Published Poetry hyperlinks

How thin is the membrane / between me and the world.

Here are links to poems from the most recently published online:

  • “Wade in the Water: A Prayer of Lament,” Bluing the Blade Vol 1 Winter 2020 (on MagCloud) so hard to access, I have printed it in another entry).
  • (other digital and print publications not listed)

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