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I’m excited to announce:

My book was released with Beyond the Veil Press in June 2024, Order HERE!

Finalist in Lucky Jefferson Summer Prose & Poetry Contest!
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WINNER OF THE 2017 WILD WOMEN OF POETRY SLAM IN LEXINGTON, KY!!!

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As Seen on Button Poetry

Check out How Best to Say Body, performed at the National Poetry Slam in Decatur, GA in 2016. The room was small but packed with poets & poetry lovers alike. The crowd was the greatest source of energy, just listen to them! This video was chosen among many other greats by Button Poetry during their first ever video contest, though not as a winner or runner up. They simply saw something special in this performance and opted to share. This video has been selected for Best of Button more than once with over 20,000 views! 

We are still learning over here! Our next Study Circle is going down this TODAY at 3PM Eastern. If you don't know where to start, no worries, I've got a resource doc to help you out! ⁠ ⁠ You can read a book, check out an article, research, watch vide
This quote was pulled from an Interview that Ada Limón did back in 2022. In it, she says "I love the story of Siddhartha, the story of the bodhisattva, when the Buddha was on his meditation under the bodhi tree and before he became the Bu
This time last month, we kicked off Camp Write Start: Harvest Week! Missing everyone who showed up to write, share poems, dive into arts and crafts, set goals, and just be present with us. It was a time of pure abundance, and I came out the other sid
Curious about The Ribcage poetic form? 🤔 ⁠ ⁠ Created by Athena Liu, the Ribcage is a 24-line form that alternates between 12-syllable lines and single-syllable words in brackets. As you write, you’re building both a poem and a hidden “sp