My Lifeblood
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"cupid. shoot me. shoot me everywhere."
— excerpt from my poem “tell me i’m pretty,” selected by US Poet Laureate Billy Collins for Fish Publishing.
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"i hold myself the way jesus gripped the table, scanning the landscape of hunger."
— excerpt from my 1st place poem “teeth,” selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Diane Seuss for Quarter After Eight.
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"i want breathing to stay away from me."
— excerpt from my poem “bones arched like flowers,” selected by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dorianne Laux for December Magazine.