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Category: Poetry

  • VERTIGO [?]

    VERTIGO [?]

    Wrote this poem today after some vertigo symptoms took over.

  • Becoming Lake Erie REDUX

    Becoming Lake Erie REDUX

    A More-Than-Human Society vol 2 zine has launched, so I want to reshare my ode to Downriver area of Detroit, Michigan in its final risograph form!

  • MONUMENTAL CIRCLE

    MONUMENTAL CIRCLE

    Liberation is a dream within reach through the compassionate actions of each of us. This poem was inspired by a conversation with a man who is able to tap into a reality that most cannot fathom. Forms of oppression will appear in cycles if we don’t heed the learnings of history.

  • Becoming Lake Erie

    Becoming Lake Erie

    I wrote this poem for an upcoming zine themed on “place”. Downriver, Michigan is a place that is a part of me. I am always in awe of its beauty and neglect.

  • 5′ Mountain

    5′ Mountain

    Back into writing poetry after a long hiatus… again. This piece was written in response to a Long Covid flare-up and the lessons learned from places I’ve met.

  • MOSS CLOUDS

    MOSS CLOUDS

    Back into writing poetry after a long hiatus, or at least back to sharing these words the world. Also announcing my new hand-painted patch project!

  • SUMMER SOLSTICE

    SUMMER SOLSTICE

    The summer solstice occurred about a month ago and now we’re in the thick of the season. I want to make sure I post this poem before I forget!

  • I AM HERE I AM

    I AM HERE I AM

    Brood x cicadas are arriving! Observing them around metro Detroit inspired me to create this sketch and poem.

  • The Laborers Are Free

    The Laborers Are Free

    ‘The Laborers Are Free’: take a look at a new painting based upon a poem I wrote at the onset of the pandemic.

  • B117

    B117

    Had fun with a compass while illustrating an abstract COVID-19 virus. Check out this piece and my free-verse poem ‘B117’.

  • Should Be A Good Awakening

    Should Be A Good Awakening

    Read my new poem “A Good Awakening” with an original mossy illustration!

  • Robin’s Song

    Robin’s Song

    Check out my newest painting and poem featuring the iconic bringers of spring, American Robins!

  • PANDEMIVERSARY

    PANDEMIVERSARY

    A poem to mark the full year of the pandemic and a sketchbook illustration featuring four garner snakes.

  • Light Strikes

    Light Strikes

    Light Strikes: Poem and sketchbook illustration (featuring a hairy woodpecker and pressed squill flowers). This is the very first poem posted on my blog!