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Forthcoming...

  • "Metamorphosis" - BFS Horizons, forthcoming in Issue 20, June 2026.

Just released...

  • "Daughters" - Write City Ezine, June 28, 2026.
  • "Clickbait" - Write City Ezine, June 28, 2026.
  • "An Ode to Beets" - Write City Ezine, June 28, 2026.
  • "In another line of time" - Canadian Literature, June 2026.
  • "Lost" - The Write City Review, Volume 5, in association with Eckhartz Press, June 2026.
  • "Like Mother, Like Daughter" - Off Topic Publishing, April 22, 2026. Honorable mention in the March 2026 poetry contest.
  • "The Path to Peace" - A Poem a Day, Alexandra Writers' Centre (AWCS), April 8, 2026.
  • "drought" - Stroll of Poets Anthology, March 15, 2026.
    • Winner of the Donn Goodwin Prize.

  • "Accomplishing" - Dancing Elephants Press
  • "Advice" - Star*Line /// The Lark
  • "After Moving On" - Dancing Elephants Press /// Vocal
  • ​"After the Apocalypse" - Devilfish Review /// The Lark /// Vocal
    • ​Runner-up in Smooth challenge
  • "Animal Crackers" - The Lark
  • "Anthem For Humanity" - Dancing Elephants Press /// Intelligence Artificial V/S Human
  • "Assimilation" - AFTERMATH: Explorations of Loss & Grief anthology, Radix Media /// The Lark
    • Received a Pushcart Prize nomination
  • "As Time Erodes" - Vocal
  • "At Home" - Third Estate Art presents Quaranzine
  • "Avoiding Bad Boyfriends Like the Plague" - The Haven
  • "The Awakening of Oceans" - Vocal
    • ​Runner-up in Light Breaks Water challenge
  • "Becoming a Mom" - Vocal
  • "The Best Poem Ever Written" - The Haven
  • "The Best Show" - Vocal
  • ​"Beyond" - Literary Yard /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • ​"Blindly" - Poetry Quarterly /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • ​"Bloody Ink" - Blood on the Floor: How Writers Survive Rejection anthology, Cairn Press /// Medium
  • "Breaking Bread" - The Lark
  • "The Breakup" - Vocal
    • ​Runner-up in Dialogue Poetry challenge
  • "Capturing Flight" - Vocal
  • "Cataclysm" - Dreams & Nightmares
  • "Catnap" - The Lark
  • "Chains of History" - Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag
  • "Choir of Ice" - Vocal
    • ​Second place in Frosted Verse challenge.
  • "Conflations of US" - Politically Speaking
  • "Confused" - Reader's Abode /// The Haven /// ScribesMICRO /// Vocal
  • "The Cost of a Dime" - Yellow Arrow Journal: RENASCENCE, Vol. VI, No. 1 /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • "Countdown of Perspective" - Vocal
  • "The Cretaceous Terror of Insects" - Morning Musings Magazine /// Vocal
  • "The Cure" - Pseudo Mag /// Morning Musings Magazine
  • "The Cut of Canada" - Medium
  • "Divo" - The Lark /// Vocal
  • “A door through the crevice of which the moonshine peeps in” - Vocal
    • ​Runner-up in The Sonnet of Shadows challenge
  • "Dual" - Dancing Elephants Press /// The Mind Matrix Model: How to understand your mind and improve your quality of life
  • "Eater of Dreams" - Mirror Dance /// Morning Musings Magazine /// Vocal
  • "Electric" - The Literary Hatchet /// Reader's Abode /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • "Embracing Morning" - Morning Musings Magazine /// Vocal
  • "En Garde" - Dancing Elephants Press
  • "The End of Seasons" - Morning Musings Magazine
  • "The End of the Argument" - Vocal
  • "Escape" - The Shortform
  • "Even Broken Clocks" - Vocal
  • "Fading" - Vocal
    • ​Honorable Mention in Instructions for Disappearing challenge
  • "Falling" - Medium /// Vocal
  • "Falling Under the Sun" - Vocal
  • "Final Draft" - Write City Magazine /// Medium
  • "First Kiss" - Vocal
  • "Frog" - Three Line Poetry, Issue 56
  • "From Apocalypse to Zombie" - The Haven /// Vocal
  • "From Stars Born on Earth" - Bewildering Stories /// Morning Musings Magazine /// Vocal
  • "Going to Grandma’s for Christmas" - The Lark /// Vocal
  • "Grandmother's Words" - Literary Yard /// Morning Musings Magazine
  • "The Grief of Night" - The Storyteller’s Vault
  • "Growing Into It" - Vocal
    • Honorable Mention in Roots and Branches challenge
  • "Growing Up" - Vocal
  • "Grumbles" - Stroll of Poets Anthology /// Bewildering Stories, issue 1101
  • "Guilty" - The Haven
  • "The Harvest of Dragon Eyes" - Circumference (Issue 4) /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • "Harvest Samba" - Vocal
