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poetry

• this is a disorganized poem – k’in literary journal, fall 2019 (defunct)
• school dance – tipton poetry review, winter 2019, print edition available
• help – rise up review, spring 2020
• little cactus – maple street journal, spring 2020 (print only)
• disassociation – CAMH quarantine zine, spring 2020
• about-to-be-parted-from – outta time webzine, august 20th, 2020 (defunct)
• how to use a frying pan – tea&cake zine, September 2020 (defunct)
• an ode to all of the photos that are only polaroids – crayon press, september 15th, 2020 (defunct)
• an unkindness of ravens – the scriblerus, december 2020
• bring your own god- lux lucet zine issue 3 (defunct)
• bring your own god – forest publishing anthology, spring 2021
• spare key – maple street journal, spring 2021 (print only)
• write a poem about your first car – maple street journal, spring 2021 (print only)
• [mouth-size.] – BRIDGE, spring 2021
• the things i do-not-want – the threefaced zine, issue 2, spring 2021 (defunct)
• i’ve been on hold a surprising amount of time – blue lake review, april 2021
• the joke is that they don’t care – up north lit, summer 2021
• terlingua – the courtship of winds, summer 2021
• deux – millennial pulp, spring 2022 (print only)
• house fire ii – meow meow pow pow lit, september 9, 2022
• (there is a tupperware of beans i am fully serious) – wingless dreamer, evening, wine, and poetry anthology, september 2022 (print only)
• upstairs bathroom – unfortunately, lit, january 3, 2023
• four – SAND journal, march 2023
• awaygoing – straylight, may 3, 2023
• pearls i – hiram poetry review, spring 2023 (print only)
• maggotland – LEVITATE, spring 2023
• electrician and salt – frontier magazine, april 2023
• oh, it moves – w-poesis, july 2023
• cucumber plea – great weather for MEDIA, summer 2023
• sequent occupance, remodel, and build to suit – SHARE journal, july 27, 2023
• gas in tank – BOMBFIRE, october 22, 2023
• nothing can beat this pillow! – last leaves magazine, october 2023, issue 7
• green velvet chair, ikea bookshelf, bath curtain used as curtain – roi faineant press, october 2023
• highway – backwards trajectory, february 4, 2024
• borrower, when will i know – active muse, february 13, 2024
• (that feels like objectification) – the racket, february 2024
• gardening habit, refuge – sandy river review, february 2024
• helen of troy as my great-grandmother – 7th circle pyrite, march 2024
• fecal and roadkill hour – the groundup, april 2, 2024
• i know the red brick – the crawfish, july 12, 2024
• bug-bite, active voice – the los angeles review of los angeles, august 2024
• scamp, birdhouse, cheese bread wine – the exacting clam, september 2024
• lotto, metamorphosis, tear free shampoo – die leere mitte, december 2024
• the sound of it burns – the cackling kettle, april 2025
• came home afraid of, how big is your crack – currant jam, issue 6, may 2025
• theories on the soul of my bare hands – cult. magazine, august 2025
• sangue, column, fridge – blood+honey, january 13, 2026
• fear smell, compressor – forthcoming in the quarter(ly), unknown date of publication

delayed/on hiatus

• gently, iphigenia prays for cassandra, and the lament of oenone – forthcoming in something involving a mailbox!, unknown date of publication (delayed; on hiatus)
• half-not – forthcoming in abstract, unknown date of publication (delayed; on hiatus)

honors

• semifinalist, houston youth poet laureate, houston mayor’s office of cultural affairs, fall 2021
• poet, the contemporary arts museum of houston’s teen council, fall 2021 – spring 2022
• the steinbrecher fellowship, clark university – summer 2024
• the bickman award, clark university – summer 2024
• shortlisted, irish arts council literature bursary – spring 2026

positions

• editor in chief, founder for literary forest poetry magazine, 2019-present
• senior editor, cofounder for maple street journal, 2019-2022

performances

• november 7th, 2020; masks up mics out at sunset lounge; write a poem about your first car
• january 16th, 2021; speak into existence virtual slam; hgtv
• april 10th, 2021; march for our lives houston; give it a name
• may 29th, 2021; masks up mics out at big brothers big sisters houston; the pretender