“My Father Sings ‘Mama I’m Coming Home’ on the way to His First Oncology Appointment.” Poetry Online, forthcoming 2022.
“Ridgeway, VA 2008.” South Carolina Review, forthcoming 2022
“And Now, I Tip My Hat to You.” Cutthroat, Nov 2021
“Broken Friendship: Solve 4 Why.” Hawaii Pacific Review, Nov 2021
“re a woman of little consequence.” South Florida Poetry Journal, 2021
“Dundalk, MD 2006.” Eastern Iowa Review, 2021
“Memoir: A Poem.” Puerto Del Sol, Aug 2021
“Wed.” Lunch Ticket: Amuse Bouche, Feb 2021
“Reflection of Things That Rot.” Parentheses, Nov 2020
“Geocaching After We Swan Dived Honey Island.” Third Wednesday, June 2018
“A-nu-yi.” The Emerson Review, May 2018
“Aphelion (Our Relative Position).” Sierra Nevada Review, May 2018
“Elegy From the Daughter You Didn’t Know You Had.” Sierra Nevada Review, May 2018
“Alternate Roots.” Big Muddy, April 2018
“(De) Construction.” Big Muddy, April 2018
“Creation Myth.” Big Muddy, April 2018
“Except in Memory.” Red Earth Review, #3. July 2015
“Etymology.” Broadkill Review, June 2015
“This is how I Write You.” Broadkill Review, June 2015
“Step 5: Write This Down.” Broadkill Review, June 2015
“Through the Viewmaster.” Runestone, V1. 2015
“Viewmaster: The Highlands.” Summerset Review, Fall 14. September 2014
Write Now: The Poetry of Mel Ruth 