Publications

“To See Through Smoke.” But I Did It Anyway: Shaking the Tree (Vol. 8). Forthcoming Winter 2026.
“How Childhood Trauma Surfaces and What To Do About It.” Chapter 17. Rullo, Patricia. Wellness Through Words: A Multivocal Anthology on Healthcare, Patient Safety, and Wellness. November 5, 2024.
“Rainbows and Unicorns.” Adoption Knowledge Affiliates Blog. May 20, 2024.
“open your mouth wide.” Ta-ku. SDPA Instagram. June 18, 2024
“Camellia-Crush Mother.” redrosethorns April 26, 2024
“The Sum of My Scars.” But I’m Still Here: Shaking the Tree – brazen. short. memoir (Vol. 5). 2024.
“Whose Party It Was.” New Beginnings. The Guilded Pen, San Diego Writers and Editors Guild. 2023.
“This One Precious Life.” Six Feet Apart in the Time of Corona. Acorn Publishing. 2022.
“Praise for what she holds, a Work of Poetry, by d. ellis phelps.” Glint Literary Journal, Issue 12. 2021.
“Residential.” San Diego Poetry Annual 2022-23.
“I Will.” Poets Underground Volume One. 2022.
“Last Sail.” Poets Underground Volume One. 2022.
“Split/Unsplit.” Poets Underground Volume One. 2022.
“Pandemic Poetic,” with co-author, Cherie Kephart. A Year in Ink, Vol. 14. 2022.
“Sky Bridge.” San Diego Poetry Annual 2020-21.
“Feast of Façade.” The Ekphrastic Review. 2020.
“Purple Purpose.” The 2020 Poetry Marathon Anthology.
“A Girl.” San Diego Poetry Together Challenge. 158. 2020.
“Metamorphosis.” Tiny Spoon, Ecology, Issue 5. (Click to see the video of poets reading their work!)
“Petrichor.” Tiny Spoon, Ecology, Issue 5. (Click to see the video of poets reading their work!)
“i wish for more hauntings.” fws: a journal of literature and art. 2020.
“Carry Me.” Fuck Isolation: A Tribute to the COVID-19 Experience. 2020.
“Horseman.” Fuck Isolation: A Tribute to the COVID-19 Experience. 2020.
“The Only Sound.” Fuck Isolation: A Tribute to the COVID-19 Experience. 2020.
“What We Are.” Fuck Isolation: A Tribute to the COVID-19 Experience. 2020.
“The Mixed Feelings of Getting Adopted Out of an Unstable Home.” The Mighty. 2020.
“Old As You.” Coffin Bell. 2018.
“Tyranny (It’s Generational).” Coffin Bell. 2018.
“Chapter 8 from Schizophrenia’s Daughter, a Novel Based on a True Story.” A Year in Ink, Vol. 9. 2016.