poems

  • Danse Macabre - 3 poems.

    Danse Macabre, XLIV 

    Spinster, completely confessional;In the beginning stars were more honest, just a fact; and Maculomancy: divination from the shape & placement of birthmarks, I guess that would be considered educational. 

  • fortunes + dibuixos

    An collaboration of art & words between myself and one of the most beautiful girls I've ever met, Elizabeth Leavitt. 

  • excerpts

    Dinosaur Bees, Issue 2

    Little bits of heart belonging to magical women. Lines taken from the notes and diaries of Sylvia Plath, Courteney Love, Marilyn Monroe, and Frida Kahlo. 

  • Ouija Board Transcripts

    Dinosaur Bees, Issue 2 

    Inspired by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes and their late-night spirit calling. 

  • Sailing

    Dark Sky Magazine, Issue 07 

    This is the closest I will ever come to telling you how much I love you. 

  • how to defraud things like love and luck

    The Houston Literary Review, December 2010

    A break-up poem. Or an I'm over you poem. Or an I don't believe in love anymore poem. 

  • The Effects of Magic on Animals

    [NERVE], volume two, December 2010

    A poem about reincarnation narrated by a lonely squid. 

  • Parable

    [NERVE], volume two, December 2010

    A tale about a friendship that took place in a past life, about ancient egos and what to do when the hunt for God returns no search results. 

  • The Crumbling of Christ

    Convergence: an online journal of poetry & art, Winter Issue 2010

    Dear Secret Person, because you won't let me love you in this life, I am waiting until you die. 

  • Exodus

    Convergence: an online journal of poetry & art, Winter Issue 2010

    A true story. I tried to take Jesus off a crucifix. I thought maybe he needed a break. I thought maybe it was tiring being a savior. I didn't mean to break both of his arms. 

  • Define: Augury

    Clutching at Straws, Poetry of Unusually High Unusualness, October 8, 2010

    About my cross-country road trip and how I killed two birds with my car. Although I'm pretty sure one of them was a suicide. This goes out to you, bird. 

  • Every Beautiful Thing

    Right Hand Pointing, Issue 34: Phantom Limb, June 2010

    Originally a fortune, this is advice that always stops me from falling in love with someone who does not love me back. 

  • Library of Life Sciences

    Rattlesnake Review, Issue 22, Summer 2009 

    Inspired by a first date with a boy whose pick-up line was, "Do you want to go see a Dinosaur?" I did. Please assume that I always want to go see a dinosaur. 

  • 49 Days After Your Death

    Cosumnes River Journal, Spring 2008 

    Inspired by the Tibetan Death Ritual. This is how I will mourn you. 

  • A Night with Mesmer— Creteil, France 1784

    Cosumnes River Journal, Spring 2008

    Mesmer:  (mzmr, ms-), Franz or Friedrich Anton 1734-1815. Austrian physician who sought to treat disease through animal magnetism, an early therapeutic application of hypnotism.

  • How to be a Sexual Outlaw

    Transfer Magazine, Fall 2007

    An instructional guide on how to be slutty, but you know, with a poetic flair. 

  • 11th Hour Mass

    Cipactli, San Francisco State University, Fall 2007 (Printed As: Dinosaurs)

    This is about a doomed love that forges ahead despite its destiny. 

  • Mother's Day Psalm

    Cipactli, San Francisco State University, Fall 2007 (Printed as: The Garage Sale)

    A unflattering poem about my mother. I'm sorry, Mom. 

  • The Canons of the Sheep

    Rattlesnake Review, Issue 14, Summer 2007

    A masochistic love poem that spans the dark ages and ends up in Europe where one of the lovers reincarnates as the other lover's child.

  • route 66

    The Daily Democrat, Sunday, April 22, 2007 

    A travel poem inspired by my road trip across the United States.