Mount Mazama is where Crater Lake is. The native Shasti legend is that Shasta, the fire god warred with Mazama, threw rocks at him and Crater Lake was the result.
Fannie
…from the collection “Hard Rime,” this sonnet was a Winner of Tishman Review’s 2016 “Edna Saint Vincent Millay International Poetry Award.”
Cigarettes
Poem from the collection “Hard Rime,” this sonnet was Published in Rat’s Ass Review, February 2016
Why I Stay Up Late In August
…from the collection “One Coyote Winter,” this poem was published in “Abyss & Apex” 2013.
The Family Plot
“I want to hear their guilt, sing like a millstone of crow hearts.” …from the collection “One Coyote Winter”