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Here for the free verse. Sometime poet, obsessive first drafter, author of Male Pattern (May 2025 from Finishing Line Press). Poems in The Shore, Bracken, Rust + Moth, Portland Press Herald, Verse Daily.
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From the upcoming book! #February #poetry #writingcommunity #book #flpauthor

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#flpauthor #poetry #preorder #bluesky #poetrybook #poems #coverart

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Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)

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Six weeks left to go and I’m about halfway to my preorders sales goal! Thank you to everyone who has purchased or spread the word! So humbled and grateful. www.finishinglinepress.com/product/male... #poetry #writingcommunity #firstbook

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Don’t give in to entropy. #fiftyfiftyone #poetry #writingcommunity

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Just over halfway to my preorder goal! My sincere and humble thank you to all who have purchased a copy. I know this is the worst time to be dropping posts like this, but art is more necessary now than ever. www.finishinglinepress.com/product/male...

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Keep love alive in all its realities today. Most importantly, love yourself so you can help others love others. #poetry #lovepoem #writing

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To say it feels like middle school now would be an insult to all things middle school. Any seventh grade civics class would see what is happening and know it is blatantly unconstitutional. #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #firstperiodenglish

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Find your song. Hold it close. Endure. www.rattle.com/nautilus-by-... #poetry

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#poetry #writing #poem

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Thank you to everyone who has ordered already! I’m halfway to my goal. Even if you can’t buy the book share with your poetry-interested friends and fam! Every bit is so much appreciated. Preorders end soon! www.finishinglinepress.com/product/male... #itsabook #artworkiswork #poetry #writing

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This applies to more than just romantic love. We must be the stewards of change. We must replace the planks and the mast and the tiller. We must love our country back to what it was but more. What it can be. Most importantly, we must endure. #poetry #shipoftheseus #poem #writing

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Seriously though probably a good idea. #poetry #writing #poems

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It’s here! My first book of poems, Male Pattern, is available for preorder. Even if you can’t buy it, spread the word. Art in all its limitless iterations is one of the lights that will get us through this. Be safe. Be well. Read all the books. www.finishinglinepress.com/product/male...

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Remember that between the fights you must rest. Self care in its smallest manifestation is care for community and country. #poems #writing #poetry

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Since we are seemingly deciding whether or not to be in an age of kings again, this one from a few years ago: #poetry #vegas

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It’s here! My first book of poems, Male Pattern, is available for preorder. Even if you can’t buy it, spread the word. Art in all its limitless iterations is one of the lights that will get us through this. Be safe. Be well. Read all the books. www.finishinglinepress.com/product/male...

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From my book Male Pattern that will be out from Finishing Line Press this May. Just because things are coming into focus doesn’t mean you should unsee. Look, but also look past to what is beyond. Shape that beyond as you would want it shaped. #poetry

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Feeling this poem again today after the news cycle. But there is another day tomorrow. Time doesn’t stop and neither can we. #theshore #poem #versedaily www.versedaily.org/2024/wearyof...

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Written a few months ago. Together. #poetry

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