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 chapbook, forthcoming from Finishing Line Press, is titled Metal House of Cards. 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

Published Collaborative Poems

“Hydro Tank,” SWWIM Every Day, fall 2023

“Amber Vase,” Bear Review, winter 2023

“An Improper Confession,” DIALOGIST, spring 2023

“Organizing a Quiet Origin,” DIALOGIST, spring 2023

“An Improper Confession,” DIALOGIST, spring 2023

“Anniversary,” DIALOGIST, spring 2023

“Forgetting the Chapel, Sherry-Red,” Hooligan Magazine, summer 2023

“A Match-Cut Feature,” Hooligan Magazine, summer 2023