2025
“Tribute to Leonard Cohen.” (2025). Young Ravens Review.
“Luiza’s Heart, Luiza’s Kitchen.” (2025). Al Dente: Food Narratives.
“Neonatal Love.” (May 2025). AS-Freshwater.
“Living with Cancer in My Bones,” “How to Break a Heart,” and “A Different Type of Hunger Keeps Me Here.” (January 2025). The Listening Eye.
“Open Heart.” (January 2025). First Literary Review.
“When All is Cold.” (January 2025). Deep Overstock Soups & Stews.
“A Curvy World.” (January 1, 2025). Corvus Review.
2024
“Kindred Spirits.” (2024). Hot Pot Magazine.
“Man With a Paddle.” (2024). The Taborian.
“Future Writer.” (2024). Sunhous Review.
“I went down to hear.” (December 21, 2024). Brown Bag Online.
“What I Believe In.” (December 21, 2024.) Beach Chair Press.
“Amongst the Trees.” (December 2024). The Pan Haiku Review.
“Nestled,” “Our Temporary Universe,” and “Tantric Acquaintance.” (December 13, 2024). Sensual Diaries.
“The Journey Home.” (November 2024). Bare Hill Review.
“Teas Drip.” (November 2024). First Literary Review-East.
“The Literary Bubble.” (November 2024.) Hare’s Paw Literary Review.
“No Plans for Tomorrow.” (October 17, 2024). Dark Winter Literary.
“Zen Thoughts,” and “Lonely Death.” (October 4, 2024). Quail Bell Magazine.
“Wanting.” (October 1, 2024). Pineberry Literary Journal.
“My Grandchildren’s Eyes.” and “Beginnings.” (September 16, 2024). Sparks of Calliope.
“Me the Oak Tree.” (September 13, 2024). LIGHT (Light4ph) Blog.
“Life Journey.” (August 19, 2024). Bluebird Scribe’s Review.
“There are None.” (August 10, 2024). Random Sample Review. Issue 10.
“Message to My Grandchildren.” (August 2024). Bronze Bird Books: Love Anthology.
“Sweet Wonder.” (August 2024). Young Ravens Literary Review.
“Wishing Well.” (July 2024). Literary Cocktail Magazine.
“Need a Poem.” (July 31, 2024). Rainy Weather Days. (Nominated for ‘Best of the Net’).
“Magic Realistic Lunch.” (July 7, 2024). Elysium Review.
“Sweet Wonder.” (June 2024). Ibbetson Street. Issue #55.
“Soho at 4 A.M.,” and “Bubbly Truths.” (June 2024). Anomaly Poetry: Rituals Theme.
“Magic Realistic Lunch.” (2024). HerWords.
“My Childhood Fear.” (May 16, 2024). Ephemeral Elegies.
“Displaced Watermelons.” (May 15, 2024). MockingOwl Roost: Poetry Special 2024 Issue #2.
“Dampened Creativity,” and “Shrink Talk.” (Spring/Summer 2024). The Stray Branch.
“Excavation.” (May 1, 2024). Aureation Zine.
“Our Hands.” (April 23, 2024). Afterpoetry.com.
“Where is Heaven to You.” (April 18, 2024). Scarlet Dragonfly. Issue 24.
“Your Scent.” (April 15, 2024). MockingOwl Roost: Joy Issue.
“Hummingbird Flutters.” (April 2024). Red Wolf Leaflet. Volume 47.
“Hope.” (March 2024). MockingOwl Roost: Poetry Special 2024 Issue.
“The Trigger,” and “Windows.” (March 19, 2024). Ink in Thirds.
“Hoping.” (March 2024). Amethyst Review.
“Between Love and Fear,” and “Five Kitchen Poems.” (March 2024). Verse-Virtual.
“Rose Bush.” (2024). Linked Verse. Issue 2: Vol. I.
“Storms.” (February 2024). The Bluebird Word.
“Wisdom 65,” “Our History,” “Calling Ancestors ,” “What Death Teaches Us,” and “The Jewels of My Creation.” (January 2024). The Mobile Library/Aerogramme Center.
“Fortune Cookie.” (Winter 2024). Remington Review.
“Yearning.” (January 19, 2024). Ulu Review.
“Mourning Before Death.” (January 2024). Young Ravens Literary Review. Issue 19.
