recently published
“some traps you’re born in” & “what the mood stabilizer commercial said really fast at the end” / art of nothing press, Issue V: but when does anything in life ever announce itself? [print]
“For Pandora, As She Enters Kindergarten” / The Lavender South, Campaign for Southern Equality [online]
“quest for meaning during one of the imperial months” / The Celestial Glossary, Issue 1 [online]
“post-impressionism (type 1)” / Variety Pack, January ’26 Mini Pack [online]
“from the margins of Bach’s Mass in B-minor” / Exposed Brick Literary Magazine, Issue Seven: Creation [print] [digital]
“(turning)” / thread lit mag, issue 21: closing [online]
“in which I hesitate to write another poem in the first person” / Eavesdrop Literary Magazine, Issue 5: Resistance / *Shortlist—Resist Poetry Contest* [online] [print]
by format
by year
“My Cringeful Romance” (essay) / Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly, Issue 9: Kill the Part that Cringes / *Editor’s Choice* [online] [print]
“Thermometer Girl” / Full House Literary, The Games Room 5: Below 0°C [online]
“Adolescence in Sonnet Form” / The Orchards Poetry Journal, Winter 2025 [online] [print]
“Mostly Empty-Handed” / t’ART Mag, Issue Ten: Empty / Full [print]
“Plum, Begotten” / Bleating Thing, issue 4 [online] [print]
“Ode to the Funeral of a Stranger” / Headstone Zine, volume 1 [print]
“In honor of the femmes under construction and the butches who title their poems” / Lesbos Library Zine, issue 1 [digital] [print]
“In which Anna Carson tells me that understanding isn’t what grief is about” & “in which i explain the adhesive property of water” / orange juice, volume 1: re-emerge [online] [print]
“Junior High Trinity” / Antlers Zine, Volume 3 [print]
“Luckiest Dyke in the Ward” / In Praise of Despair: Disability Pride Anthology, Beyond the Veil Press [print]
“Another Icarian Manic-Depressive” / Sardine Can Collective, Can 1 [online]
“‘Hope’ is stronger than feathers” / Floating Acorn Review, Issue 3 / *Nominated—Pushcart Prize* [online]
“in which i explain the adhesive property of water” / the albatross zine, volume 3: crush [archived]
“Spread Out” / Snowflake Magazine, The Bedroom Issue / *Editor’s Pick* [digital]
“Diagnostic Criteria” / t’ART Magazine, Issue Nine: Break / Mend [print]
“Choreía” / Catholic Literary Arts Sacred Poetry Contest / *2025 Honorable Mention* [online]
“Coming to Terms with the Fact That It Doesn’t Rhyme Anymore”, Neurodivergent Zine, Coin Operated Press [digital]
“The Protest Sign Says ‘The Closet is an Awful Place to Die’ or, In Which I Ponder Creationism” / Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly, Issue 6: Queer Ecology / *Nominated—Best Spiritual Literature Awards* [online] [print]
“SweetBitter Archaeology” / 3Elements Review, Issue 45: Butcher / Linoleum / Nest [online]
“Beating the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Allegations” (essay) / Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly, Issue 4: A Fruitslice Survival Guide: Maps, Manuals, & How-to’s [online]
“First, preheat heart as hot as you can stand” / Beaver Magazine, issue 10 [online]
“And Again [I/You/They/We] Say Rejoice” / The Quack: A Zine Exploring Queerness & Catholicism, Winter(ish) 2024: A Weary World Rejoices [online] [print]
“Our Lady of High-Powered Explosives” / UNKILLABLE: A Zine on Disability, Community, and My Chemical Romance [digital]
“Reckoning of the Femme Accustomed to Shame” / Beloved: A ButchFemme Zine, Issue 3: Flesh [digital]
“In which I read the book of Joel as the world ends on live TV” / Prayers for the End of the World: Daily Prayers for Advent, Geez Magazine [archived]
“am I a girl” & “visions of the future” / LIPS Zine, Spring 2023: The Nonconformity Issue [online]
by theme
Really, every poem is informed by every theme I have in me. But if you’re interested in a specific topic, here’s an easy way to find where it’s most explicit in my poetry.
