Poetry

Guardian_of_the_Road_Cover_for_Kindle“44 Adorations of Hermes” in Guardian of the Road: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hermes (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“6EQUJ5” in Star*Line 40:2

“The alien invasion fleet upon entering earth orbit” in Scifaikukest

“Among the Briars” in Quantum Fairy Tales #17 (Fall 2016) [A longer version appears in Dame Evergreen, and Other Poems of Myth, Magic, and Madness]

“the alien invasion fleet upon entering earth orbit” in Scifaikuest (November 2021)

“Aretalogy of Inanna” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) and Into the Great Below: A Devotional to Inanna and Ereshkigal (Asphodel Press)

“The Ashes of Her Feet” in Corvid Queen (31 October 2021)

“a stranger in the cemetery whispered to me” in Eye to the Telescope #22

“Aurora Speaks” in At the Gates of Dawn and Dusk: A Devotional for Aurora, Eos, and the Hesperides (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Ave Iside” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Beware the Goose Mother” in Corvid Queen (26 March 2019)

“birth” at Odin’s Gift

Blessing” in evOke: Witchcraft*Paganism*Lifestyle

“bloom” in Call of the God: An Exploration of the Divine Masculine in Modern Paganism

“‘But he is naked,'” the child chanted” in Enchanted Conversation

“Cernunnos et les Gemini” in Hoofprints in the Wildwood: A Devotional for the Horned Lord (Gullinbursti Press)

“the children in the trees” in Polu Texni

“Clever Mally” in Corvid Queen (19 January 2024)

“cosmogony” in MOON Magazine

“Dame Evergreen” in Faerie Magazine #37 (Winter 2016) [Note: Rhysling Award nominee 2017, long form] and the collection, Dame Evergreen, and Other Poems of Myth, Magic, and Madness

“Dawn’s Joy” in Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Feminine Divine (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) and in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)  

“Drakon Hesperios” in At the Gates of Dawn and Dusk: A Devotional for Aurora, Eos, and the Hesperides (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

a_mantle_of_stars__a_cover_for_kindle“Eos Bright Star” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Excerpt From the Explorer’s Guild Essential Handbook: Librarian’s Edition” in Abyss & Apex 2020:4

“Excerpt from ‘The Pearl of Alexandria'” in Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Feminine Divine (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“First Contact” in The Martian Wave (November 2022)

“The First Morning in May” in Strange Horizons

“Five Suns” in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina

“Flora Rides the 5th Avenue Bus” in MOON Magazine

“Fragment Burke-Gottner 4.1” in Mandragora: Further Explorations in Esoteric Poesis (Scarlet Imprint)

“Freyja Haiku I” and “Freyja Haiku II” in Fire Jewel: A Devotional for Freyja edited by Gefion Vanirdottir (Asphodel Press)

“grave-gifts” in Polu Texni

“gray mare” in The Grey Mare on the Hill (Grey Mare Books)

“Haikus for Anat” in Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Feminine Divine (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Haikus for Hestia” in First and Last: A Devotional for Hestia (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Heliobacterium daphnephilum” in Star*Line 42:3 [Pushcart Prize nominee 2020, Rhysling Award Long Category winner 2020] 

“Helios” in Datura: An Anthology of Esoteric Poesis (Scarlet Imprint) and in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)  

“Hera Holy Queen” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hera My Queen” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hermes Haiku I” in Guardian of the Road: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hermes (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“hephaestus now” in Harnessing Fire: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hephaestus (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“How to Birth a Witch’s Toolbox” in Full Moon and Foxglove: An Anthology of Witches and Witchcraft (Three Drops Press)

“Hymn to Anat I” in Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) and  Cliterature and Datura: An Anthology of Esoteric Poesis (Scarlet Imprint)

cotg“Hymn to Antinous III” in Call of the God: An Exploration of the Divine Masculine in Modern Paganism

“Hymn to Apollo V” and “Hymn to Apollo VII” in With Lyre and Bow: A Devotional in Honor of Apollo (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Ares III” in Dauntless: A Devotional for Ares and Mars (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Asherah I” in Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Astarte I” in Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Atargatis I” in Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to ‘Athirat” in Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Feminine Divine (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Athena I” in Cliterature

“Hymn to Cernunnos I” and “Hymn to Cernunnos II” in Hoofprints in the Wildwood: A Devotional for the Horned Lord (Gullinbursti Press)

“Hymn to the Charites III” in Mandragora: Further Explorations in Esoteric Poesis (Scarlet Imprint)

“Hymn to Charon” in Ferryman of Souls: A Devotional to Charon

“Hymn to Dæg I” in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)   

“Hymn to Demeter II” in Potnia: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Demeter (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Dionysus II” in Call of the God: An Exploration of the Divine Masculine in Modern Paganism

“Hymn to Epona I” in The Grey Mare on the Hill (Grey Mare Books)

“Hymn to Ereshkigal I” and “Hymn to Ereshkigal II” in Into the Great Below: A Devotional to Inanna and Ereshkigal (Asphodel Press) and Queen of the Great Below: A Devotional for Ereshkigal (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to the Erinyes I” in The Dark Ones: Tales and Poems of the Shadow Gods (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

freyja“Hymn to Freyja I” and “Hymn to Freyja II” and “Hymn to Freyja III” in Fire Jewel: A Devotional for Freyja, edited by Gefion Vanirdottir (Asphodel Press)

“Hymn to Frigg I” and “Hymn to Frigg II” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Hapy I” in Call of the God: An Exploration of the Divine Masculine in Modern Paganism

“Hymn to Hermes I” and “Hymn to Hermes II” and “Hymn to Hermes III” and “Hymn to Hermes IV” and “Hymn to Hermes V” in Guardian of the Road: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hermes (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Hermes and Hekate” in Guardian of the Road: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hermes (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to the Hesperides I” in At the Gates of Dawn and Dusk: A Devotional for Aurora, Eos, and the Hesperides (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Hestia VI” in First and Last: A Devotional for Hestia (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Inanna I” and “Hymn to Inanna II” in Into the Great Below: A Devotional to Inanna and Ereshkigal  (Asphodel Press)

“Hymn to Ishtar I” in Anointed: A Devotional for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Mani I” in  Day Star and Whirling Wheel: A Devotional in Honor of Sunna Goddess of the Sun and Mani God of the Moon (Asphodel Press)

“Hymn to Melinoe IV” in The Dark Ones: Tales and Poems of the Shadow Gods (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Melinoe V” in Les Cabinets de Polytheistes: An Anthology of Pagan Fairy Tales, Folktales, and Nursery Rhymes (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Nephthys I” in She Who Speaks Through Silence: An Anthology for Nephthys 

“Hymn to Odin I” in Masks of the High One: A Devotional Anthology for Odin (forthcoming)

“Hymn to Odin II” in Call of the God: An Exploration of the Divine Masculine in Modern Paganism and Masks of the High One: A Devotional Anthology for Odin  (forthcoming)

“Hymn to Saraswati I” and “Hymn to Saraswati II” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Hymn to Sekhmet I” in When the Lion Roars: A Devotional to the Egyptian Sekhmet (Asphodel Press)

“Hymn to Selene I” and “Hymn to Selene II” in Lunessence: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Selene (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

daystar“Hymn to Sunne I” and “Hymn to Sunne II” in  Day Star and Whirling Wheel: A Devotional in Honor of Sunna Goddess of the Sun and Mani God of the Moon (Asphodel Press) and “Hymn to Sunne II” in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)  

“Hymn to the Sun Queen” in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina

“I Am” in Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Feminine Divine (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“The Ibis” in Call of the God: An Exploration of the Divine Masculine in Modern Paganism and A Silver Sun and Inky Clouds: A Devotional for Djehuty and Set (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“I carry the light of a dead star in my pocket” in Silver Blade #32 (Fall 2016) 

“If You Would Seek a Seeress” in Star*Line 41:1 (Winter 2018) [Note: Rhysling Award 2018 nominee]

“Inanna’s Ride” in Into the Great Below: A Devotional to Inanna and Ereshkigal (Asphodel Press)

“in the palace of the giant” in Star*Line 40:2

“in the place of the pillars” in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina

“Invocation of the Forest Lord” in Hoofprints in the Wildwood: A Devotional for the Horned Lord (Gullinbursti Press)

“Iphicles, On His Brother’s Return” in The Dark Ones: Tales and Poems of the Shadow Gods (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“it is his cloak that catches her gleaming eye” in At the Gates of Dawn and Dusk: A Devotional for Aurora, Eos, and the Hesperides (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Kastalia” in Datura: An Anthology of Esoteric Poesis (Scarlet Imprint) and Seasons of Grace: A Devotional in Honor of the Muses, the Charites, and the Horae (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“The Library of Trees” in Polu Texni 

“Lucifer Speaks” in At the Gates of Dawn and Dusk: A Devotional for Aurora, Eos, and the Hesperides (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Luminescent Giant Butterfly Lady” in Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Feminine Divine (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“A Maid Stands Upon a Hill” in Tales From Fiddler’s Green 2

“mama always says” in Gingerbread House

“A Midwife’s Prayer to the Kathirat” in Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“A Musician’s Prayer to Hermes” in Guardian of the Road: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hermes (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Neaera’s Complaint” in Call of the God: An Exploration of the Divine Masculine in Modern Paganism and in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)  

