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)
Enfleshed, Additional Blessings from the Deep, "Floating Over Mariana Trench" (poetry)
Qu Literary Magazine, Vol. 14, Mattress Magic Empire (play)
Moon Tide Press's Shit Men Say to Me, "Toothbrush" (poetry)
The Coachella Review, A Blue Hydrangea (play)
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
COURAGE OF A TREE IN SPRING TIME
hold tight the courage
of a tree in springtime
recall the feeling of foliage
grab tight the dreams
of greens
of jades
of sages
precious emeralds
and key limes
you are not a conifer for potted planting
let your roots run reckless
bursting through sidewalk
slabs fracturing foundations
splitting stones from boulders
you are not to be contained
burst forth with buds
even as the world around you
freezes
remember, we were never still in winter