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Category: Writing
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Excited to see three of my erasures at manywor(l)ds today!
Excited to see my haiku “finding the prank googly eyes” show up at Haikuniverse today!
My poem “Signal Flares” just appeared in Blue Unicorn.
Arrived in the mail yesterday! I am the featured poet.
Look what just arrived! My story can also be read here.
50-Word Stories has published my micro “The Farmer.”
I just signed a book contract with Inanna Publications!
My copy of The Orchards Poetry Journal, with my poem “Sealed in Nectar” (pdf, p.119) just arrived.
My poem “Sealed in Nectar” just appeared in The Orchards Poetry Journal.