Press.

Root systems. Event: July 17, 2018: Ekphrastic Poetry Exhibition with Fountain Street Church & the Richard App Gallery. Poem “Root Systems.”

Cardinal Sins (2016), V. 36, Issue 1. Flash Fiction: “In Tandem.” Winner of the "Resolve" Flash Fiction Contest.

Peninsula Poets: Contest Edition. Lullaby. Poetry Society of Michigan, Fall Issue 2016: 73-2.

Write Michigan 2016 Anthology, March 2016. Fiction: “Fifth Circle.” (Readers’ Choice winner, 1st place.)

Red Cedar Review (2006), V. 41. Creative Non-fiction: “Not Walls but Shelves”; Poem: “Minus my Mother”

The Offbeat: Collecting Glances: a literary collection (2005). Poem: “Minus my Mother”; Fiction (excerpted): “The Only Private Place.”

The Offbeat: Eschew Obfuscation, a literary collection (2003). Poems: “An Exodus”; “It’s Not You”; “Beneath My Bedroom Door”; “For My Father.