IN PROGRESS
CHANGELING: a poetry manuscript-in-progress
This poetry collection-in-progress includes poems of the paranormal, fairy tale, women’s bodies, ghosts, grief, & true crime. These are poems that examine identity & shapeshifting—that interrogate the mask of the ideal feminine as defined & accepted by patriarchal standards and the monstrous, otherworldly female self that is repressed, shamed, & called wrong. This wildness is the dark forest that men fear, where fairy folk can lead you astray—and there is an unbroken thread here connecting directly back to the fear of women—the parts of her that cannot be controlled or suppressed. The parts called “witch” & “creature.” The danger is both within her & in the world around her; and she constantly transforms, changes shape to keep safe or to run wild. The changeling forces us to look at ourselves, warts & all—to love her in all her strangeness & familiarity, in her softness & feral power, as both self & other.
SELECT POEMS ONLINE:
**Coming soon: "Fairywife" in Corvid Queen!
"On Forensic Files, People Think Fire Destroys Everything, But It Doesn't"
"On Forensic Files, Shotgun Shells Open Like Flower Petals"
"Poor Creature"
"Machine as Well-Oiled Girl"
"We Do Our Best Work in the Dark"
"On Forensic Files, Husbands Kill Wives & Wives Kill Husbands"
"They linger in a perpetual dream state."
"Mother as Haunting, as Mourning Dove"
AWARDS & HONORS FOR POEMS & MANUSCRIPT:
“On Forensic Files, Shotgun Shells Open Like Flower Petals” was named a finalist in the 13th Annual Gigantic Sequins Poetry Contest (2024).
"Machine as Well-Oiled Girl" was nominated for Best of the Net 2021 by The Shore.
"Mother as Haunting, as Mourning Dove" was nominated for Best of the Net 2020 by Birdcoat Quarterly.
This poetry collection-in-progress includes poems of the paranormal, fairy tale, women’s bodies, ghosts, grief, & true crime. These are poems that examine identity & shapeshifting—that interrogate the mask of the ideal feminine as defined & accepted by patriarchal standards and the monstrous, otherworldly female self that is repressed, shamed, & called wrong. This wildness is the dark forest that men fear, where fairy folk can lead you astray—and there is an unbroken thread here connecting directly back to the fear of women—the parts of her that cannot be controlled or suppressed. The parts called “witch” & “creature.” The danger is both within her & in the world around her; and she constantly transforms, changes shape to keep safe or to run wild. The changeling forces us to look at ourselves, warts & all—to love her in all her strangeness & familiarity, in her softness & feral power, as both self & other.
SELECT POEMS ONLINE:
**Coming soon: "Fairywife" in Corvid Queen!
"On Forensic Files, People Think Fire Destroys Everything, But It Doesn't"
"On Forensic Files, Shotgun Shells Open Like Flower Petals"
"Poor Creature"
"Machine as Well-Oiled Girl"
"We Do Our Best Work in the Dark"
"On Forensic Files, Husbands Kill Wives & Wives Kill Husbands"
"They linger in a perpetual dream state."
"Mother as Haunting, as Mourning Dove"
AWARDS & HONORS FOR POEMS & MANUSCRIPT:
“On Forensic Files, Shotgun Shells Open Like Flower Petals” was named a finalist in the 13th Annual Gigantic Sequins Poetry Contest (2024).
"Machine as Well-Oiled Girl" was nominated for Best of the Net 2021 by The Shore.
"Mother as Haunting, as Mourning Dove" was nominated for Best of the Net 2020 by Birdcoat Quarterly.