poems and sometimes prose
2026
(Forthcoming)
WHEN PRAYER DIDN'T AWAY THE GAY, MY DAD TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY DOOM ON THE FAMILY COMPUTER
The Rumpus
I come here to watch the boats dock and disappear into the distance while the water waves to a shadow of itself as my estradiol dissolves
wildness
(online)
compost
Cobra Milk
2025
(online)
excerpt from Search Engine [Can I tell you a secret]
TriQuarterly | nominated for a Pushcart Prize
excerpt from Search Engine [What is the weight of the earth]
The Adroit Journal | selected for the 2025 Djanikian Scholarship
(print)
"gay. mean dad. hard for me" (after The Other Two)
Ninth Letter | nominated for Best New Poets
2024
(online)
"[fig. 312 decoy] [fig. 313 decoy with wings]" | "self-portrait as that one scene from Pokémon: The First Movie"
Electric Literature | finalist for Best of the Net
"gay table commercial in no particular order"
Passages North &&& Poetry Daily
"dollmaker dollmaker"
Poetry Online
"Queen of the Night"
fifth wheel press | nominated for Best of the Net
(print)
"SHADOW PICTURES"
Copper Nickel
selections of older stuff
(online)
"Morning Wood"
The Offing
"self-portrait as fagus sylvatica pendula [nonbinary]" | "Gift"
Diode Poetry Journal
"Watch Your Hellmouth" | "Raso means 'shaven' or 'bare' or 'satin'"
MAYDAY
"Harold Norse says Poetry meant being a sissy and worse. A fairy..."
POETRY
"In 2006, the church expelled my queer, my father disappeared, and I started growing a lightbulb in my chest"
CAROUSEL | nominated for a Pushcart Prize
"Material History of the Closet [Soft Serve Ice Cream]"
Split Lip Magazine | also available in postcard form
"Aquarius, the Water-Bearer, Imagines What It's Like to Love, Be Held"
| "Material History of the Closet [Lay's Potato Chips]"
Muzzle Magazine
"I look inside my mouth"
Sundog Lit | nominated for Best of the Net
"Personality Index"
DIAGRAM
(print)
"HAROLD NORSE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MOON..." | "PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY..." | "INSTEAD OF BECOMING A BOY, PINOCCHIO..."
Foglifter Journal
"godinthewall 1"
Black Warrior Review | nominated for Best New Poets
"Hotbed in Repose" | "Material History of the Closet [VHS]"
Salt Hill Journal | nominated for Best New Poets
(Forthcoming)
WHEN PRAYER DIDN'T AWAY THE GAY, MY DAD TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY DOOM ON THE FAMILY COMPUTER
The Rumpus
I come here to watch the boats dock and disappear into the distance while the water waves to a shadow of itself as my estradiol dissolves
wildness
(online)
compost
Cobra Milk
2025
(online)
excerpt from Search Engine [Can I tell you a secret]
TriQuarterly | nominated for a Pushcart Prize
excerpt from Search Engine [What is the weight of the earth]
The Adroit Journal | selected for the 2025 Djanikian Scholarship
(print)
"gay. mean dad. hard for me" (after The Other Two)
Ninth Letter | nominated for Best New Poets
2024
(online)
"[fig. 312 decoy] [fig. 313 decoy with wings]" | "self-portrait as that one scene from Pokémon: The First Movie"
Electric Literature | finalist for Best of the Net
"gay table commercial in no particular order"
Passages North &&& Poetry Daily
"dollmaker dollmaker"
Poetry Online
"Queen of the Night"
fifth wheel press | nominated for Best of the Net
(print)
"SHADOW PICTURES"
Copper Nickel
selections of older stuff
(online)
"Morning Wood"
The Offing
"self-portrait as fagus sylvatica pendula [nonbinary]" | "Gift"
Diode Poetry Journal
"Watch Your Hellmouth" | "Raso means 'shaven' or 'bare' or 'satin'"
MAYDAY
"Harold Norse says Poetry meant being a sissy and worse. A fairy..."
POETRY
"In 2006, the church expelled my queer, my father disappeared, and I started growing a lightbulb in my chest"
CAROUSEL | nominated for a Pushcart Prize
"Material History of the Closet [Soft Serve Ice Cream]"
Split Lip Magazine | also available in postcard form
"Aquarius, the Water-Bearer, Imagines What It's Like to Love, Be Held"
| "Material History of the Closet [Lay's Potato Chips]"
Muzzle Magazine
"I look inside my mouth"
Sundog Lit | nominated for Best of the Net
"Personality Index"
DIAGRAM
(print)
"HAROLD NORSE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MOON..." | "PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY..." | "INSTEAD OF BECOMING A BOY, PINOCCHIO..."
Foglifter Journal
"godinthewall 1"
Black Warrior Review | nominated for Best New Poets
"Hotbed in Repose" | "Material History of the Closet [VHS]"
Salt Hill Journal | nominated for Best New Poets