Poetry and Essays

Those Women

An autobiographical essay about redefining yourself published to the theme of resilient women. https://herstryblg.com/theme/2020/9/23/tho...

Snow

A POEM ADDRESSING RACIAL INEQUALITY- a piece of protest poetry written in response to armed men threatening officials in government...

Meet Marlena Johns of Zen Ase Poetry

http://voyagehouston.com/interview/meet-marlena-johns-zen-ase-poetry-north/ eet-marlena-johns-zen-ase-poetry-north/

More- a poem about Modern Materialism

https://www.amazon.com/Five-One-Magazine-Issue-13/dp/1537098268

Selfhood: Varieties of Experience: an Anthology for the Faint of Heart

https://www.amazon.com/Selfhood-Varieties-Experience-anthology-faint/dp/0996270485/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=selfhood+transcendent+pre...

The Metamorphosis

https://www.caraveljournal.org/the-metamorphosis A poem about testing's effect on teaching.

THE MONOPOLY OF MARRIAGE

A poem about domestic violence. https://jonahmagazine.com/2016/06/14/the-monopoly-of-marriage/

Mothering a Member of an Endangered Species

Coping with my sons' experiences with racial profiling. https://thefemlitmagazine.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/mothering-a-member-of-an-endan...

Let's Talk About Being Human

The Basil O' Flaherty literary arts journal is proud to present our first chapbook poetry anthology. In these pages, poets discuss what...