Trina Gaynon

Poet

Beaverton, OR
Oregon US
Email: 
tdgaynon@gmail.com
Website: 
www.amusebouche-poetry.com/

Author's Bio

Formerly a volunteer for literacy programs in local libraries and WriteGirl in Los Angeles,she currently leads  a group of poetry readers and a salon of writers at the Senior Studies Institute in Portland and participates in the Ars Poetica community.

Education: 
University of San Francisco MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Power of the Feminine I (ThreshPress Midwest, 2024)
,
The Grace of Oregon Rain (Turnstone, 2024)
,
Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California (Scarlet Tanager Books, 2018)
,
Awake in the World (Riverfeet Press, 2017)
,
Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands (Shabda Press, 2017)
,
Obsession: Sestinas in the Twenty-first Century (University Press of New England, 2017)
,
Of Sun and Sand (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2017)
,
Poetic Medicine (Tarcher, 2017)
,
San Diego Poetry Annual (Rainbow Books, 2015)
,
The Great Gatsby Anthology (Silver Birch Press, 2015)
,
St. Peter's B List (Ave Maria Press, 2014)
,
Storm Cycle (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014)
,
Bombshells: War Stories and Poems by Women on the Homefront (OmniArts, 2007)
Book:
Quince, Rose, Grace of God (Fernwood Press, 2024)
Chapbook:
The Alphabet of Romance (Finishing Line Press, 2013)
Journals:
26
,
300 Days of Sun
,
88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry
,
Aji Magazine
,
All Things Girl
,
Antiphon Poetry Magazine
,
Apple Valley Review
,
Asia Literary Review
,
Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters
,
Beach Reads
,
Beechwood Review
,
Big Muddy
,
Birmingham Arts Journal
,
Black Fox Literary Magazine
,
Blue Heron Review
,
BorderSenses
,
Borrowed Solace
,
Boston Literary Magazine
,
Buddhist Poetry Review
,
Café Review
,
Cairn
,
Cargo Literary
,
Chaffin Journal
,
Cicada
,
Cider Press Review
,
Cirque
,
City Works
,
Clepsydra
,
Clockhouse
,
Cloudbank
,
Yemassee
,
Conclave: A Journal of Character
,
Convolvulus
,
Coracle
,
Crate
,
Cresset
,
Dappled Things
,
Delta Poetry Review
,
Descant
,
Earth's Daughters
,
Edison Literary Review
,
Emerge Literary Journal
,
Epicenter
,
Evening Street Review
,
Exit 13 Magazine
,
Fireweed
,
Fourteen Hills
,
Friends of Acadia Journal
,
Generations
,
Gingerbread House
,
Glint Literary Journal
,
Grand Little Things
,
Greater Golden Hill Poetry Express
,
Gyroscope Review
,
Halfway Down the Stairs
,
Harpur Palate
,
Horizontes
,
I-70 Review
,
Ignatian Literary Magazine
,
Into the Teeth of the Wind
,
Kelp Journal
,
Lehigh Valley Literary Review
,
Lumina
,
Luna Negra
,
Main Street Rag
,
Melusine: Woman in the 21st Century
,
Midwest Literary Magazine
,
Milk Money
,
Mojave River Review
,
Monongahela Review
,
Natural Bridge
,
New Verse News
,
Not One of Us
,
Off the Coast
,
Open Road Review
,
Ouroboros Review
,
Palimpsest
,
Perspectives
,
Pirene's Fountain
,
Plainsongs
,
Poeming Pigeon
,
Poetalk
,
Poetry East
,
Poetry South
,
Pointed Circle
,
Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry
,
Ragazine
,
Raven Chronicles
,
Red Earth Review
,
Red Rock Review
,
Redheaded Stepchild
,
Reed Magazine
,
Right Hand Pointing
,
Rio Grande Review
,
River Oak Review
,
Runes: A Review of Poetry
,
San Diego Poetry Annual
,
Sand Hills Literary Magazine
,
Saranac Review
,
Sierra Nevada College Review
,
Sin Fronteras
,
Slant
,
Sojourn
,
Soul-Lit
,
Southeast Review
,
Southern Women’s Review,
,
Speckled Trout Review
,
Stand Magazine
,
Steam Ticket
,
Stillwater Review
,
Studio
,
Talking Writing
,
The Listening Eye
,
The Magnolia Review
,
The Same
,
The Timberline Review
,
The Whirlwind Review
,
THEMA
,
Valley Voices
,
Vallum
,
Verse Wisconsin
,
Verseweavers
,
Westview
,
Whimperbang
,
Willawaw Journal
,
Windhover
Prizes won: 

"A Map for the Lost," The Kowit Prize Honorable Mention 2023

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Chandler, AZ
Arizona
Raised in: 
Air Force
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Last update: Dec 13, 2024