Erasure and Found Poetry

Erasure Poetry: Disability Series

These erasures take texts on or related to disability and reveal the systemic ableism that pervades our society.

Published in The Cincinnati Review, Special Features, September 23, 2021.

Three Perspectives on the Hyperactive Child.

Being Seen by the Speech Pathologist.

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Erasure Poetry: Entomology Series

These are erasures of classic entomological texts, revealing the hidden lives of insects and the people who study them.

Published in The Banyan Review, Issue 6, Summer 2021.

Plate II. G. tityus, an Eastern Hercules Beetle.

Plate XXII. Ichneumon, a Parasitic Wasp.

Plate I. P. philenor, a Swallowtail Butterfly.

Plate 34. Gryllus, a Locust.

Plate 106. Œstrus pictus, a Bot Fly.

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Published in Inverted Syntax.  Print Issue Two, February 2020

“Plate XVI. B. suturalis, a Mountain Butterfly.”

“Plate VI. L. fulvicauda, a Robber Fly.”

“No satisfactory explanation.”

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Published in Split Rock Review. Issue 9, Fall 2017

“Plate V. B. spinosus, a Bug.”

“Plate VI. C. formosa, a Tiger Beetle.” Split Rock Review. Issue 9, Fall 2017.

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