In addition to writing picture books, I LOVE writing poetry – especially for kids!
I’ve been thrilled to have so many of my poems published in various magazines and anthologies.
Poetry
Poems Featured in Magazines:
- “Beware of the Teacher Creature,” Spider Magazine, September/October 2026
- “Meant to Bee,” Countdown, The School Magazine, July 2026
- “On Shabbat,” The Toy Press, May 2026
- “The Wardrobe Tree,” Blast Off, The School Magazine, May 2026
- “The Sound of Your Silence,” Paper Lanterns, Issue 16, Autumn 2025
- “Limitless,” Countdown/The School Magazine, September 2025
- “From Peanut Butter to Jelly, with Love,” Spider Magazine, Sept/Oct 2025
- “I’ll Be Here,” Little Thoughts Press, Issue 10, An Ekphrasis Adventure, May 2025
- “What A Day!” Little Thoughts Press, Issue 10, An Ekphrasis Adventure, May 2025
- “Centipedes Make Peculiar Pets,” Countdown/The School Magazine, April 2025
- “One Grain of Sand,” Countdown/The School Magazine, March 2025
- “The Mato-Tato Squad,” Highlights High Five, November 2024
- “On Halloween” Blast Off/The School Magazine, October 2024
- “My Amazing Brain!” Countdown/The School Magazine, August 2024
- “Time to Fly!” The Toy Press, July 2024
- “At The End of The Day,” Orbit/The School Magazine, July 2024
- “The Weather Wizard,” Highlights High Five, June 2024
- “Booted,” Blast Off/The School Magazine, April 2024
- “Parrots Are Pretty,” Blast Off/The School Magazine, March 2024
- “Is Anyone Out There?” Paperbound Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2023
- “Math Problems,” Cricket Magazine, September, 2023
- “The Undeterred Octopus,” Countdown/The School Magazine, July 2023
- “There’s Magic Here,” PaperBound Magazine, March 2023
- “Giraffes: They’re Tall, But That’s Not All,” Countdown/The School Magazine, Feb 2023
- “The Blue Balloon” The Dirigible Balloon, January 2023
- “Oh, Nuggets!” The Dirigible Balloon, January 2023
- “When Butter Flies,” The Dirigible Balloon, January 2023
- “Spring Training,” Blast Off/The School Magazine, November 2022
- “I Want a Pet!” The Toy Press, Issue 2, November 2022
- “Sir Sunny,” Touchdown/The School Magazine, October 2022
- “A Passing Storm,” Launchpad/The School Magazine, August 2022
- “Cookie Crush,” Spider Magazine, April 2022
- “Pinocchio’s Lament,” Countdown/The School Magazine, April 2022
- “The Coolest Ghoul In School,” The Caterpillar, Autumn 2021
- “Lemons!” Countdown/The School Magazine, September 2021
(**WINNER of the 2021 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for poetry!) - “Elijah’s Visit,” Honeycake: The Jewish Magazine for Creative Kids, April 2020
- “Blank Page,” Honeycake: The Jewish Magazine for Creative Kids, December 2019
- “Red-Handed,” Highlighter, the newsletter of SCBWI Mid-Atlantic, Fall 2019
Poems Featured in Anthologies:
- “Encouragement,” What Is A Family? (Pomelo Books, 2023)
- “Here,” What Is a Friend? (Pomelo Books, 2022)
- “If You Were Me and I Were You” and “The Attempt,” Imperfect II: Poems About Perspective, An Anthology for Middle Schoolers (History House Publishers, 2022)
- “Our Walk To School,” Hop To It: Poems To Get You Moving (Pomelo Books, 2020) — Click here to watch the mini-movie! And here to watch me read the poem as part of National Poetry Month.
- “Ode To Frankie Cat,” Chicken Soup For The Soul, The Magic of Cats (Simon & Schuster, 2020)
Poems Coming Soon!
- “Stick A Fork In It,” Touchdown, The School Magazine, October, 2026
- “No Drama For Llama,” Countdown, The School Magazine, October 2026
- “I Love Soup!” Highlights High Five, November 2026
- “Eager Beaver,” The School Magazine, Blast Off, November 2026
- “The Perfect Nest,” Countdown, The School Magazine, February 2027
- “Rock Around The Cluck,” Highlights High Five, TBD
- “Dreidel Time,” Highlights High Five, TBD
- “Sprinkle Sprinkle,” Highlights High Five, TBD
- “The Amazing Mudskipper!” The School Magazine, TBD
- “Ready for Fry-YAY!” The School Magazine, TBD
- “My Cheesy Sweater,” A Parade of Preposterous Poetry Anthology, TBD
- “Bamboozeled!” A Parade of Preposterous Poetry Anthology, TBD
- “Butter, Fly!” A Parade of Preposterous Poetry Anthology, TBD
