Poetry
Publications
a selection from over the years
"Coastal Prayer" in Redheaded Stepchild Magazine
"Enrolled," "If things feel unfair, count." & "Dementia Sandwich" in BRILLIG: a micro lit mag Winter/Spring 2024
"Same" in Cosmic Daffodil's Yin & Yang Issue
"Yoga for the Apathy of Rocks" in The Heimat Review
"He Leaves Instructions on the Whiteboard: Systems of Linear Inequalities" in J Journal: New Writing on Justice
"Midlife Calculus" in February issue of Scientific American
"Noise" in Anabaptist World
"Ponder, as Mary" on Christmas Day in Anabaptist World
"Z-Score of Zero" forthcoming in Mathematics Association of America FOCUS
"Property Management" out now in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Literary Magazine
My poem "Mathematics of Change" appeared in August as a part of North Carolina's Poetry in Plain Sight project - the very same month that I became an "empty nester."
"stephen + carina" in Soft Star Magazine
"Rights County Appalachia" in Kakalak 2022
3 poems The Center for Mennonite Writing Journal 2019
3 poems Carolina Mountains Literary Festival Anthology 2015
April 1864 Gateways 2012
Attention honorable mention in NCPoetry Society's Light Verse competition and published in Pinesong 2011
Last Song honorable mention in Binnacle's 2010 Ultra-Short Competition
Mt. Revelation Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine - June 2010
Lecture Hall Azaleas included in Lit by Language compiled by Genis Redmond a chapbook of poems from Asheville WordFest - 2009
When you are weary of circles - Honorable Mention in 2009 Spiritual Directors International Poetry Contest
3 Poems - Main Street Rag - Winter 2007/2008
Corn and Para La Tia de Mi Hijos in Kakalak Anthology of Carolina Poets 2007 & 2008
I Chew on My Dog Driver - Literary Mama - May 2007
A Farmers Work Finished - SouthLit.com - March 2006
Epidemic - Western North Carolina Woman - March 2006 (link)
Three Orange Nasturtium - Literary Mama - January 2006 first appeared in WNC Woman - October 2005
Buy Nothing Day 2005: Black Friday - The Mennonite - January 2006
March Madness - Artists for Peace Justice and Civil Liberties - 2003
We Rise to the Occasion - Mothering Magazine - May/June 2003 (link)
Haiku - a runner up in Kate's Global Kitchen food haiku contest - 2001 (link)