My twenty ninth poem for 30/30, “Discovering the Cosmos” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. One more poem to go!

My twenty eighth poem for 30/30, “A Mother’s Prayer for Her Daughter’s Body” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. This poem was written for my friend and fellow poet, Karissa Knox Sorrell. Thanks for your support!

My twenty seventh poem for 30/30, “Palo & Francesca” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. This poem was written for Kathryn Wilbanks who discovered and donated to 30/30 through my good friend Sam Snoek Brown. She’s one of his students, so thanks to you, Kathryn, and to Sam for sharing this project with your students.

My twenty fifth poem for 30/30, “Junk Drawer” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog.

This poem is for my dad who requested a poem featuring a “twisty tie.” Yep.

My twenty fourth poem for 30/30, “Opossum Season” is live. For more i  information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives,    please see my previous post or visit the project blog.

My twenty third poem for 30/30, “Mourning Dove” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. This poem was inspired by the mourning dove nesting on the third floor of the building I teach in everyday. I’ve always thought of mourning doves as kind of frumpy, but there is something stoic about this one.

My twenty second poem for 30/30, “Catacomb Saints” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. Thank you to Emily for your support & amazing prompt! Here’s the article that inspired the poem: “Meet the Fantastically Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism’s Forgotten Martyrs” by Rachel Nuwer.

My twenty first poem for 30/30, “Rise & Fall” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. Thank you to Nick & Katie for your support!

My twentieth poem for 30/30, “Joy” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog.