
Selected Poems
“By Any Other Name,” Yalobusha Review, Finalist for Yellowwood Poetry Prize (judged by Jerrod Avant), forthcoming 2025
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“thru Anite Baker, i sing joy into a symposium of prayer—or, sweet love is an urning,” Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Commissioned Poem performed at “Owning Our Future: A Symposium on BIPOC Institutional Ownership.” Summer 2025
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“In Defense of the Spotted Lanternfly,” 2nd place in Literary Arts for Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh 2024 (on display in the August Wilson House and the Carnegie Museums of Natural History and Art in Pittsburgh), 2025. https://carnegiemuseums.org/envisioning-a-just-pittsburgh-2024/
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“Portrait of Kratos Tendering the Wounds of his Son,” “Deadname Tanka from my Father” The Seventh Wave, 2025. https://theseventhwave.org/publication/on-gaming/avery-robinson/
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“Vogue Femme at the 2019 Latex Ball,” Beloit Poetry Journal, Vol. 73 No.2, Spring 2024
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“Elegy Alafaya Square” The Florida Review, Fall 2023
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“Blood Excavations,” Black Warrior Review, Finalist for Fall 2022 Poetry Contest (judged by Diane Seuss). Summer 2023
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“we finna abracadabra the fuck outta mangrove swamp” Porterhouse Review, Editor’s Prize (judged by Shayla Lawson). Summer 2023. https://porterhousereview.org/articles/we-finna-abracadabra-the-fuck-outta-mangrove/
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“i feel most trans when i am thrown against a church mural,” So to Speak, Vol. 32. Spring 2023 “Demetrious Mighty Mouse Johnson Turns a Duplex into a Flying Armbar”, “another queer poem with
doors,” Obsidian, Vol. 48.2. Spring 2023
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“You can’t run from this,” “busted love ghazal while i wait,” Hunger Mountain, Issue 27. Summer 2022.
https://hungermtn.netlify.app/issues/hunger-mountain-27/poetry/
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(See CV for Full List)