This poem was inspired by my long history of working in a grocery store as a floral department manager. In fact, I wrote parts of this in the store while I was still employed there last year! I was always trying to write a ‘grocery store florist’ poem that explored deeper truths by way…

I was very happy to have this poem published in the February Issue of Ghost City Review. This particular poem came about because I had some realizations centered around my meditation on the Hindu Goddess Kali. I have been using the same pack of ‘goddess cards’ for 14 years or so, and whenever I drew…

It’s really an honor to be in this issue of Whiskey Island, alongside some poets I truly admire, such as Leah Umansky. I have two poems in this journal, both of which I have re-worked many times. . . “Independent” is a very curious little poem. It keeps taking on different forms, and at the…

Click here to read (or listen to!) my poem, “Floral Lady: Winter,” published as part of the August 2017 issue of Glass Poetry. I love this journal, and the issue is full of great work. Many thanks to editor, Anthony Frame for including my poem. http://www.glass-poetry.com/journal/2017/august/solmer-floral.html

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This poem, which features dead ancestors throwing sticks at my windows and other things I have contemplated in the various bathtubs I have rented over time, was published by the very cool online journal, Yes, Poetry http://www.yespoetry.com/news/natalie-solmer

Click on the link to listen to me and four other fabulous Indianapolis poets discuss poetry and read our work. I read the poem, “Place The Lightning Bolt In Your Hair,” which explores the topics of anger, depression and my greatest disappointments in life. The poem also keeps going back to images related to Slavic…

This poem, published in the Fall 2016 issue of Cimarron Review, draws heavily from my time working at the South Carolina Botanical Garden while I was a student at Clemson University in “my youth.”  🙂

Super excited to have poem in the Indiana Bicentennial edition of “So It Goes,” the literary journal produced by the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. I was also pleased that I was able to read this poem at the 2016 ‘Vonnegutfest,’ as I am a huge Vonnegut fan!! This poem draws from my long, illustrious history…

So grateful to Dunes Review for publishing two of my poems in their 20th Anniversary Issue! http://www.brilliant-books.net/product/dunes-review-vol-202-fall-2016

Tinderbox Poetry Journal Vol 3.1     http://www.tinderboxpoetry.com/the-smallest-apartment A poem I wrote about relationship, conception, poverty, etc…