Authors at Polk State: K-O

Fortune Written in Wet Grass, Whapshott Press, 2020 (April).

Evil Me, Blood Pudding Press, 2020 (August).

“Après Moi, Le Déluge [After Me, Annihilation].” Poets Against the War. Sam Hamill, Editor, Thunder Mouth Press, 2003.

“a king of shreds and patches.” #Resist. 2017.

"I Wish." This Is Poetry. Michele McDannold, Editor, 2018.

“the monster.” Dark Ink: A Poetry Anthology Inspired by Horror, Ed. Eric Morego, Moon Tide Press, 2018.

“Global Warming” and “Ants.” Sh!t Men Say to Women. Ed. Eric Morego, Moon Tide Press (forthcoming)

“The Knife Tree” (short story) Hair Trigger 12, 1989.

“The Allee” (short story) Emergence I, 1992.

“Spiders,” “A Dream,” and “The Gestural Shape of a Woman” (poems) Emergence III, 1996.

“Fat Woman.” Louisville Review, 1997.

• Reprinted, revised, as “Refrigerator” in Thirteen Myna Birds, 2018.

“Reformed Smoker.” The Kerf. 1998.

“Sleepwalking.” Poetry Motel 27. 1999.

• Reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2017.

“Serial Dreamer (Yes, All in One Night).” Black Dirt. 1999 (final issue).

Après Moi, Le Déluge [After Me, Annihilation].” George & Mertie’s Place. Feb. 2000.

• Reprinted in Post Amerikan No. 6, Dec.-Jan. 2000-2001.

• Reprinted in Poets Against the War. Sam Hamill, Editor, Thunder Mouth Press, 2003.

• Reprinted in Autumn Sky Daily, 2017.

“Lady Lawyer’s Blues” and “Robot Woman, Robot Man.” Neovictorian/Cochlea, 2000.

“My Past Sat Down Beside Me.” Lonzie’s Fried Chicken. Fall 2000.

“I Wish,” “Gone,” “Caterpillar,” and “Waking Up in April.” KotaPress. 2002-2003.

• ‘’I Wish’’ reprinted in Autumn Sky Daily, April 2018.

• “I Wish” reprinted in This Is Poetry (Anthology) 2018.

“Global Warming.” Mudfish 13. 2003. [On short list for Mudfish Poetry Prize.

“Goodnight.” White Pelican Review. 2003.

• Reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice. May 17, 2017.

“Space Aliens.” Sunspinner. 2004.

“Cheating.” poetry/memoir/story, 2004.

• Reprinted in Pittsburgh Poetry Houses, 2016.

• Reprinted in Rag Queen Periodical, 2018.

“The Nephews in Front of Bright Curtains.” Driftwood. 2005.

“In Heat.” Clare. 2010.

“Tarantino Fever.” Two Hawks Quarterly. 2010.

“Big Bathroom Scale” and “Beef Tips.” Obsession Literary Magazine. 2013.

• “Big Bathroom Scale” reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017.

• “Beef Tips” reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2018.

"the philosopher" and "The Mosquitoes of Mid-Florida." Straight Forward, 2015.

“TORTOISE & HARE” and “voice lessons.” Helen: A Literary Magazine. 2015.

“high diver” and “the deer hunter.” Sandhill Review, 2016.

“When the splash of your mind awoke me” and “Buttons.” The Thought Erotic. 2016.

“THE OFFICE DREAMS OF FREEDOM.” Autumn Sky Daily, 2016.

“Hospital Sonnet.” Rogue Agent. 2016.

“June.” Right Hand Pointing Issue 94. 2016.

“Encounter #4.” Quarterday Review (Great Britain), 2016.

“The Atticbedroom in My Girlfriend’s House,” “Rabbit,” “Little Helper,” “Game Face,” and “Fifteen.” Thirteen Myna Birds, 2016.

• "Little Helper" reprinted in Writing In A Woman's Voice, 2017.

• “Rabbit” reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017.

• "Rabbit" and "Little Helper" reprinted in This Is Poetry, 2018.

“After My Brother Kills Himself, I Try on Flowered Muumuus.” Tinderbox Journal, 2016. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize).

"Edgewater Beach Drive." The Offbeat. Vol. 17, 2016.

