Donna L. Emerson’s poems have appeared, among others, in Alembic, Avatar Review, CQ (California Quarterly), CALYX, The Chaffin, Chicago Quarterly Review, Courtship of Winds, Denver Quarterly, Dos Passos Review, Eclipse, Edison Literary Review, Evening Street Review, Existere – Journal of Arts and Literature, Fourth River, Fox Cry Review, The Griffin, The Healing Muse, Lips, The London Magazine, The Los Angeles Review, The MacGuffin, Magnolia Review, Marin Poetry Anthology. Her work has received numerous prizes and awards including Editor’s Choice in the 2017 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award and honorable mention in the 2015 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award.