Archived Poems: 2023 “Patterns of Our Lives.” (December 30, 2023). Intangience Magazine. “Before You.” (December 26, 2023). Paper Dragon Journal. “Holiday Refrain.” (December 24, 2023). MockingOwl Roost Blog. “Dog Rituals.” (December 22, 2023). Drip Lit Magazine. “The Jacaranda.” (November 2023). Leaf: Journal of Daily Haiku. “Not on Demand.” (November 2023). Lock Raven Review. Vol. 19. “A Hummingbird Hymn,” “The Day You Saved My Life,” “The Secrets I Carry,” and “A Child’s Fear.” (November 3, 2023). The Mindful Word. “The Typewriter.” (2023). inScribe. “Pink Petals,”“Spiritual Practice,” “What We Notice,” and “In The Eye.” (2023). Alchemy and Miracles Anthology. Gilbert and Hall Press. “The Typewriter.” (September 25, 2023). Hyacinth Review. “In Last Night’s Dream,” and “Laughter at Esalen.” (2023). Quarter Press: Weirder Still Issue. “Life Line.” (Summer 2023). Shift: The Journal of Literary Oddities. “She Told Me Her Secret,” and “Telepathic Messages.” (August 9, 2023). Quail Bell Magazine. “Mourning My Dog’s Passing.” (Summer 2023). Remington Review. “United By Metal.” (July 2023). Deep Overstock. Issue 21. ROMANCE. “Early Morning Musings,” “Hairy Shyness,” “In My Imaginary World,” and “Muse On My Back.” (June 22, 2023). The RavensPerch. “An Immigrant’s Daughter.” (June 7, 2023). Immigration Diaries. “The Past.” (June 2023). Verse-Virtual. “A Meditation on Death.” (May 29, 2023). Ephemeral Eulogies. “Here and Now.” (May 2023). Blue Heron Review: Sanctuaries and Places of Peace. “Anima.” (May 2023). Pile Press. “New York Melancholy.” (May 15, 2023). Underscore Magazine. “Your Voice.”(May 1, 2023). Confetti Magazine. “Hence,” and “Take One Thing.” (March 2023). Aberration Labyrinth. “Chicken Soup.” (Summer 2023). Amaranth Journal. “My Father’s Obsessions.” (April 17, 2023). Poetry Super Highway. “Love’s Awakening.” (February 2023). Voices de la Luna: Writing Love Issue. “Desire,” “Love’s Awakening,” “One With You,” “Twisted,” and “Dictionary of Eros.” (February 14, 2023). Smitten: A Love-Themed Anthology. “Choices.” (February 2023). Old Water Rat Publishing. “Peace,” “Sanity,” and “Live in Wonder.” (January 2023). The Bamboo Hut. 2022 “My Mother’s Strainer.” (Fall 2022). Caustic Frolic: Chaos Issue. “My Quan Yin.” (2022). Young Ravens Literary Review. Issue 17. “Needlepoint Chair.” (2022). The Shallot: Journal of Mental Health, Art & Literature. “Where Nobody Is.” (December 2022). The Headlight Review. Issue 1.1. “The Writers Gathering in a Dream.” (October 21, 2022). Silver Blade. “Terminal Sweetness,” “The Spirit of Things,” and “The Art of Listening.” (November 12, 2022). Dipity. “Kindred Spirits.” (2022). THE POET Anthology: Family. “Dad Leaves.” (2022). The Amphibian Literary Journal. “Embrace Change.” (Fall 2022). Literary Cocktail Magazine. “Three-Wheeled Tandem Bicycle.” (November 2022). Quibble Lit. “Friday Night Clean-Up.” (November 2, 2022). Half and One. “Mourning Lament.” (October 17, 2022). Ephemeral Elegies. “Loneliness Redux,” “Our Hands,” “Truth Serum,” and “Visiting Sedona.” (October 15 2022). The Mindful Word. “Hello to Me.” (October 7, 2022). Paddler Press Volume 4: Light. “Not to Be Blue.” (October 2022). Adelaide Magazine. “Lexicon of Grief.” (October 2022). Fahmidan Journal. “My Lost City.” (September 27, 2022). Sparks of Calliope “The Legend,” “My Lost City,” and “173rd Street.” (August 1, 2022). Impspired. “A Woman’s Life.” (2022). Beyond Words Literary: Woman. Life. Issue. “My Childhood Fear,” “Cesarean Words,” and “Prisms of My Mind.”(July 27, 2022). The RavensPerch. “Life and Death.” (June 2022). Surging Tide Magazine Issue 6. “Jeannine’s Kitchen.” (July 2022). Moss Piglet. “Tongue Kisses,” and “Your Eyes are Waiting.” (June 3, 2022). Quail Bell Magazine. “Cloudy Days.” (Spring 2022). Fauxmoir. “Amplified Melancholy.” (Spring 2022). The Stray Branch. “Bleeding for You.” (April 2022). Last Leaves. “Message to My Body.” (May 2, 2022). Paddler Press: Issue 4. “Shrink Talk.” (April 9, 2022). Our Day’s Encounter. “Ambush.” (Spring 2022). Black Coffee Review. “An Immigrant’s Daughter.” (January 2022). Little Something Press: Rebirth Issue. 