“First Date,” “the orchid grower,” “Poem for a Bromeliad.” Peacock Journal. 2016.

“Fortress,” Thank You for Swallowing (England), 2016.

“First Kill,” Thank You for Swallowing (England), 2016.

“I Stand Here Serving Lunches (At St. Joseph’s Elementary School).” “When I Moved” Poetry and Prose Series. Silver Birch Press, 2016.

“Down to Zero.” Deaf Poets Society, 2017. [includes audio version]

“a king of shreds and patches.” Yes Poetry, 2017. Reprinted in Yes Poetry’s 2017 Anthology #Resist.

“Lost.” Silver Birch Press, 2017.

“the everyday saint.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017.

“The Rain Has Lost Its Mind” and “the tattooed man.” The Open Mouse. 2017.

“Caravan.” The Open Mouse, 2017.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Rogue Agent, 2017.

“Clouds Cento #5.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017.

"Homework." American Journal of Poetry, 2017.

“Mother’s Cross of Despair.” Cede Poetry Magazine (Canada), 2017.

“Waking Up in October.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2017.

“One Year Later: The Geographical Cure” (published as “The Geographical Cure”), “Notes from the Dead Via Ouija Board,” and “Evil Me.” Wraith Infirmity Muses, 2017.

“The Color of Waiting,” Uppagus, 2017.

“Myna Girl.” Thirteen Myna Birds, 2017. [Note: this poem has become a feature on the masthead of the ‘zine Thirteen Myna Birds.]

"Turkey in the Straw." SWWIM Every Day, 2018.

“the monster.” Dark Ink: A Poetry Anthology Inspired by Horror, Ed. Eric Morego, Moon Tide Press, 2018.

“Watch Out!” Paper & Ink (Great Britain) 2018.

“She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Remix).” Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2018.

“The Florida Anole.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2018.

“Dog Tags.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2018.

• “Dog Tags” reprinted in The Open Mouse (Scotland), 2018.

“Sunspots.” The Open Mouse (Scotland), 2018.

“Nocturne.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2018.

"Message from My Headache." Rogue Agent, 2018.

“Will Written in the White Conference Room.” Tinderbox Journal, 2018.

“Beekeeper Dream.” Arsenic Lobster, 2018.

“grade school reunion memory house dream.” Whale Road Review, 2018.

“After Escher.” Sonic Boom, 2018.

“The Oystershucker” and “The Necklace: A Shark Has Magic Teeth,” Sandhill Review, 2019.

“The substitute rural postal carrier.” Silver Birch Press, 2020 (Sept. 22).

Thirteen Myna Birds. 2017. “the queen of hearts,” “Ache-Stapler-Minnow,” “Inflatable Doll.,” “My Head Lives,” “Mother’s Pregnancy Dream,” “Bad Girl,” “Pancakes,” “Immaculate Conception.,” “Duct Tape Dad,” “Electricity.”

Thirteen Myna Birds, 2018. “The Myna Girl as Queen of Hearts.” “Note to My Upstairs Neighbor—That I Wish I’d Given Her,” “My lips are blond,” and “Wedding Night.”

Thirteen Myna Birds, 2019 poems: “happy birthday dream,” “2018 Day of the Dead Report to my friend Suzi (1953-1997),” “Menstruation blues,” “Going,” “What I Remember,” “First Husband,” The Tampa Incident,” “Waking Up in April”

Thirteen Myna Birds, 2020 poems: “CoronaHaiku” “Grade School Reunion Memory Dream House,” “Wish You Were Here,” “If Things Go Upside Down,” “Final Questions,” and “Wake-Up Blues.”

“’Anna in the Tropics’ Audiences: Before the Play, Get to Know Anna Karenina.” Polk State College News, 2013.

“Laugh Your Way Through Writer’s Block.” Trish Hopkinson.com, 2017.

“Dog Fight—For Our Lives,” Cultural Weekly, 2017.

“Tampa Heights’ Funky Culture,” Cultural Weekly, 2017.

“Hurricane Daze,” Cultural Weekly, 2017.

“Music in the Wilderness,” Cultural Weekly, 2017.

“A Moving Target: What Disability Taught Me,” Trish Hopkinson.com, 2018.

“How to Write a Book Review in Ten Easy Steps,” Trish Hopkinson.com, 2020.