Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and been nominated three times for a Pushcart prize. Her chapbook, The Night Ghost, was published with Finishing Line Press. Recent work includes a short story in The Westchester Review, poems in Heartwood, Woman Around Town, Breadcrumbs, and Poems-for-All.
November 2019: The Origami Poems Project nominated Things that are lost from Susan Moorhead's latest microchap 'Lost and Found' for a Pushcart Prize. Each year the OPP selects 6 poems to nominate for this distinction.
► Susan's microchaps & selected poems are available below.
Origami Microchaps |
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Lost and Found | ||
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Things that are lost
My heart. |
Things that are found Pennies on the pavement. • Susan Moorhead © 2019
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Color Theories | ||
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Yellow
In this third life, trying
to find my dandelion purpose. Some chlorophyll miracle, something perennial, not annual in the scheme of things. Common wonders these miniature suns, let these brave little scrubs be the gifts I offer my strange angels, to show I am willing to learn how to change from shine to seed, to close my eyes and lean into the wind, go where it carries me. • Susan Moorhead © 2018
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White Cirrus, cumulus, |
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Gaze On these darkling nights • Susan Moorhead © 2017
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Hourglass We are clock watchers. |