“Nine Hourglasses” in Seasons of Grace: A Devotional in Honor of the Muses, the Charites, and the Horae (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“The Nine Nights of Heliogenna” in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional for the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina

“Not a Princess, But (Yes) There Was a Pea” in The Future Fire Jubilee Issue 2019.50

“Oak, Ash, and Crow” composed of the poems “i know that the trees move/The Tales of Corvids” in Abyss and Apex 3:18

“The Oak ‘Tween Dusk and Dawn” in JOURN-E 2.2 (Autumn Equinox 2023)

“An Offering” in Dauntless: A Devotional for Ares and Mars (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“On the Care and Feeding of Your Chicken Leg Hut” in Sycorax Journal Issue 5

“Overheard at a Bar in Miami, Two Days After” in Journ-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature (forthcoming)

“poor girl/untitled” in Dappled Things (Lent/Easter 2011)

“Prayer to Apollon II” in The Dark Ones: Tales and Poems of the Shadow Gods (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Aphrodite II” in Blood and Roses: A Devotional for Aphrodite and Venus (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Asherah I” in Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) and A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Frigg I” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Hathor I” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Hekate” in Bearing Torches: A Devotional Anthology for Hekate (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Hephaestus I” in Harnessing Fire: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hephaestus (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Hermes I” and “Prayer to Hermes II” in Guardian of the Road: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hermes (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Inanna I” in Into the Great Below: A Devotional to Inanna and Ereshkigal (Asphodel Press)

AnointedSmallCover“Prayer to the Kathirat I” in Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Prayer to Nepthys I” in She Who Speaks Through Silence: An Anthology for Nephthys 

“Prayer to Skadhi I” and “Prayer to Skadhi II” at Odin’s Gift

“Prayer to Sekhmet I” in When the Lion Roars: A Devotional to the Egyptian Sekhmet (Asphodel Press)

“Prefatory to a Prayer to Hephaestus” in Harnessing Fire: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Hephaestus (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Princess Meissa and the Silver Fleece” in Lunessence: A Devotional in Honor of Selene (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Rightly I Am Called” in MOON Magazine

“Rune Poem I” in HEX Magazine #8 and Masks of the High One: A Devotional Anthology for Odin (forthcoming)

“Saule (x3)” in The Far-Shining One: A Devotional to the Spirits of the Sun (Bibliotheca Alexandrina

“Serpent Hair” in Bearing Torches: A Devotional Anthology for Hekate (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Seshat” in Garland of the Goddess: Tales and Poems of the Feminine Divine (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Sleeping Beauty’s Lament” in dreams & nightmares

“Song for the Horae: Dike, Eirene, and Eunomia” in Seasons of Grace: A Devotional in Honor of the Muses, the Charites, and the Horae (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“The Stars Fell From the Sky on the Evening of 17 November” in Enheduanna: A Pagan Literary Journal Volume 4

“steadfast” in Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine (The Steadfast Tin Soldier) March 2017

“Sycophantam astrum” in Eye to the Telescope 34

“A Tale Told in Four Voices” in Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine (Godfather Death) October 2017

A Tale Told in Five Voices, or The Dancing Princesses” in Corvid Queen (12/27/2019)

apples_krasskova“Three Haikus for Idun” in Skalded Apples: A Devotional Anthology for Iduna and Bragi (Asphodel Press)

“Three Hourglasses” in At the Gates of Dawn and Dusk: A Devotional for Aurora, Eos, and the Hesperides (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Three Hymns in Honor of Set” in A Silver Sun and Inky Clouds: A Devotional for Djehuty and Set (Bibliotheca Alexandrina

“A Triad for Hekate” in Bearing Torches: A Devotional Anthology for Hekate (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Two Hymns to Hathor” in A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“Twenty-One Adorations of Nephthys” in She Who Speaks Through Silence: An Anthology for Nephthys 

“Vastitas Borealis” in dreams & nightmares

“Vesper Speaks” in At the Gates of Dawn and Dusk: A Devotional for Aurora, Eos, and the Hesperides (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

“we, the dancers” in Gingerbread House (7/31/2019)

“Wish” in Gingerbread House (2/27/2015) [Note: Dwarf Star Award nominee 2016]

“A Witch’s Apple” in Sycorax Journal (10/31/2019)

“A Witch’s Junk Drawer” in Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores

“The Wolf’s Tale” in The Future Fire 2019.49 

“the woods in the wind” in Abyss & Apex #63 (3:2017)

Plus a whole bunch of poems on Odin’s Gift.

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