Publications

Print:

Essays:
“Back to Birmingham: Three Poets Remember the 16^th Street Church Bombing.” Living Legacies: Literary Responses to the Civil Rights Movement. Editor, Laura Dubek, Routledge, 2018

“A Walk in the Dark.” Echoes Across the Blue Ridge: Stories: Essays and Poems by Writers Living in and Inspired by the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Editor, Nancy Simpson. Winding Path Press, 2010.

Poems:
“On Defining Love” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression.
“Pillow Talk” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression.
“Tambourine” – Raw Journal of Arts, Issue 2.
“The Truth Is” – Raw Journal of Arts, Issue 2.
“Whole” – Raw Journal of Arts, Issue 2.
“Lynching Selfie” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression. (pg 9) Winner Creative Expression Award: Poetry
“Birthday Party” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression. (pg 22)
“Bless Our Hearts”  – The Nashville Arts Magazine. (pg 79)
“Consider the Source” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression. (pg 24)
“Manna” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression. (pg. 28)
“Cataclysm of the Moon” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression. (pg 26)
“Six” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression. (pg 31)
“A Good Day to Die” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression. (pg. 32)
“Gramma’s Kitchen” – Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression (pg. 32), Winner Creative Expression Award: Poetry

Books: – available for purchase through Amazon.

Graceful Storm: Poems for the Journey of Becoming (2014) is a collection of poems exploring my ability to trust my own journey, especially in those times when it doesn’t make any sense, when I can’t see three inches in front of me and when giving up seems like the only answer. It explores the understanding that darkness is simply the absence of illumination.

 

 

I had a dream, a vision really, about living deep in the jungle with the Jaguars; learning from them, communing with them, taking what they are teaching me and bringing it to the world. That place feels like home, like where I’m supposed to be, so I meditated on that place, working energetically with the Jaguars, and journaled those experiences. The Jaguar Diaries (2014) is a collection of excerpts from those journal entries.

 

 

Echoes Across the Blue Ridge: Stories, Essays and Poems by Writers Living in and Inspired by the Southern Appalachian Mountains (2010), published by Winding Path Publishing. Edited by Nancy Simpson. I am honored to be a contributing author to this anthology with an essay titled A Walk In The Dark.  All proceeds from the sale of this beautiful volume go to support the North Carolina Writers Network West.  Purchase your copy by contacting NetWest or searching on Amazon.

 

Voices In My Heart (2007) is a collection of sacred poetry born from my extremely personal journey of self-discovery.  Each title explores a truth at the heart of my soul as I take one small step after another.  Although the journey is far from over, this collection explores the first steps on what is sure to be a magical unfolding. Published through Pure Heart Press, this volume is much bigger than its slim 41 pages.