  • ​​"Hate" - Elephants Never /// Morning Musings Magazine
  • "Haunted" - Vocal
  • "Having a Deep and Meaningful Conservation" - The Lark
  • "The Hills Have Haiku" - Writers' Blokke
  • "Him" - Vocal
  • "Holidays" - Morning Musings Magazine
  • "Homemade Holidays" - Vocal
  • ​"Impact" - 50-Word Stories /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • ​"Interruptions" - formercactus /// ​Wordsmiths’ Weekly
  • "It Could Have Happened" - Vocal
  • "It’s a Dog’s Life" - The Lark /// Vocal
    • Runner-up in Extraterrestrial challenge
  • "I Wish It Were" - Off Topic Publishing
    • ​Honorable mention in the November 2025 poetry contest
  • "The Lantern" - Vocal
  • ​"lemures" - Plum Tree Tavern /// Morning Musings Magazine /// Vocal
  • "Lessons" - Third Estate Art presents Quaranzine
  • "Liquid" - Vocal
    • ​Runner-up in Full Moon challenge
  • "Littoral" - The 5th Annual E.H.P. Barnard Poetry Prize
    • Highly commended
  • "Living Turquoise" - Vocal
  • "Lost" - Write City Ezine
  • "Lost Under a Golden Song" - Polar Borealis Magazine /// Vocal
  • "Lucky Number Seven" - The Mark Literary Review /// The Lark /// ScribesMICRO
  • "A Menu Proposal" - Reader's Abode /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • "The Mirror" - The Lark
  • "Morning Mantras" - Literary Yard /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • ​"Morning Ritual" - The Wild Umbrella
    • Interview with the editor, Julian Kanagy
    • Finalist for Best of the Net 2025.
  • "Muddied Waters" - Vocal
    • ​​Runner-up in Blue Haiku challenge
  • "New" - Mothers Always Write /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • "NFS" - Star*Line
  • "No" - Vocal
  • "Observation" - Vocal
  • "The Ocean’s Farewell" - The Lark
  • "On the Edge of Catastrophe" - Vocal
  • ​"On the Wing" - Grain Magazine, issue 51.4
  • "Once Upon a Bar" - The Lark /// Vocal
  • "One Second" - The Fear of Monkeys /// The Lark
  • "The Perfect Day" - Sylvia Magazine /// ScribesMICRO /// Vocal
  • ​"A Poem for the Unpoetical" - The Lark /// Vocal
  • "A Poem of Appreciation" - Dancing Elephants Press
  • "The Price" - Vocal
  • "The Promise" - The Lark
  • "Reconstructing Strongholds" - The Lark
  • "Remembering Life After Death" - Six Feet Apart: The Writers Group Anthology /// Dancing Elephants Press /// Vocal
    • ​Runner-up in Identity challenge
  • "Rituals of Sunrise & Sleep" - Dancing Elephants Press
  • "Queer Brides at the Altar" - Prism & Pen
  • "Searching For My Roots" - The Haven /// ScribesMICRO
  • "the season's final act" - Vocal
  • "A Sense of Self" - Medium /// Vocal
  • "Shared" - Down in the Dirt (online) /// Legacy: Down in the Dirt, vol 167 /// Morning Musings Magazine
  • "Shifting" - Vocal
  • "Silk Road Legacy" - Vocal
  • "A Sip of Light" - Morning Musings Magazine
  • "Social Media & Me" - The Haven
  • "A Song of Scotland" - Circumference (Issue 4) /// The Lark
  • "Sphinxes and Daughters" - Down in the Dirt (online) /// Legacy: Down in the Dirt, vol 167 /// Morning Musings Magazine
  • "Stereotype Secrets" - Morning Musings Magazine
  • "Styx and Stones" - The Lark
  • "Sun-Death" - The Gunpowder Review /// The Lark /// Vocal
  • "Surpassed" - Medium /// Vocal
  • "Swimming Against the Tide" - The Lark /// Vocal
    • ​​Runner-up in Villanelle challenge
  • "The Things We Know" - The Lark /// Vocal
  • "A Thousand Words" - Morning Musings Magazine
  • "Three Thousand Miles" - Vocal
  • "Thumbs" - Abyss & Apex /// The Lark
  • "Tinged" - Defenestration /// The Haven /// Vocal
  • "To Be & To Become" - Dancing Elephants Press
  • "Torn Cocoon" - Write City Magazine
  • "Turning" (poem 1) - Vocal
  • "Turning" (poem 2) - Vocal
  • "Two-Cat Town" - The Mark Literary Review /// Morning Musings Magazine /// ScribesMICRO
  • "Umami Crackers" - Morning Musings Magazine
    • ​Runner-up in Snacktime Sonata challenge
  • "Undone" - Abyss & Apex /// Morning Musings Magazine
  • "A War of Roses" - The Lark
  • "Warmth" - Vocal
  • "A Warning to Prometheus" - Literary Yard /// The Lark
  • "Waxing & Waning" - Vocal
    • Honorable Mention in Letters to the Moon challenge
  • "We Fell" - The Lark
  • "We Never Said" - Illumination
  • "Winter Snooze" - Morning Musings Magazine
  • "A Woman's Perspective" - Vocal
  • "You" - Vocal
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