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 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"
Delta Poetry Review: "Barn Name," "Imago," and "Paradise"
drafthorse: "Calling In" and "Night Elevator"
Foundry: "Limit"
Glass Poetry (Poets Resist): "Texas Strong"
Heron Tree: "Fall Astronomy"
Juxtaprose Literary Magazine: "Adjacency"
Mobius: "What the Cats Notice about the Couple"
The Penn Review: "They Call This Weather a Land Hurricane"
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"
Prose Available to Read Online
The Sun: "Home Range"
Reviews and Interviews
Kirkus Review of Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom
Inside the Emotion of Fiction Interview: Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom
The Main Street Rag review of Maps of Injury
Sundress Publications interview: Maps of Injury
Lone Star Literary Life Review of The Traveler's Guide to Bomb City
Speaking of Marvels Interview: Amaranthine Hour
Amarillo Globe-News Interview
Audio and Video
Listen to Chera's 2020 High Plains Public Radio (HPPR) interview about Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom and Maps of Injury here.
Listen to Chera's 2018 High Plains Public Radio (HPPR) interview about The Traveler's Guide to Bomb City 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 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"
Delta Poetry Review: "Barn Name," "Imago," and "Paradise"
drafthorse: "Calling In" and "Night Elevator"
Foundry: "Limit"
Glass Poetry (Poets Resist): "Texas Strong"
Heron Tree: "Fall Astronomy"
Juxtaprose Literary Magazine: "Adjacency"
Mobius: "What the Cats Notice about the Couple"
The Penn Review: "They Call This Weather a Land Hurricane"
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"
Prose Available to Read Online
The Sun: "Home Range"
Reviews and Interviews
Kirkus Review of Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom
Inside the Emotion of Fiction Interview: Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom
The Main Street Rag review of Maps of Injury
Sundress Publications interview: Maps of Injury
Lone Star Literary Life Review of The Traveler's Guide to Bomb City
Speaking of Marvels Interview: Amaranthine Hour
Amarillo Globe-News Interview
Audio and Video
Listen to Chera's 2020 High Plains Public Radio (HPPR) interview about Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom and Maps of Injury here.
Listen to Chera's 2018 High Plains Public Radio (HPPR) interview about The Traveler's Guide to Bomb City 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."