Published & Forthcoming Works
Published Poems — 2025 – 2026
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A Symphony of Sound and Silent Fear — Anthology Series
December Fifteenth, Seventeen Ninety — Bill of Rights Day Anthology
Echoes of Beauty Past, a River of Faces — Inspired by Ernesto Cardenal
Echoes of the Heart, The Echo of Your Absence — Discretionary Love
El Amargo Sabor del Amor y el Dolor — Without Borders (Spanish Poetry Anthology)
First Frost — Haiku Publication
Go Back Where You Came From — Moonstone Arts Center
Haiku Crush — International Best Haiku
Ink of Promise, Not of Blood — Human Rights Day Anthology
Julian White, A Beautiful Pianist — Musaics of the Bay @ Valle Maybeck House
Leda and the Swan — Inspired by William Butler Yeats
Monstrously Human — Poems from a World in Flux Anthology
Moonlit Marble — Everyday as the Extraordinary Anthology
My Last Command, My Simple Will — Inspired by Joe Hill
Papers, Please: America’s Reflection — Antifa Lit Journal, Vol. 2
Poetry’s Soft Fist: The Political Power of Poetry — Political Literature Journal
Remembering June Jordan — “A Map of My Own,” Civil Wars (Essay Anthology)
Sonata in Four Movements — Moonstone Poetry Ink: 30th Anniversary Anthology
The Alchemy of Wordy Eggs — Inspired by Ezra Pound
The Ballad of Democracy — Political Poetry Anthology
The Bitter Taste of Love and Pain — Owl Songs
The Gift of Two Hundred Acres — Indigenous Peoples’ Day Anthology
The Rose You Grew — Black Roses of Despair, inspired by Wallace Stevens
The Salt Your Eyes Have Shed — Everyday as the Extraordinary Anthology
The Space You Filled — Moonstone Arts Center (Inspired by Ernesto Cardenal)
The Violin’s Bow, Taut and Thin — Everyday as the Extraordinary Anthology
To the Night Stars — STARS Anthology (Verseve)
When Truth Is Feared More Than War — Banned Books Week Anthology
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Published Poems — 2026
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After Desire — Moonstone Arts Center (Inspired by Langston Hughes)
Monstrously Human: A New Season — Poems from a World in Flux Anthology
Shrinking Tide of Love — Discretionary Love Publications
The Street Did Not Forget: Renee Nicole Good — Moonstone Arts Center
My Father — CodeBlue Publishing Company
Pain and Greif: The Pain I Feel Within My Heart — CodeBlue Publishing Company
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Accepted / Submitted / Pending Publication — 2026
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A Father’s Desperate Plea — The Irenaut Publications
After the Last Note, Framed Haibun Haiku — Moonstone Arts Center, Haiku Anthology
A Mother Cries — Verseve Poet Voice Series
Beyond the Gorge and Ancient Trees — Poetry Magazine
Bridge Walk — Verseve Poet Voice Series
Counted in Sand: Spartacus — Poetry Magazine
Crumbs — Moonstone Arts Center (Inspired by Hal Sirowitz) – The Diamond Quill
Cuando el Océano Aprendió Nuestros Nombres — Latin Voices, Moonstone Arts Center
Echoes of Buenos Aires: A Dance of Souls — Poetry Magazine
Fear in the City of Juárez — Moonstone Arts Center (Inspired by Marjorie Agosín)
Three Haiku — First Frost Publications
I Carried Your Name Through Fire — Code Blue Publishing, Shadows from the Frontline
Lament for Gaza — The Irenaut Publications
Moonlight Sonata: Under the Cloak of Silence — A Thousand Flowers Publications
Night That Walks Within Us — A Thousand Flowers Publications
ONE ART’s 2026 Haiku Anthology
Overture for a Shattered Republic — Antifa Lit Journal, Not a Pipe Publishing
Spell of Darkness — A Thousand Flowers Publications
The Body Is Not an Apology — Verseve (Whoreganic Anthology)
The Caged Bird Sings in the Age of Glass — Jerry Jazz Black History Anthology
The Casket That Would Not Close — Jerry Jazz Musicians Black History Anthology
The Dark Drive Home — Jerry Jazz Black History Anthology
The Journalist: A Witness to War — Code Blue Publishing, Shadows from the Frontline
The Republic in Ash: Empire of Masks — Antifa Lit Journal, Not a Pipe Publishing
The Soldier Who Still Waits for Home — Jerry Jazz Black History Anthology
The Symphony of Control — Antifa Lit Journal, Not a Pipe Publishing
The Weight of Deportation — World Poetry Day, Moonstone Arts Center
We Seek Lost Edens — Paper Boats
What the Mirror Forgot to Name Me — Moonstone Arts Center
When the Ocean Learned Our Names (English Version) — Moonstone Arts Center
Chopped off Arm — Rattle Poetry Online
In My Solitude — Please See Me Publications
