The Words

Published Works

Books, poems, songs, and public artworks published from 2016 to 2025 — including her two poetry collections, The Seasoned Woman and She Lives in Music, and commissioned poetry installed across San Antonio.

  1. The Seasoned Woman

    2nd Book published on Gnashing Teeth Publishing, March 2025.

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  2. “Breonna’s Psalm”

    Poem published in “Deep in the Soul of Texas”, Texas A&M University Press, as part of the Book Series of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State.

  3. “Sacred Tongues”

    Poem published in Torch Literary Arts, August 2024 Feature.

  4. “Rosary Beads”

    Poem published in Texas, Being A State of Poems, Trinity Press 2024. Edited by Jenny Browne.

  5. “Permission To Play”

    Art Everywhere mural sponsored by Centro San Antonio features original poetry and audio from "Are We There Yet?" May 2023 at San Antonio International Airport, Terminal A.

  6. “Permission To Play”

    Art Everywhere mural sponsored by Centro San Antonio features original poetry and audio from "Are We There Yet?" May 2023 on E. Commerce Street.

  7. “Sunny Salutations”

    Poet’s Pointe public artwork grand opening, June 2023.

  8. It Starts Today

    San Antonio Express-News / San Antonio Express-News.com, Opinion Section A1, January 2023.

  9. “Galveston”, “Set Free”, “Freedom Day”

    Juneteenth Faith and Freedom Soundtrack (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), June 2022.

  10. In An Effort to Translate Solitude

    Arts Alive San Antonio, Life In the time of COVID-19, online publication, February Part 41.

  11. “Ode to Mrs. Harriet Kelly”

    San Antonio Woman Magazine, Final Thoughts, January/February Issue.

  12. “Miles of Magic”

    San Antonio Woman Magazine, Final Thoughts, November/December Issue.

  13. “The Fall”

    San Antonio Woman Magazine, Final Thoughts, September/October Issue. Sponsored by The City of San Antonio and Metro Health.

  14. “What Will It Take”

    COVID-19 Safety (Campaign Song, Radio, Online and Television Commercial). Song sponsored by City of San Antonio.

  15. “Hard Won” (Song Single, Contra Anthology)

    Song sponsored by League of Women Voters San Antonio Independent, San Antonio. FlowerSong Press.

  16. “Elevated Melanin”

    Public Arts Project through Centro San Antonio Arts Everywhere Street Mural.

  17. “Weeping Post”

    San Antonio Magazine, Why We Love San Antonio, June/July.

  18. She Lives in Music

    Debut Book, FlowerSong Press.

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  19. “Fire Fruit”, “Budding”, “Genuine Drum”, “Cycles”, “The Path of Friendship”

    Voices de la Luna, Vol 12 No. 3.

  20. She Tastes Like Music (Album)

    Independent, San Antonio.

  21. “Haiku to the Comforter”

    The Raven Review Literary Magazine, San Antonio.

  22. “Prickly”

    Soundbite Vol. 3, The Anti-Languorous Project.

  23. The Bad Mama Jama Mixtape: A Woman’s Soundtrack to Life

    Theater Performance, Tobin Center.

  24. “Thirsty for Love”, “Dyer Died in Silence”

    Sycorax’s Daughters, Cedar Grove Publishing.

  25. “Nigra Sum”

    Pariahs (Anthology), Stephen F. Austin University Press.

  26. “A Reason to be Angry”

    The Texas Observer.