Collections
River, Our River —Dead Mall Press
Individual Poems
“The Suicide Summer” —Liminal.Spaces Magazine
“Based on a Dream” —Oscilloscope Literary Press
“Who am I?” —Oscilloscope Literary Press
“All of it has Teeth” —Oscilloscope Literary Press
“Orpheus” —Prometheus Dreaming
“Imago” —Cathexis Northwest Press
“in a clearing in the wood” —Cathexis Northwest Press
“Eros” —Cathexis Northwest Press & Whales of Arcadia
“Bread Pudding” —Storm of Blue Press
“goldfish reruns” —Storm of Blue Press
“My Kindred Line” —Unpublished Magazine (Intimacy Issue)
Articles
“Little Intimacies” —Unpublished Magazine
Description: A surprise conversation with a veteran exposes our simultaneous need for connection and our fear of it, the immediacy with which one can love a stranger, and the importance of even the briefest of life’s relationships. There is beauty in the littlest of intimacies, our fleeting moments of deep connection.
“Ceramic Pig” —Unpublished Magazine
Description: A personal article about break ups, about love, about David Sedaris, and about little ornate pig sculptures—somehow. Connections are everywhere: you just have to look for them! And when you do, you feel a little less alone.
“Stay Golden” (aka “Ponygirl”) —Unpublished Magazine
Description: The article version of the mantra “it’s okay to not be okay.”
“Dear Kid” —Unpublished Magazine
Description: Letters to my younger self.
“Are You a Fox or a Wolf?” –Unpublished Magazine
Description: A personal-essay style account of the intersection between dating and violence. (TW: Domestic Abuse)
MJ Stratton 