Extensive examples of my work are available through my Substack, Late Bloomer: Practice, Poetry, and Blooming Later in Life (shavawn.substack.com)

What I See, my examination of my aging body, is an example of my published poetry. It can be seen in the Featured Fifty Poetry section of The Huffington Post.

Feast of Losses, my essay mourning the loss of my father, was originally published in North Atlantic Review and Concho River Review (First rights). Writing it was a gut-wrenching experience. In fact, I worked on it for three years before publishing it.

Breadcrumbs in Dark Times: Any Minute Now, Everything Will Change is my most popular published essay, having been published on my blog, Rebelle Society, and The Good Men Project. To date, it has been shared over 20,000 times.

Books & Publications

My first book, Evanescent Creature, is now on sale on Amazon.com and on goldendragonflypress.com.

My work has also appeared in or is forthcoming in The Huffington Post, Sable Books' Anthology - Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women, Trickster Literary Magazine, The Urban Howl, elephant journal, The Temple of Anjana, The Good Men Project, Rebelle Society, Be You Media Group, Olentangy Review, Journey of Heart: Women’s Spiritual Poetry, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Vagina – The Zine, The Cancer Poetry Project 2, Kinema Poetics, Kalliope,  Poet Lore, California Quarterly, Westview – A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, North Atlantic Review, Concho River Review, Synapse, Living Buddhism, The World Tribune,  Blue Mountain Arts/SPS, Poetry Seattle, and buddhajones.com, to name just a few.

In addition to my blog, shavawn.substack.com, I am a regular contributor to various online magazines and print publications.

My next book, Next Stop, Wonderland: Tiny Stories to Comfort Your Mind & Soothe Your Soul, a collection of personal essays, will be available mid-2027.