Mother’s Friend — Please See Me Publications
Sleep is A Small Death — Rattle Poetry Online / The Diamond Quill
Until the End — Please See Me Publications
What the Keys Remember — Rattle Poetry Online / The Diamond Quill
Gallery, Commissioned Works & Featured Readings
2025
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A Beautiful Pianist, Julian White — Musaics of the Bay, Valle Maybeck House
A Father’s Desperate Plea — The Exchange, Vallejo, CA
A Mother’s Fierce Heart — Winters LiteFest 6, Winters Opera House
A Symphony of Color — Arts Benicia, Commandant’s House (Commissioned)
A White Bloom in the Sand — Ekphrastic Poem, Featured Reading
Beauty Beheld in Our Eyes — The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Black Web on Painted Sky — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
Chains of the Heart — Ekphrastic Poem, Featured Reading
Coloquio en la Reja after Enrique Granados — Featured Reading
Doubt Among the Threads of Sisterhood — Commissioned by Melissa Archie
Drawing Dreams— Inspired by Jacalyn Eyvonne, Poetry, Prose & Tea
Dream Song — Featured Reading
The Talk: The Kitchen Table Sermon — Featured Reading
Eternal Night Roads — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
Fantasie in B Minor: The Symphony of Helen’s Triumph — The Exchange
Fly On, Be Free: A Radiant Farewell — The Black Bird’s Lament, Ekphrastic Poem
Ghana’s Lioness: An African Queen — Commissioned
He Is My Brother — Featured Reading
Heaven Cries /Beautiful Geisha — To Adriane Dedic, Commissioned & Featured Reading
Her Life Has Been Long — Inspired by Langston Hughes, Featured Reading
Intimate Conversations, a Duet — The Exchange, Vallejo, CA
Last Call for Drinks: Under Tequila’s Embrace — Featured Reading
Last Night I Remember — Featured Reading
Lonely Road, Two Wheels — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
Mompou, Charmes No. 5: Pour évoquer l’image du passé — Featured Reading
Mother’s Friend — Featured Reading
My Father — Featured Reading
My Sanctuary in the Night — Featured Reading
Portrait of a Beautiful Lady — Ekphrastic Poem
Questioning the Quiet — Inspired by Maya Angelou, The Exchange
Sandy Beach, Part I: The Observer — Featured Reading
Seven Ways to Climb a Staircase — Ekphrastic Poem, after Bruce Papitto
Silent Wings of a Taos Bird — Arts Benicia, Commandant’s House
Sonata: The Complexities of Sound — Featured Reading
Sounds of Our Cosmos — Ekphrastic Poem, after Amei Papitto
Funeral March, Scene III: Evocation of Gloom and Hope — Featured Reading
The Bitter Taste of Love Songs — Vallejo Open Mic (Final Meeting)
The Fall of Icarus — Inspired by William Carlos Williams, Featured Reading
The Heart of Wakanda — Commissioned
The Killer, the Lover, and the Wolves — Art of the Community
The Lingering Moon — Inspired by James Malikéy, Commissioned
The Old White Church — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
The Samurai, Shogunate, and Sakuragi — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
The Scar, the Slayer, and the Checkered Haori — Art of the Community
The Spell of Darkness, Part I — Ekphrastic Poem, Commissioned
The Spell of Darkness, Part II — Ekphrastic Poem, Commissioned
The Tawny Owl — Inspired by William Henry Davies, “This Night”
The Venus of Milo — Inspired by Henrietta Cordelia Ray, Featured Reading
The Virgin — Tales of a Vampire: Romulus de Remis Vulconus, Featured Reading
The Weight of Deportation (Revised) — Winters LiteFest 6, Winters Opera House
The Weight of Deportation — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
Their Eyes Met Over the Fire — Featured Reading
Twilight’s Embrace: Cliffside Awakening — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
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2026
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Beyond the Shadow of Injustice: Martin L. King Jr. — Sacramento Poetry Society
Justice in the Ashes:— Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., Voices at the Table
Looking Back / Moving Forward — Black History Month, Florence Douglas Center
Monstrously Human: Voices at the Table Open Mic and A New Season: A World of Flux
Under the Breath of Heaven — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
Until the Night Takes Us Both — Voices at the Table Open Mic
Where Winter Learns to Bloom — Solano Town Center Gallery, FSVAA
Before Names – Art Ekphrastic Event, Artist “Terry Hughes”, Columbia Bank, Benicia
The Fifth Man — Ekpharastic Poetry Event, Museum of History Benicia