“from the margins of Bach’s Mass in B-minor” / Exposed Brick Literary Magazine, Issue Seven: Creation [print] [digital]
“Plum, Begotten” / Bleating Thing, issue 4 [online] [print]
“Ode to the Funeral of a Stranger” / Headstone Zine, volume 1 [print]
“Choreía” / Catholic Literary Arts Sacred Poetry Contest / *2025 Honorable Mention* [online]
“The Protest Sign Says ‘The Closet is an Awful Place to Die’ or, In Which I Ponder Creationism” / Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly, Issue 6: Queer Ecology / *Nominated—Best Spiritual Literature Awards* [online] [print]
“And Again [I/You/They/We] Say Rejoice” / The Quack: A Zine Exploring Queerness & Catholicism, Winter(ish) 2024: A Weary World Rejoices [online] [print]
“In which I read the book of Joel as the world ends on live TV” / Prayers for the End of the World: Daily Prayers for Advent, Geez Magazine [archived]
“For Pandora, As She Enters Kindergarten” / The Lavender South, Campaign for Southern Equality [online]
“In honor of the femmes under construction and the butches who title their poems” / Lesbos Library Zine, issue 1 [digital] [print]
“in which i explain the adhesive property of water” / orange juice, volume 1: re-emerge [online] [print] & the albatross zine, volume 3: crush [archived]
“Junior High Trinity” / Antlers Zine, Volume 3 [print]
“Luckiest Dyke in the Ward” / In Praise of Despair: Disability Pride Anthology, Beyond the Veil Press [print]
“The Protest Sign Says ‘The Closet is an Awful Place to Die’ or, In Which I Ponder Creationism” / Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly, Issue 6: Queer Ecology / *Nominated—Best Spiritual Literature Awards* [online] [print]
“SweetBitter Archaeology” / 3Elements Review, Issue 45: Butcher / Linoleum / Nest [online]
“Beating the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Allegations” (essay) / Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly, Issue 4: A Fruitslice Survival Guide: Maps, Manuals, & How-to’s [online]
“First, preheat heart as hot as you can stand” / Beaver Magazine, issue 10 [online]
“Reckoning of the Femme Accustomed to Shame” / Beloved: A ButchFemme Zine, Issue 3: Flesh [digital]
“am I a girl” / LIPS Zine, Spring 2023: The Nonconformity Issue [online]
“My Mother” / Crossroads V, Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center / *winner of Cville Pride Poetry & Prose High School Award, 2017 Virginia Festival of the Book* [archived]
“For Pandora, As She Enters Kindergarten” / The Lavender South, Campaign for Southern Equality [online]
“post-impressionism (type 1)” / Variety Pack, January ’26 Mini Pack [online]
“Thermometer Girl” / Full House Literary, The Games Room 5: Below 0°C [online]
“Adolescence in Sonnet Form” / The Orchards Poetry Journal, Winter 2025 [online] [print]
“Luckiest Dyke in the Ward” / In Praise of Despair: Disability Pride Anthology, Beyond the Veil Press [print]
“Another Icarian Manic-Depressive” / Sardine Can Collective, Can 1 [online]
“Diagnostic Criteria” / t’ART Magazine, Issue Nine: Break / Mend [print]
“Coming to Terms with the Fact That It Doesn’t Rhyme Anymore”, Neurodivergent Zine, Coin Operated Press [digital]
“Beating the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Allegations” (essay) / Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly, Issue 4: A Fruitslice Survival Guide: Maps, Manuals, & How-to’s [online]
“L’appel du Vide” / Crossroads VI, Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center [archived]
“in which I hesitate to write another poem in the first person” / Eavesdrop Literary Magazine, Issue 5: Resistance / *Shortlist—Resist Poetry Contest* [online] [print]
“Mostly Empty-Handed” / t’ART Mag, Issue Ten: Empty / Full [print]
“In which I read the book of Joel as the world ends on live TV” / Prayers for the End of the World: Daily Prayers for Advent, Geez Magazine [archived]
“quest for meaning during one of the imperial months” / The Celestial Glossary, Issue 1 [online]
“post-impressionism (type 1)” / Variety Pack, January ’26 Mini Pack [online]
“In honor of the femmes under construction and the butches who title their poems” / Lesbos Library Zine, issue 1 [digital] [print]
“in which i explain the adhesive property of water” / orange juice, volume 1: re-emerge [online] [print] & the albatross zine, volume 3: crush [archived]
“Spread Out” / Snowflake Magazine, The Bedroom Issue / *Editor’s Pick* [digital]
“SweetBitter Archaeology” / 3Elements Review, Issue 45: Butcher / Linoleum / Nest [online]
“First, preheat heart as hot as you can stand” / Beaver Magazine, issue 10 [online]
“And Again [I/You/They/We] Say Rejoice” / The Quack: A Zine Exploring Queerness & Catholicism, Winter(ish) 2024: A Weary World Rejoices [online] [print]
“Reckoning of the Femme Accustomed to Shame” / Beloved: A ButchFemme Zine, Issue 3: Flesh [digital]
“For Pandora, As She Enters Kindergarten” / The Lavender South, Campaign for Southern Equality [online]
“(turning)” / thread lit mag, issue 21: closing [online]
“Another Icarian Manic-Depressive” / Sardine Can Collective, Can 1 [online]
“SweetBitter Archaeology” / 3Elements Review, Issue 45: Butcher / Linoleum / Nest [online]
“For Pandora, As She Enters Kindergarten” / The Lavender South, Campaign for Southern Equality [online]
“Adolescence in Sonnet Form” / The Orchards Poetry Journal, Winter 2025 [online] [print]
“Junior High Trinity” / Antlers Zine, Volume 3 [print]
“Luckiest Dyke in the Ward” / In Praise of Despair: Disability Pride Anthology, Beyond the Veil Press [print]
“‘Hope’ is stronger than feathers” / Floating Acorn Review, Issue 3 / *Nominated—Pushcart Prize* [online]
“in which i explain the adhesive property of water” / orange juice, volume 1: re-emerge [online] [print] & the albatross zine, volume 3: crush [archived]
“Coming to Terms with the Fact That It Doesn’t Rhyme Anymore”, Neurodivergent Zine, Coin Operated Press [digital]
“visions of the future” / LIPS Zine, Spring 2023: The Nonconformity Issue [online]
“My Mother” / Crossroads V, Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center / *winner of Cville Pride Poetry & Prose High School Award, 2017 Virginia Festival of the Book* [archived]
“Curvature: A Triptych for the Spine” / Crossroads VII, Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center [archived]
“Ode to the Funeral of a Stranger” / Headstone Zine, volume 1 [print]
“In which Anna Carson tells me that understanding isn’t what grief is about” / orange juice, volume 1: re-emerge [online] [print]
“sometimes I forget I knew you” / Crossroads VII, Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center / *finalist, Crossroads VII Writing Contest* [archived]
johanna e. hall 