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SELECTED POEMS

 

"During the war"

RHINO

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"Naked Night In The Cold Room"

Tahoma Literary Review

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"They Say A Birch Peels For Protection"

SWWIM

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"Crossing Harlem Bus In A Spring Storm" & 2 Other Poems"

Cutleaf ​

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"Blue Linoleum"

Pine Hills Review


"Two Poems"

American Poetry Review


"The Book Of Glittering Leaves"
Cider Press Review

“Gone To The Larkspurs”
Colorado Review

 
“Summer Remains | A Poem I Can’t Write”
SWWIM

 

"Prayer Down Depot Road"

Midwest Review
 

“Prince”
Midwest Review
 

"Valentine's Day"
American Poetry Review

"After A Massacre"
Mid-American Review

awp 2023 wednesday night poetry @cafe racer with kai coggin & friends

Iawp 2024 | kai noggin & friends @Charlotte street foundation, Kansas city

awards

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

 

Irwin & Alice Stark Poetry Prize In Memory of Raymond Patterson, CUNY The City College of New York, 2017

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Jerome Lowell DeJur Award in Creative Writing, CUNY The City College of New York, 2020

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2020 Pushcart Prize nomination, "Prayer Down Depot Road"

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Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Contest finalist, 2021

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Two Sylvia's Press, Chapbook Contest finalist, 2021

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Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest finalist, 2021

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Frost Place Chapbook Fellowship finalist, 2021

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Off the Grid Poetry Prize finalist, 2021

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Gerald Cable Book Award finalist, 2021

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NYC Poets Afloat Residency, April 2022

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Hilary Tham Capital Collection finalist, 2022

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Sundress Publications Chapbook Contest finalist, 2022

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Idaho Prize For Poetry  finalist, 2022

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2023 Best-Of-The Net  nomination, "Colors of a Roadhouse Porch"

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Frontier Poetry Ekphrastic Prize, 2024 longlist, "Still Life With Vincent"

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RHINO 2025 Founders Prize finalist, "During the war"

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