publications

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waterbird and making the subtext text: collard greens and black-eyed pea histories. published in black feminist collective. 
 

cottagecore death fantasy, after janna ibrahim. published in alocasia journal.  
 

my disabled body in terms of loki. published in the lickety split.
 

exodusters: a poemification of jacob lawrence's great migration series. published in rootwork journal's summoning flight: navigating black mythology, flight, and acts of refusal. 
 

may your blessing be your people. published in ice floe press' pandemic love and other affinities anthology.

you can't kill black juliet this time. published in sesi mag.

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for black girls when the loving looks like leaving. published in issue two of salima magazine, the feminist center for creative work's transformative media publication. nominated for an american voices medal and awarded a gold key by the scholastic writing awards, and recognized by the arts fairfax uphoff scholarship in the spring of 2021. 

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ancestor in training. published in inksounds in the fall of 2021.

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what i wished for the summer of jazz heavens: a contrapuntal poem. published by ice lolly review in summer of 2021.

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black girls with space buns in space. published by arts lounge. published spring of 2021. 

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untitled self love poem after june jordan. published by arts lounge. published spring of 2021. 

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true nature. published by arts lounge. published spring of 2021. 

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haibun in which you imagine yourself as a celestial object. published by perhappened magazine. published fall 2020. pushcart prize nominated and performed for arts fairfax's '21 national poetry month celebration. 

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you cannot kill black juliet this time (portfolio). awarded a silver key by the scholastic art & writing awards in spring of 2021.

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homesickness. published by write the world review in winter of 2020. 

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our re-imagined story. grand prize winner of the i, too am the dream national contest by the milken center for advancing the american dream. recognized fall 2020.

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everybody's protest poem. published by ghost heart literary journal. published fall 2020.

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peach pit heart. published by the hearth magazine. published fall 2020.

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gilded notes. awarded top ten finalist by national beta club poetry convention 2020.

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sit still, look pretty. published by in the write. published summer 2020.

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what black girls are told. commissioned by writopia lab for the black lives matter: micro plays; macro messages theatrical festival. performed summer 2020.

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who gets to write the story? commissioned by writopia lab for the black lives matter: micro plays; macro messages theatrical festival). performed summer 2020.

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grayforce. published by the ellipsis.

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cognitive dissonance (excerpt) awarded a gold key by the scholastic art & writing awards 2018.

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we are. published in "love letters: to the mothers & fathers of the african diaspora" -anthology book. published spring 2020.

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eulogy for the girl i had to bury. published in humankindzine. published summer 2020.

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blm and quiltbag+ . safe talk space's virtual pride magazine 2020. published summer 2020.

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