I have TWO poems published in Nettle Literary this month! The January 26 edition is Nettle Literary’s first issue, and I’m so excited to be a part of it.

Enjoy the excerpts below, and read both poems and the whole issue at Nettle Literary.

Ode to the Poet at Seventeen

I see my youth mostly in the slurred lips of a costume party​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ backseat of a Honda​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ black pick-up truck where you smelled like a lie I wanted to believe in