poems and sometimes prose
2026
(Forthcoming)
[fig 59. an ordinary knot] | Dating Profile for Archangel Metatron, Angel of Life
Foglifter Journal
(online)
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
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)
[fig 59. an ordinary knot] | Dating Profile for Archangel Metatron, Angel of Life
Foglifter Journal
(online)
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
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