POETRY
NATURE & QUEERDOM
I am an enthusiastic and passionate writer and performer whose work explores themes of nature, Queer identity, masculinity, and mental health. I sit with the intersection of these themes, questioning the foundations of toxic masculinity, exploring the realm of queer possibility, and embodying the self as a element of nature and vice versa.
Image: Wallowa County, Writer-in-Residence with Fishtrap, 2025
PUBLISHED WORK
Tethered Literary, Winter 2026, "I Think the Pothos Knows" and "At Pace on Monday" (poetry)
RRRS Anthology, "How Fitting, She's a Thistle", "Fern" and "Somewhere Down" (poetry)
Tethered Literary, Winter 2025, "Obsidian & Pumice" (poetry)
CIRQUE Press, Volume 14, No. 1, "The Scent of Sweet" (poetry)
High Shelf Press, Issue XXXVIII, "Learning to Drive" (poetry)
Qu Literary Magazine, Vol. 14, Mattress Magic Empire (play)
Moon Tide Press's Shit Men Say to Me, "Toothbrush" (poetry)
CG Harpies, 2022 Anthology, "Prayer to the Pines" and "Fern Ridge (8.9.2020)" (poetry)
The Coachella Review, A Blue Hydrangea (play)
Enfleshed, "Floating over Mariana Trench" (poetry)
Performance Work Sample
BY YOUR SIDE
This album was a collaboration with musician Cullen Vance. It was written through an artistic dialogue of poetry and music, creating works back and forth inspired by each other's art. This album gives insight into my performance style.
Written Work Sample
OBSIDIAN AND PUMICE
we fall asleep in the mouth
of a not-so-ancient volcano,
her shrapnel in our pockets -
a worry stone for us to thumb
the Milky Way spins by above
as we, two beetles in the sand,
catch the shooting stars
somewhere between then and now
a bird swoops for a crane fly
and so do I for you, caught
in the amber of afternoon -
we are pumice in the palm
asleep in the volcano's mouth
I reach for you and find you
buried in the crumbling hillside
wishing, once more, for warmth
This poem first appeared in Tethered Literary's Winter 2025 issue.