PUBLICATIONS

2023 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE WOMEN: FIVE DECADES OF SEEING by Irene Young, early 2023, "Water"

2022
OBERON POETRY JOURNAL, fall issue, "On Living"
MARIN POETRY JOURNAL ANTHOLOGY, fall issue, "Not Everything On My Fork Makes It To My Mouth"
CROSSWINDS POETRY JOURNAL, spring issue, "I'll Be the Bird"

2021 
MARIN POETRY CENTER ANTHOLOGY, "Safety in Numbers"

2020 
MARIN POETRY ANTHOLOGY, December issue, "Enough"
ORIGAMI POEMS PROJECT ANTHOLOGY OF KINDNESS, "Brian Eno & the Buddha"
SLANT POETRY JOURNAL, "Provincetown in Summer"
STREETLIGHT MAGAZINE, "Marco Polo and Once the Thunder Stops"
FROMWHISPERSTOROARS.COM, "Ice"

2019 
POEM, June issue, "Warning Lights" and "Safety in Numbers"
STONEWALL’S LEGACY ANTHOLOGY, June issue, "Poem that Took 40 Years" (Pt. 1), and "Ash"
WEST TRADE REVIEW, June issue, Where the Frigid Water Shifts

 

HONORS & AWARDS

2020 Third Place and Pushcart Nomination, Origami Poems Project,
Anthology of Kindness. "Brian Eno & the Buddha"

2020 Finalist, Joy Harjo Award, "Soldierettes in Our Parents' War"
2019 Finalist, Joy Harjo Award, "Preemie"

2019 Finalist, Sunspot Lit, "Magnets"

2018 Finalist, Hunger Mountain Ruth Stone Poetry Prize, "Safety in Numbers" 

2015 Finalist, Peseroff Prize, UMass., Boston: "Underbelly of the False Ballet"

2015 Shortlisted, Rubery International First Book Award, "Boxing Without Gloves"

2014 Semi-Finalist, Joy Harjo Award, Cutthroat Journal: "Water," "Safety in Numbers" and "Marco Polo"

2014-present, “Most read literary piece in the history of A & U Magazine,” according to editor, Michael Needle:"Triptych for Christopher"

Latest Release

My new book, Drawing Words is available through Finishing Line Press. 
DRAWING WORDS is a poetic journey through the childhood of two sisters who grew up amid severe domestic violence and alcoholism, and the strong lifelong bond they forged.

All Three Volumes
Now Available!

My new books, ISOLATION JOURNAL-VOLUMES ONE, TWO and THREE, are available through BookBaby.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers. In an attempt to stay connected, both to the outside world after months in isolation with my dog Blanca—and to my sense of humor during these crazy & scary times— I began this collection of poetry, musings, political commentary & quirky wordplay, and I’m very happy to share it with you. 

MORE PUBLICATIONS

2018
ROANOKE REVIEW, December issue, "Imagine"
VOICE OF EVE, November issue, "Because," "The Bird" and "Two Rosaries & A Pair of Shoes"
MARIN POETRY CENTER ANTHOLOGY, September issue, "A to Z"
MUDFISH, June issue, "Sage"
POEM, May issue, "Hunger" and "The Library"
RIGHT HAND POINTING, May issue, "The Set Up" and "After Fifty Years"

2017
POET LORE, October issue, "March 30, 2016"
WCAI CAPE COD POETRY SUNDAY, September issue, "Integration"
FRESHWATER LITERARY JOURNAL, May Issue, "Turning Around"

2016
BREAKWATER REVIEW, September issue, "Underbelly of the False Ballet"
APOGEE JOURNAL/QUEER FOLIO, June issue, "Ash"
CALYX JOURNAL, March issue, "A to Z"

2014
FINISHING LINE PRESS  "Boxing Without Gloves" chapbook Click to Buy
A & U MAGAZINE, January issue, "Triptych for Christopher"