I have been writing poetry for many years and am proud that some of my poems have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies, and even in the Providence Journal.
I am leery of publishing my poetry here due to copyright concerns, but can at least offer a list of my credits below.

As a performance poet, I have featured and performed across the country, including in Asheville (NC), Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Red Bank (NJ) and Providence. I was a featured performer in the Rhode Island Theatre Ensemble's "Rite of Spring: A Celebration of the Arts" 2006 production. Finally, my poem, "Titles on My Bookshelves" was turned into a short film by Erica Collins (with voice over by yours truly) and selected for the 2006 Rhode Island International Film Festival.

As the founder and host of The Spoken Word Poetry Series (Providence, RI 1992), I published four poetry anthologies of the poets who attended the weekly series. I also co-founded the Providence Poetry Slam in 1992. I have taught creative writing at the Hartford College for Women and Hamden Adult Education. I work part-time as a Writing Specialist in the Academic Center for Excellence at Bryant University. Currently, I am working on a series of memoir stories/poems.

• "Words," "May 16, 1992," "Afterthought," "necessary knowledge," and "Mood Pills."
  The Navigator, Volume 1, Number 2. Fall 2005.
  (solicited)
  
  
• "Government (A Children's Poem)," "Under It All," "What My Country Would Say To This Country: A Rant," and "American Picture."
  The Pedestal Magazine. October-November 2004. (online)
  (unsolicited)
  
  
• “Under It All.”
  The Providence Journal-Bulletin. Providence, RI. January 27, 2002.
  (solicited by RI Poet Laureate, Tom Chandler for column on September 11th)
  
  
• “Malak” and “Childless Woman Writing Poetry.”
  Long River Review. Creative Writing Program / English Department / University of Connecticut. Storrs, CT. May 1999.
  (unsolicited – Wally Lamb, editor)
  
  
• “Emberella.”
  Long River Review. Creative Writing Program / English Department / University of Connecticut. Storrs, CT. May 1998.
  (unsolicited – Wally Lamb, editor)
  
  
• "Group Home, Part 1" and "Angry."
  Spare Change: New England's Journal of the Streets - By, Of and For The People. Cambridge, MA. May 1995.
  (solicited)
  
  
• "What Do You Want From Me?"
  Street Scene: A publication of the Los Angeles Free Clinic - HollywoodCenter.
  Los Angeles, CA. December 1994.
  (solicited reprint from Spare Change, November 1994)
  
  
• "Naked Again"
  Focus Magazine: A Monthly Journal of Life in the OceanState.
  Providence, RI. December 1994. Vol.1, No.6.
  (excerpted in interview article)
  
  
• "They," "Brother-Hunter," "Rings," "Ex-Psychiatric Hospital Patient Smokes A Pack A Day," and “What Do You Want From Me?"
  Spare Change: New England's Journal of the Streets - By, Of and For The People.
  Cambridge, MA. November 1994. 
  (solicited)
  
  
• "Poem To A Room Full Of Poets."
  Getting Naked: The Spoken Word's First Year.
  Providence, RI. October 1993.
  (self-edited anthology)
  
  
• "Hunger."
  Wail! Magazine.
  Beverly, MA. Autumn, 1993. Vol.6, No.1.
  (solicited)
  
  
• "Sounds Like."
  The Common Room: A Brown Undergraduate Journal of the Arts. 
  Providence, RI. Spring, 1993.
  (solicited)
  
  
• "Hunger," "Born," "Little Girl Inside Her," and "To Be."
  Rhode Island's Feminist Women.
  Providence, RI. January/February 1993. Vol.3, No.6.
  (solicited)
  
  
• "Dry."
  Peel Me A Grape Fanzine.
  Syracuse, NY. January 1993. Vol.1, No.1.
  (solicited by publisher, Joshua Grabelle)
  
  
• "Winter."
  Defined Providence.
  Somerville, MA. Fall/Winter 1992. Vol.1, No.1.
  (unsolicited)

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