About Me
"The best things can't be told—they are transcendent, inexpressible truths. The second-best are misunderstood: they are metaphoric attempts to point the way toward the first. All that we can talk about is what is on this side of transcendence. And the problem is to open the words, to open the images so that they point past themselves." - Joseph Campbell
Originally from Apex, North Carolina, I currently live in Chattanooga, TN where I teach high school English and coach baseball. Educationally, I currently have a BA in English and a MA in Teaching, and am currently working on my MFA in poetry at Seattle Pacific University under Scott Cairns.
Publications
Here are the magazines and digital publications that my work has appeared in (or will be in the upcoming months.)
The Showbear Family Circus
The Eunoia Review
WestWard Quarterly
The Tennessee Magazine
Street Light Press
The Write Launch
Ancient Paths Literary Magazine
The Thorn Magazine
Travel Host Magazine
After the Pause
Red Fez
21st Century Flow
The Road Not Taken
Light: A Journal of Photography and Poetry
Red Eft Review
Better Than Starbucks
American Diversity Report
SOFTBLOW
Poetry Pacific
Griffel
Boyne Berries
Jersey Devil Press
Schuylkill Valley Journal
Pif Magazine
Science Fiction Poetry Association: Rhysling Anthology
Awards + Honors
Rhysling Award (Nominee)
"In January 1978, Suzette Haden Elgin founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, along with two of its visible cornerposts: the association's newsletter, Star*Line, and the Rhysling Awards. The Rhysling Awards are named for the blind poet Rhysling in Robert A. Heinlein’s short story “The Green Hills of Earth.” Rhysling’s skills were said to rival Rudyard Kipling’s. In real life, Apollo 15 astronauts named a crater near their landing site “Rhysling,” which has since become its official name. Nominees for each year's Rhysling Awards are selected by the membership of the Science Fiction Poetry Association."
Get In Touch
I love to hear feedback from readers, fellow teachers, and fellow poets, and I also welcome inquiries from publishers and others. Happy writing!
919-714-2444