collaborative poetry
I met Amanda Maret Scharf at Ohio State, where we both served as editors for The Journal. Our collaboration began during a midwestern power outage in July 2022. It was hot, our dogs were panting, and we wrote fast. We considered our friendship, our own experiences with queer love, and our relationship to place. We co-wrote each poem through a series of one-line responses to one another.
Our first chapbook, out now from Finishing Line Press, is titled Metal House of Cards. Our second chapbook, Astral Gaze, is forthcoming from dancing girl press.
Order Metal House of Cards here.
Find individual poems published or forthcoming in Bear Review, SWWIM Every Day, Dialogist, Hooligan Magazine, Bear Review, and the Beaver Magazine Anthology Bodies: Preservation of Land. You can also check out Amanda’s individual work at amandamaretscharf.com
Select Collaborative Poems
“Hydro Tank,” SWWIM Every Day, fall 2023
“Amber Vase,” Bear Review, winter 2023
“Organizing a Quiet Origin,” DIALOGIST, spring 2023
“Anniversary,” DIALOGIST, spring 2023
“Forgetting the Chapel, Sherry-Red,” Hooligan Magazine, summer 2023
first rodeo
In collaboration with L. A. Johnson, I co-host First Rodeo: A Poetry Reading Series. This event is housed at The Wild Detectives and sponsored by SMU English / Project Poëtica. Our next reading will be on Wednesday, May 6th at 7:30pm.
Past and future readers include: Carrie Fountain, Arah Ko, Corey Marks, Eduardo Martínez-Levya, Wayne Miller, Kortney Morrow, Cecily Parks, Carey Salerno, Heidi Seaborn, & Samantha Strong Murphey.