2021 “Airplane Wars.” (December 12, 2021). The RavensPerch. “Seduction.” (December 2021). Superpresent Magazine. “Lipstick.” (2021). The Opiate Magazine. “Nirvana Vibes,” and “Sauna Poetics.” (2021). Fauxmoir: Winter Issue. “Life and Death.” (Fall 2021). Black Coffee Review. “Who Will Be At My Funeral?” (Fall 2021). Vita Poetica. “Invisible Love.” (2021). Blood and Bourbon: Magic Issue. “Twisted.” (October 31, 2021). Discretionary Love. “Amplified Melancholy.” (September 27, 2021). Ephemeral Elegies. “The Origin of Us.” (September 6, 2021). Fiery Scribe. “Being a Monk in Big Sur for a Month.” (2021). Anthology: Big Enough for Words: “Haunted By Images,”“Create a Revolution,”and“Biopsy My Thoughts.” (August 16, 2021) Quail Bell Magazine. “The Lost List.” (Summer 2021). Salt. “Bracelet Cuddles.” (August 9, 2021). Amethyst Magazine “Panoramic Ocean.” (July 25, 2021). First Literary Review East. “Playing Doctor.” (2021). New York Quarterly. “I Love Your Sonnet.” (June 2021). Capsule Stories. “Pick Up.” (June 8, 2021). Full House Lit Magazine. Wildcard Issue 3 “Fortune Cookie,” and “The Meetup.” (2021). Blood and Bourbon. “Ode to Memory.” (Spring 2021). Ephemeral Elegies. “Craving You,”and “Desire.” (Spring 2021). Last Leaves Magazine. “Flawed by Life,” and “My Body Shut Down.” (Spring/Summer 2021). The Stray Branch. “His Smile,” “My Heart Broke Loose with the Wind,” and “Pacific Sunset.” (2021). “The Dance.” (March 2021). Coneflower Café. “Listen to Me.” (Spring 2021). 3rd Wednesday: A Quarterly Journal of Literary and Visual Arts. “Leaning.” (Spring 2021). TunaFish Journal. Issue 3. “You Are What You Think About.” (February 2021). inScribe Journal. Issue 1. “My Mother’s Covid.” (February 15, 2021). Love in the Time of Covid Chronicle. 2020 “There Are None.” (December 21, 2020). Brown Bag Online. “Ode to Hot Toddy on a Sick Day” and “Bed-making.” (Winter 2020). Tigershark Publishing. Issue 28. “The Writers Gathering in a Dream.” (December 2020). TunaFish Journal. “Getting Lost Together.” (December 2020). The Closed Eye Open. “Behind My Walls.” (October 2020). ang(st) zine. “My Heart Broke Loose With the Wind.” (September 2020). Spillway: A Poetry Magazine. “Dictionary of Eros.” (September 2020). Derelict Lit. “Zen Thoughts.” (September 2020). Nine Cloud Journal. “Shadows.” (Fall 2020). Black Coffee Review. “Jet Blue Flight #1 to LAX” and “The Trigger.” (Fall 2020). Madness Muse Press: Summer Harvest II. “Sketch of A Poet’s Studio.” (Fall 2020). Remington Review. “Unfolding,” “Stillness,” “What Life Reminds Us.” (July 3, 2020). The Mindful Word. “My Grandchildren’s Eyes.” (June 12, 2020). Poetry Leaves: Anthology. “Being a Monk on Big Sur For A Month.” (Summer 2020). The Poet: On the Road Anthology. “Ode to Memory.” (Spring/Summer 2020). Poets Choice: Book of Odes. “Southern Blues.” (April 2020). Blue Mountain Review. “Beginnings” and “Lonely Death.” (April 7, 2020). RavensPerch. “Tonight I Can Write.” (Spring 2020). Sunspot Literary. “Truth Redux.” (Spring 2020). Poemeleon. “Elegant Air,” “You Remember,” “Renewal Welcomed,” and “Buddha Skin.” (March 25, 2020). BeZine. “My Life’s Blessings.” (March 2020). The Edge. 2019 and earlier “Recycled Circles.” (October 2019). Silkworm 12. “Surrendering,” “The Parking Lot,” “Engulfed by Love.” (September 8, 2019). Red Wolf Journal. “A Note to Loved Ones.” (July 2019). Emerging Poets 2019. “Sound Bowls.” (July 2019). The Edge: Holistic Living. “Easter Seder.” (April 21, 2019). IO Literary Journal. “Who I Am.“ (2018). Artemis Journal. Vol XXV. “Dampened Creativity.” (December 2018). Kintsugi: Powerful Stories of Healing Trauma. “Anima.” (Spring 2018). Four Winds Journal. “Ode to Empathy,” “In the Shadow,” “The Erotic Mind.” (April 5, 2018). The Ravens Perch. “Drunk as Drunk,” “Tied Hands.” (2017). Blood & Bourbon. “Wanting,” “The Erotic Mind.” (March 1, 2017). Zingara Poet. “If You Forget Me,” “In Waiting,” “Holiday Refrain,” “Answers,” “Fleeting Rainbow.” (2016). The RavensPerch. “Venus Fly Trap,” “Fantasy Glances,” “Follow Me,” “Mother’s Neighborhood,” “Illegal Feet.” (2016). Peacock Journal. “Honoring My Father.” (2016). The Drabble. “Bubbles.” (2016). Unrequited: An Anthology of Love Poems for Inanimate Objects, by Kelly Ann Jacobson, Ed. “Wishing Well.” (2016). Pyrokinection. “Pick Up.” (2015). A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, by Paul Herron, Ed.
Poems and vintage photographs from California’s Central Coast,
Chryss Yost and George Yatchisin, editors. Gunpowder Press.
While You Wait: An Anthology. Gunpowder Press.
