POETRY



Four Poems, SOFTBLOW, November 2022

Collecting Cash at the Phallic Factory, Sand Hills Literary, October 2022 (Editor’s Choice)

Henry Winkler Gives Me Permission to Quit Therapy, FreezeRay, September 2022

Despairathon, Abandon Journal, August 2022

Earth Has Attachment Issues, Sky Island Journal, July 2022

He Asks About My Kinks, Rattle, June 2022 (print)

Spigot Fairy, Whiskey Tit, May 2022

A Golden Shovel for a Guy Named Wax (after Gwendolyn Brooks), 2021 Moonstone Arts Featured Poets Anthology, March 2022 (print)

Zillow > For Sale > Late 20th Century Redhead, Jupiter Review, February 2022

The Red Hot Dogs from North Dakota, Olney Magazine, August 2021

Eddie Vedder Saved Me From a Cult, Olney Magazine, July 2021

Ode to a Mansplainer, Drunk Monkeys, May 2021

My Immune System Ignites a Forest Fire on My Skin, aka A Pandemic Stress Pantoum, Pine Hills Review, April 2021

My Frenemy, the Super Plus Tampon, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, April 2021

The God Grid Failed Texas, Anti-Heroin Chic, April 2021

Burnt Honey, Anti-Heroin Chic, April 2021

Remnants on the Pool Table’s Soft Felt, Anti-Heroin Chic, April 2021

Hanging Your Name on the Wall, Disquiet Arts, March 2021

Recollections from the Poet’s Training Bra, Disquiet Arts, March 2021

First Date with Herman Melville Reincarnated, Rue Scribe, March 2021

Bette Midler Dispenses Stray Advice During a Game of Playground Red Rover, Hash Journal, January 2021

An Endless Driving Sestina, Oddball Magazine, November 2020



Order Snacks For The Love Hungry from World Stage Press or Amazon (more sellers coming in 2023)

Valerie’s chapbook, Imaginary Frenemies, is now available.