Two poems in Bicoastal Review
My poems “when asked why I will never be poet laureate of [redacted]” and “no” appear in the latest issue of Bicoastal Review . Both poems are accompanied by a reading. Read Here
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Two Poems in Jacket2's William Blake Folio
Two poems from Promises to Keep — “self-fulfilling” and “the prophet laments his colleagues”— appear in Jacket2’s “The imagination is not a state”: A folio in honor of William Blake, edited by K Prevallet. These two poems are drawn from Promises to Keep (Wayfarer Books, 2026): a narrative in persona poems voicing the words of The Prophet, who lives in our present socio-political realities but is…
"waking with nightmares" published in Vita Poetica
“The Hypocrites address Dante,” Gustave Dore [ Dante's Inferno ] "waking with nightmares" written after a section of G.K. Chesterton’s book The Everlasting Man and is now published in Vita Poetica along with a reading of the poem . It’s a little dark, but that’s kind of the point. . .
“…it is not the stones, / But the child’s mound—" nominated for a Best of the Net
“…it is not the stones, / But the child’s mound—" (which is a golden shovel from Robert Frost’s “Home Burial”) was nominated for a Best of the Net by Flight: A Literary Sampler Read Here
“Reach out your hand…” [CNF] published in Southern Humanities Review
"Reach out your hand..." is a nonfiction piece which braids Caravaggio's painting The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Elizabeth Ohlson Wallin's photo The Doubter, sexuality and gender identity, theology, basic survival, and high school hallways, all while Nickel Creek's "Doubting Thomas" plays in the background. Very proud to have it appear in Southern Humanities Review.
Two Poems in 88 Unashamed Black Mental Health Stories (A Blacklandia Anthology)
My two poems “response time” & “Death Still Checks in on Me” (after a poem by the wonderful and talented Maya Williams) appear in 88 Unashamed Black Mental Health Stories (A Blacklandia Anthology).
Review of Promises to Keep from New England Literary News
Faith, love, and anger in Matthew E. Henry’s new collection “The day of reckoning / has arrived,” writes Matthew E. Henry in his new collection, Promises To Keep (Wayfarer). That day is each day, and this book serves as a reckoning itself, with the contradictions, the inequity, the many and varied iterations of violence and hate. Wrath and love hold hands in these poems, many of them voiced by a…
“tohu va-vohu" published in Plough
“tohu va-vohu” exists at the intersection of a Biblical creation narrative and the destruction of Black communities. It’s now published in Plough Quarterly Read Here
Voices in Verse Coffee House (NHCSB May 19, 2026)
Two video clips from my reading at The Voices in Verse Poetry Coffee House at New Heights Charter School of Brockton on May 19, 2026. “Lady Daedalus” was first published in my chapbook Dust & Ashes (Californios Press, 2020). “reflection” was first published in The Decolonial Passage and nominated for a Best of the Net. Both are ekphrastic poems included in my forthcoming collection Selling the…
Three poems and an Essay in Public School Poetry
I am excited to have three poems published in Public School Poetry , a litmag with a really cool style: accepted work is accompanied by a “five paragraph essay” (interpreted broadly/wildly) by another accepted author. Thus, my three poems— “J.B. sings a new song,” “a simple misunderstanding,” & “an open letter to the white woman offended by my use of ‘The N-word’”. — is accompanied by an essay by…