Lantern Tree: New Poem up at The Journal

Check out my newly published poem “Lantern Tree” in the summer 2019 issue of The Journal. You can see, read or listen to it here: http://thejournalmag.org/archives/17374. I wrote this poem in late November 2008 for David Owen Kent, aka Deva, shortly after his passing that same month. (I didn’t start submitting poems to lit mags Read More

Poetry Debut in The Southern Review

The summer 2019 issue of The Southern Review, in which I make my poetry debut, is out! I couldn’t ask for a better or more appropriate home for my poems “Blue Sailors” and “Les bleuets,” which bear a connection to Baton Rouge, the birthplace of my late husband, Patrick. Special thanks to Jessica Faust for Read More