Poetry & More
Poetry
All are for an adult readership unless specified.
2025
- “The Word for It Is Scrupulosity” - Paddler Press Volume 15 on Faith 
- “Poem on the Last Day of My Thirties” - Wild Roof Journal Fall 2025 
- “Ghazal for a Bankrupt Restaurant Chain” - Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies Spring 2025 
- “Broadleaf” - poem and commentary in Slow Orbit, 2/17/25 
2024
- “Flying Over Western PA” - Philadelphia Stories 
- “Mother Coyote Explains a Wildlife Crossing” - Ekstasis 
- “Moving Mona Lisa Downstairs” - ONE ART, A Journal of Poetry 
- “Feeding the Birds” (flash CNF) - Identity Theory (Bonus: watch it here) 
- Three Poems by Jessica Whipple - “For Erin,” “Farm Couple on a Pyrex Bowl,” “Lady in Church” - ONE ART, A Journal of Poetry 
2023
- “This Is What I’m Thinking at The Container Store” – Pine Hills Review 
- “Grubb Run Sonnet” – Whale Road Review 
- “Desayunamos” – Hedgerow #139 
- “Heyday” and “Behold the Pawpaw” - Sparks of Calliope 
- “Work / Life” - Funicular 
- “Bedtime Routine: A Pantoum: - Door Is a Jar 
- “Splinters” - Door Is a Jar 
2022
- “Sometimes I Google You” – Anti-Heroin Chic 
- “After Christmas Dinner” – Reformed Journal 
- “In the Dark” – Reformed Journal (listen to Jessica on the Reformed Journal podcast) 
- “Picking Cherries” – Door Is a Jar 
- “She…” – Whiptail, Journal of the Single-Line Poem 
- “Broadleaf (reprint)” – Green Ink Poetry 
- “Dadurday” – The Dirigible Balloon | (children’s poetry) 
- “At the Bridge” – Calla Press 
- “Morning Run” – Calla Press 
- “A Parent’s Shame” – Pittsburgh Quarterly 
- “Concerning My Legs” – Rathalla Review (page 24) 
- “I Learned from My Mother” – Ember, a Journal of Luminous Things 
- “Thoughts About Rocks” – Radio, Rhythm, & Rhyme blog (scrolling required) 
- “Waiting for Tomatoes” – Ekstasis 
- (two haiku) – ONE ART, a Journal of Poetry 
- “Hi, I’m Mary. Nice to Meet You.” – Stanchion Issue 7 
2021
- “Broadleaf” – ONE ART 
- “Studio Two” – Nurture 
- “The Letter” – The Dirigible Balloon | (Children’s Poetry) 
- “To My Husband, Now a Father” – Sledgehammer Lit 
- “Rope Swing” – Ember, a Journal of Luminous Things 
- Cellophane Crinkles” (haiku) – TheHaikuFoundation.com 
& More
Guest Blog Posts
- “Grants Are Out There for Editors and Writers. Here’s How I Found One.” - Lit Mag News 
- “Asking the Confident Question: How Humility and Poise Help an Author” - published at author Ryan Bani Tahmaseb’s blog 
- “On Fear and Falling” published at Story Warren 
- “Finding Success in the Middle Ground” published at Samuel O’Neil’s blog 
Humor Writing
- “Things I Would Never Know if I Didn’t Have a Seven-Year-Old” - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency 
Wildflowers: A Creative Magazine for Girls
- “DIY Christmas Cloche” | Issue 24 Christmas 2022 
- “DIY Back-to-School Stationery” | Issue 23 Fall 2022 
- “DIY Dried Flower Wall Art” | Issue 22 Summer 2022 
- “DIY Word Collage Two Ways” | Issue 21 Spring 2022 
- “DIY Clothespin Dolls” | Issue 20 Winter 2022 
- “Wrapping Up to Keep Waste Down” | Issue 19 Christmas 2021 | full article 
- “DIY Birch Tree Snowglobe Ornament” | Issue 19 Christmas 2021 
- “DIY Collage Memoryscape” | Issue 18 Fall 2021 
- “DIY Butterfly Shadowbox” | Issue 17 Summer 2021 
- “DIY Weekend Getaway Bag Tags” | Issue 16 Spring 2021 
- “Another Girl’s Treasure: Find Your Next Project at a Creative Reuse Store” | Issue 16 Spring 2021 | full article 
- “DIY Pompom Necklace” | Issue 15 Winter 2021 
- “From Sheep to Shop: How Wool Becomes Yarn” | Issue 15 Winter 2021 | full article 
- “DIY Evergreen + Berry Garland” | Issue 14 Christmas 2020 
- “DIY Upcycled Handwarmers” | Issue 13 Winter 2020 
Highlights Magazine
- Collage House Diorama (craft article) – forthcoming 
- Memory Box (craft article) – forthcoming