My Work Existing Out There in the World

  • "cupid. shoot me. shoot me everywhere."

    — excerpt from my poem “tell me i’m pretty” selected by Billy Collins for Fish Publishing.

  • "incredible. how stunning life becomes when you suck at ending it."

    — excerpt from my poem “won’t you celebrate with me” after Lucille Clifton. Published on Poets.org as winner of a 2021 Academy of American Poets Prize.

  • "return the sin back to god return the sin back to god"

    — excerpt from my poem “unsavage the boy,” published by Verse Daily.