Poet
Publications & Prizes
Books:
Cypher Garden (Blue Light Press, 2017)
, The Lifeline Trembles (Blue Light Press, 2014)
, What's Left is the Singing (Blue Light Press, 2010)
, The Illuminations (WordTech Communications, 2006)
, Green Journey, Red Bird (Loonfeather Press, 2000)
, This Body She's Entered (New Rivers Press, 1989)
Chapbooks:
Love in the End (Bright Hill Press, 2008)
, The Long Journey Into North (Juniper Press, 1998)
Prizes won:
Poet Laureate of Ventura County, 2014-2016
Winner of 2014 Blue Light Press Poetry Book Competition
Winner, ArtTales, 2015
Eight nominations by presses for a Pushcart Prize
First Prize Winner 2012 Ventura County Writers Club Poetry Competition
First Prize Winner 2012 Crossroads Irish American Poetry Competition
Finalist with book publication, Blue Light Press Poetry Competition, 2009
Finalist with book publication, Bright Hill Press Competition, 2007
Laureate Sonnet Award at 2013, 2014. 2016 Great River Shakespeare Festival
Finalist, Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize, 1990 and 1995, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2019
Minnesota Book Award finalist,
Minnesota Voices Winner in Poetry, 1988
Loft Mentor Award in Poetry, 1985–86
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Irish American
Prefers to work with:
Adults
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
St. Paul
Raised in:
St. Paul,
MN
Minnesota
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Last update: Aug 11, 2022