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: Performing at the Oregon Country Fair, 2019
PUBLISHED WORK
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
OXYGEN AND TOMORROW
I’d like to exhale this past year
like I’m watching my breath
turn to steam on a cold winter day
little particles left of what fed me
and each bit of toxin I no longer need
dissipating in a cloud until
all that’s left is empty lungs
ready for filling with fresh air
I’d like to enter this new year
gulping down a deep, glorious inhale
like the kind you take after
holding your breath under water
in a contest of endurance
one where I don’t fear what
fleck may catch in my throat
just faith I’ll pull what I need
a collective sigh at 11:59
a deep breath at midnight
a cheers to oxygen and tomorrow