One year ago today my second poetry collection found love and acceptance at her perfect home: Parlyaree Press! This is an unusual collection and I scoured the indie scene to find the right fit. I couldn’t be happier with the opportunity and attention Andrew Baker and his team have given this little weirdo collection of autobiographical EDM poems and shorts about my previous life as an international party girl.

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A REVIEW OF Rachel Turney's work.

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Saturday June 6th NOON CST on Zoom tinyurl.com/poetryinbrief June Poetry (in Brief) is themed Nature Naturally! Amber Budd, of The Orange Rose Literary Magazine, and I are delighted to announce our invited readers: Ella B. Winters Loria Harris Catherine Zickgraf Durell Carter Ella B. Winters (she/they) is a social worker, researcher, and writer, living on the South-East coast of England with her partner and their sausage dog.

If you can believe it, it’s May. How did that happen? I can’t be the only person who feels like time is running at full sprint? Anyway enough digressing, it’s the first day of the…

Hosted by Rachel Turney and Aaron Lelito I am hosting two free online events on Saturday, May 2nd. Please join us if you can. Event 1: Poetry (in Brief) is a poetry community focused on conversations and short readings with some of the most fabulous poets of our time! The live online readings are open to the public. May 2nd Theme: While Abroad 10 a.m.

She’s here! The cover of To Be (a Woman) was designed in collaboration with Kirsty Anne Richards and this beautiful watercolor was painted by her! It’s only appropriate that Kirsty’s artwork should be the star of the cover of this book! We have passed this collection of poems back and forth since August 10, 2025, when we joined together on the project.

Poetry (in Brief) is a poetry community focused on conversations and short readings with some of the most fabulous poets of our time! The live online readings are open to the public. April 11th Theme: The Loss - Poems of Grief 10 a.m. PST, 11 a.m. MST, Noon CST, 1 p.m. EST Please join us in a “brief” welcome our final invited readers for April - …

Welcome to Rogue Agent, a journal for poetry and art that inhabits the body.

Rachel Turney, Ed.D. (she/her) is an educator and artist located in Denver. Her poems, research articles, reviews, and drawings can be found in a variety of publications. Rachel is passionate about im...

So excited to spend the evening with artists and writers (and those finding their voice) at our first collaborative event. Tour the gallery with owner Nicole and workshop some writing with author Rachel! We will keep it casual and fun!

Rachel Turney brings practically perfect examples of prose poetry, avant guard, surrealism, alliteration, and purpose...or at least that's what was pretended in thi…

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Thump 16: Where the Monarchs Never Die by Rocío Franco Press: Arcana Press Favorite Poem: Where the Monarchs Never Die Three things I loved: 1. The storytelling moving between locations in Mexico and the city of Chicago was very effective in imagery of place. 2. The use of Spanish words and phrases in the collection was thoughtful and personal. I was surprised to find I could understand everything Rocío wrote, though I am only literate in English, and this helped me also understand her.

If you missed it watch the YOUTUBE video - it is age protected on TURNEYTALKS channel. Word Cloud complied from readings: Workshop component: (see video for more info)

Poetry (in Brief) is a poetry community focused on conversations and short readings with some of the most fabulous poets of our time! The live online readings are open to the public. February 14th Theme: Food Erotica 10 a.m. PST, 11 a.m. MST, Noon CST, 1 p.m. EST Grown folks only this month. Our theme is about sensuality, love of food, and/or erotica. 

Thank you so much to Aaron and Wild Roof Journal for having me on! Aaron and I talk about motivation and the meaning behind what we write. We discuss visual art. I share my top tip for time management. We also go in depth about my upcoming debut full-length poetry collection Record Player Life (the b-side) out this spring with The Poetry Lighthouse.