Poetry

Click on a title to listen to some of Lisa’s poems.

Featured in Magazines or Journals

  • “Dear Rider,” Orbit/The School Magazine, May 2023
  • “In Grandma’s Field,” Blast Off/The School Magazine, May 2023
  • “Sounds of the Seasons,” Ladybug/Cricket Media, April 2023
  • “The Mountain,” Blast Off/The School Magazine, April 2023
  • “Spring Is a Bird,” Blast Off/The School Magazine, March 2023
  • “Missing: Pearl the Kitten,” The Dirigible Balloon, March 2023
  • “Evergreen,” The Dirigible Balloon, March 2023
  • “The First Crocus,” Little Thoughts Press, February 2023
  • “Daddy’s Helper,” Babybug/Cricket Media, February 2023
  • “City Song,” PaperBound Magazine, Winter 2022
  • “Name Change Request,” The Caterpillar, Winter 2022
  • “A Perfect Country Night,” Countdown/The School Magazine, October 2022
  • “Summer’s End,” Touchdown/The School Magazine, October 2022
  • “Sharecrow,” Blast Off/The School Magazine, September 2022
  • “Invitation,” Orbit/The School Magazine, August 2022
  • “Life Underground,” Touchdown/The School Magazine, August 2022
  • “Grizzly’s Birthday Bash,” Highlights High Five, August 2022
  • “Leroy the Lionhearted,” Launchpad/The School Magazine, May 2022
  • “Summer Morning,” Countdown/The School Magazine, March 2022
  • “Today’s the Day,” The Caterpillar, Spring 2022
  • “Night’s Begun,” Tyger Tyger Magazine, January 2022
  • “Meandering,” The Dirigible Balloon, Winter 2021
  • “Was It Something I Said?” The Dirigible Balloon, Winter 2021
  • “Malaprops,” The Dirigible Balloon, Winter 2021
  • “The Magic,” The Dirigible Balloon, Fall 2021 (Later appeared in Orbit)
  • “True Blue,” The Dirigible Balloon, Fall 2021
  • “Sunset Swinging,” The Dirigible Balloon, Fall 2021
  • “Zippy and Alba,” Blast Off/The School Magazine, October 2021 (Later appeared in Better Than Starbucks Poetry and Fiction Journal)
  • “Tea With the Sea,” The Caterpillar, Spring 2021 (Later appeared in Better Than Starbucks Poetry and Fiction Journal)
  • “Look Up High,” Highlights Hello, February 2021
  • “Ode to My Front Bike Tire,” The New York Times Metropolitan Diary, December 2000

Featured in Poetry Anthologies

“Mars” – 3 poems

Two Truths and a Fib Poetry Anthology, edited by Bridget Magee (wee words for wee ones, 2023)

“The Magic”

Chasing Clouds: Adventures in a Poetry Balloon, edited by Jonathan Humble (Yorkshire Times Publishing, 2022)

 

“Proud”

Things We Feel, edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong (Pomelo Books, 2022)

“Microscopic Thinking”

“Jumping to Conclusions”

“Absolutes”

“Stones and Feathers”

Imperfect II, edited by Tabatha Yeats (History House Publishers, 2022)

“Orange”

Things We Eatedited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong (Pomelo Books, 2022)

 

“In the Brambles”

“Tough Guy”

10.10 Poetry Anthologyedited by Bridget Magee (wee words for wee ones, 2021)

Forthcoming in Magazines or Journals

  • “On the Back Porch,” Orbit/The School Magazine, June 2023
  • “The Line,” Countdown/The School Magazine, June 2023
  • “It Wasn’t Me!” Spider/Cricket Media, TBD
  • “Robin,” The School Magazine, TBD
  • “Migration,” The School Magazine, TBD
  • “Dandelion Hill,” The School Magazine, TBD
  • “The River,” The School Magazine, TBD
  • “Beyond,” The School Magazine, TBD

Forthcoming in Anthologies

“The Squonk”
“Ativaras”
“Żmij the Slavic Dragon”
Gnomes and Ungnomes: Poems of Hidden Creatures (Writers Loft Press, 2023)