Most poets organize their collections by writing a ton of poems and then picking out the ones that share a common theme. I'm not like other poets (cliché and cringey, I know. I'm just such a special fucking snowflake :P) But I did the complete opposite of the norm for my first poetry collection, and it's been intereeeesting. It all started in the Fall of 2017 when I wrote a poem titled "A Question 'Bout the End We'll See". I won't share it here because it's really quite awful

I've had some poems published by the lovely monthly online magazine of Better Than Starbucks. This time two of my longer poems appear in the Sentimental Poetry section, and one collection of 7 cinquains appears in the ModPo & Experiment Poetry section. Here are the links: A Middle-Aged Southern Couple Reacts To Ice/Shadow Puppets I go through crushes like experiencing the five stages of grief. #poetry #publication

A haiku of mine was just published by Better Than Starbucks! Better Than Starbucks is an online literary magazine that publishes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction every month. They like formal poems, haikus, limericks, short poems, funny poems, and even free verse. They will also publish previously published work and new, unpublished poets. Definitely check them out! Here are the links to their website: https://www.betterthanstarbucks.org/ and my haiku: (https://www.betterthan