Some Poetry to Read Online (in Alphabetical Order by Review)
2River View: "The Pictures are on a Tilt" and "To Matthew"
all roads will lead you home: "Windfall" and "Root Binding"
Amarillo Bay: "On the First Rain after the Drought"
Apogee: "Phlebotomy"
Arcturus: "The Onion as a Vessel of Memory"
Atticus Review: "Trace Elements"
Beloit Poetry Journal: "Bail"
Blue Bonnet Review: "The Day I Bought a Gun"
Blue Fifth Review: "Hook Echo"
Cider Press Review: "Emergency Supplies"
Cider Press Review: "Evergreen"
Cider Press Review: "Incubate"
Common Good Books (Garrison Keillor): "Bounding Flight"
Connotation Press: "Papa's Armistice" and "Amaranthine Hour"
drafthorse: "Calling In" and "Night Elevator"
Foundry: "Limit"
Glass Poetry (Poets Resist): "Texas Strong"
Heron Tree: "Fall Astronomy"
Hospital Drive: "For Days Now"
Juxtaprose Literary Magazine: "Adjacency"
Mobius: "What the Cats Notice about the Couple"
Poets Reading the News: "Other Names"
Prime Number Magazine: "Bear Country," "Horse Dealer," and "Arachnology"
Qu: "Accelerate"
Rattle: "Shriven"
Rattle: "Tornado Alley"
Rattle (Poets Respond): "Anything Worth Saving"
Rattle (Poets Respond): "The Descent of the Germanwings"
Rattle (Poets Respond): "The Moon of a Moon is a Moonmoon"
Rattle (Poets Respond): "Sparrows"
Red River Review: "Buttermilk"
Rust + Moth: "The Capacity for Malignancy is Ancient"
Rust + Moth: "Pathologies"
THRUSH Poetry Journal: "Topography"
THRUSH Poetry Journal: "When Only Sage is Left"
Tupelo Quarterly: "The Killing Frost"
Up the Staircase Quarterly: "Poem for the Body Found Nearby"
Valparaiso Poetry Review: "Bridling"
Valparaiso Poetry Review: "Outflow"
whimperbang: "They Gather Their Belongings" and "Physics of the Curve"
Reviews and Interviews
Lone Star Literary Life Review of The Traveler's Guide to Bomb City
Inside the Emotion of Fiction Interview: Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom
Speaking of Marvels Interview: Amaranthine Hour
Amarillo Globe-News Interview
Audio and Video
Listen to Chera's High Plains Public Radio interview here.
Watch a special message for the young writers of Oakdale Elementary here.
Visual poems and selections from readings are available on YouTube.
Play the below video to watch a segment of The Handle on Panhandle PBS featuring Chera, her cat Kevin, and her poem "Tornado Alley."
2River View: "The Pictures are on a Tilt" and "To Matthew"
all roads will lead you home: "Windfall" and "Root Binding"
Amarillo Bay: "On the First Rain after the Drought"
Apogee: "Phlebotomy"
Arcturus: "The Onion as a Vessel of Memory"
Atticus Review: "Trace Elements"
Beloit Poetry Journal: "Bail"
Blue Bonnet Review: "The Day I Bought a Gun"
Blue Fifth Review: "Hook Echo"
Cider Press Review: "Emergency Supplies"
Cider Press Review: "Evergreen"
Cider Press Review: "Incubate"
Common Good Books (Garrison Keillor): "Bounding Flight"
Connotation Press: "Papa's Armistice" and "Amaranthine Hour"
drafthorse: "Calling In" and "Night Elevator"
Foundry: "Limit"
Glass Poetry (Poets Resist): "Texas Strong"
Heron Tree: "Fall Astronomy"
Hospital Drive: "For Days Now"
Juxtaprose Literary Magazine: "Adjacency"
Mobius: "What the Cats Notice about the Couple"
Poets Reading the News: "Other Names"
Prime Number Magazine: "Bear Country," "Horse Dealer," and "Arachnology"
Qu: "Accelerate"
Rattle: "Shriven"
Rattle: "Tornado Alley"
Rattle (Poets Respond): "Anything Worth Saving"
Rattle (Poets Respond): "The Descent of the Germanwings"
Rattle (Poets Respond): "The Moon of a Moon is a Moonmoon"
Rattle (Poets Respond): "Sparrows"
Red River Review: "Buttermilk"
Rust + Moth: "The Capacity for Malignancy is Ancient"
Rust + Moth: "Pathologies"
THRUSH Poetry Journal: "Topography"
THRUSH Poetry Journal: "When Only Sage is Left"
Tupelo Quarterly: "The Killing Frost"
Up the Staircase Quarterly: "Poem for the Body Found Nearby"
Valparaiso Poetry Review: "Bridling"
Valparaiso Poetry Review: "Outflow"
whimperbang: "They Gather Their Belongings" and "Physics of the Curve"
Reviews and Interviews
Lone Star Literary Life Review of The Traveler's Guide to Bomb City
Inside the Emotion of Fiction Interview: Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom
Speaking of Marvels Interview: Amaranthine Hour
Amarillo Globe-News Interview
Audio and Video
Listen to Chera's High Plains Public Radio interview here.
Watch a special message for the young writers of Oakdale Elementary here.
Visual poems and selections from readings are available on YouTube.
Play the below video to watch a segment of The Handle on Panhandle PBS featuring Chera, her cat Kevin, and her poem "Tornado Alley."