Poems and Other Writing

Publications & Awards

  • Awarded first Miles Coon Fellowship for the Hellbender Gathering of Poets
  • The Fourth River, Innovation edition, forthcoming (Custodian)        
  • Beyond Words, forthcoming (Mrs. Clay)
  • Finalist, Elyse Wolf Prize, Slate Roof Press Chapbook Contest (Sea-Through Box)
  • Finalist, Word Works Press (How to Bold While Trembling)
  • Honorable Mention, Elyse Wolf Prize, Slate Roof Press Chapbook Contest (Sea-Through Box)     
  • Poetry Northwest, folio of five poems ("The Movement of Fishes," "How to get a tree in a window," "Cargo," "Fastest Growing Plant on the Planet," and "When Cans Were Tin)
  • EcoTheo Review, (“What is Offered”) Read more
  • The Wildness We Tend, publication of Writing the Wild (Speculate or Reckon)
  • Camas, Querencia (Intention)                                                               
  • Willows Wept (“Looking at Block Island from Across the Sound”, “Ungrazed, Uncultivated”) Read more
  • tide rises, tide falls (“Drawing the Surface of the Saltwater Pond as Dusk Comes
    and Goes, Today or Tomorrow”)
  • Naugatuck Review, semi-finalist in 15th Narrative Poetry Contest “Easy Bake Oven”
  • Poetry Takes Wing, Seneca Park Zoo’s nature poetry contest, “Nearly a Goose”
    received Honorable Mention in the Adult-Emerging Poet category Read more
  • Red Noise Collective, Sonance, (“Avocado, Parrot”), also received Honorable Mention for the Red Noise Collective Poetry Prize, nominated for the Pushcart Prize
  • Palette Rising Poet Prize, longlisted (“True of False”)                                                       
  • Making Waves: West Michigan Review (“Wormhole”) reading Read more
  • 3rd place winner, October Project Poetry Contest (“Cartwheel Momentum in the Neighborhood”) Read more | Hear reading on Facebook
  • “The Local Food Jobs Link” opinion piece, co-author, Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  • The Massachusetts Local Food Action Plan, co-author Read more
  • “Local Food, Local Jobs: Job Growth and Creation in the Pioneer Valley Food System,” report, Massachusetts Workforce Alliance
  • “ABE Clean Energy Ambassadors Curriculum Resource Guide” co-author, World Education | The Clean Energy Ambassadors Curriculum Resource Guide is a collection of materials, lessons and activities that adult educators can use to integrate clean energy concepts into their curricula. The guide was initially developed for adult educators from eight Massachusetts ABE programs participating in the ABE Clean Energy Ambassadors Project, funded with a Workforce Capacity Grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and additional support from World Education, Inc. Read more
  • “Down to Earth: Growing a Sustainable Economy for All,” report, Massachusetts Workforce Alliance