I had the pleasure of serving as Poet in Residence for The Bloom from 2021-2022, and as Literary Editor from 2022-2023.

Visit the archives of published literary work in The Bloom HERE.

In April 2021, we launched a poetry podcast, Rooted in Poetry m, that concluded in 2023. Check out episodes HERE or on your favorite podcast streaming platform.

Episode 1 guest - Beulah Vega

Episode 2 guest - Kimi Sugioka

Episode 3 guest - Jeremy Snyder

Episode 4 guests - K.R. Morrison & Paul Corman-Roberts

Episode 5 guests - Karen K. Lewis & Beulah Vega

Episode 6 guests - Hilary Brown, Mo Kng, Preeti Vangani

Episode 7 guest - Brenda Yeager

Episode 8 guests - Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows Brian Sonia-Wallace & Lloyd Schwartz

Episode 9 guest - Callie Klemme, 2022 Lake County Poetry Out Loud Champion

Episode 10 guests - The Bloom Poetry Contributors from 2020-2022

Episode 11 guests - The Bloom Poetry Contributors cont’d

Episode 12 guest - Michelle Scully, host of The Bloom podcast Gathering

Episode 13 - Kelly Grace Thomas

Episode 14 - Clive Matson & Dawn Bratton of WordSwell

Episode 15 - Jennifer Mills Kerr

Episode 16 - The Word Circle Virtual Writing Group

Episode 17 - Karen Llagas, Karen Poppy, Yeta Johnson, Rachel Pray, and Lourdes Figueroa. Originally recorded in April 2023 for National Poetry Month

Episode 18 - The Final Episode with Gina Ferrara and Rosanna Young Oh