I am a native Californian, who grew up along and on the Pacific--that should explain my love for writing poetry about the sea. Also, I have written narrative, romantic, and fairy-theme poems that were created with other backgrounds and foreign lands in mind. I attended college in Anchorage, Alaska, where I studied art and history, and then devoted much time to traveling, for leisure, and the sake of gathering impressions for writing poetry. I have many favorite poets, although my poetry has not been influenced by anyone in particular, I lean toward traditional forms. In 2009 I was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and have written five chapbooks: A Fist of Roots by Pudding House Press, Somewhere Near Evesham by The New Formalist Press, Song of the Bluebell Fairy by Pudding House Press, In Spite of Her by Flutter Press, and Buttercup Gardens by Victorian Violet Press. My work has been published in numerous journals and magazines including The Boston Literary Magazine, The New Formalist, Lucid Rhythms, Ancient Paths, Tipton Poetry Journal and The Lyric. |
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