When I sit down to write a poem, it’s usually because an image has stuck in my mind or a phrase keeps repeating itself.  Poetry lets me operate in the extremes of our lives: melancholy and playfulness, disappointment and euphoria. Nothing in life is ever singular, and poetry’s gift is that it isn’t, either.

Collections

• Eulogy For A Former Life: Micropoems (2018, Rinky Dink Press)
• Sauteing Spinach With My Aunt (2018, Desert Willow Press) [Sold out!]
  ** Contact poet directly if you’re interested in a copy!

The reviews are in for Sautéing Spinach With My Aunt…

“Honesty and insight mark these lyrical pieces, filled past their brims with both sweetness and sorrow — along with images that remind you what the best poetry is capable of.”
~ Renee Ashley, author of The View from the Body

“What is striking about these poems is their economy — how charged they are with emotion and meaning that shine forth from such expert, stark, minimal lines.”
~ Matt Stefon, author of Shaking the Wind

“Tender and honest, Doerr’s poems not only reckon with loss but also sharply celebrate that which remains in its wake.”
~ Kathleen Graber, author of The Eternal City

Individual Poems

• “Daddy Issues” (2023)
• “Man Shocked To Discover Brain Washed Up On Beach” (2022)
• “I Kind of Get Why Some People Like To Fuck In Coffins” (2022)
• “Organizing My Underwear Drawer By Silhouette, Color, & Designer As A Coping Mechanism At the Onset of a Panic Attack (2022)
• “An Affair In Four Acts” (2021)
• “Ode To a Ventilator” (2021)
• “After Tossing & Turning for Hours, I Finally Drift Off to Sleep to ‘Heroes'”(2021)
• “One Piece of Advice From My Father” (2020)
• “Book Club” (2020)
• “Let Me, Just Once, Swap Places With My Shadow” (2020)
• “Roadside Assistance” (2020)
• “Over Drinks, I Offer My 21-Year-Old Self Some Unsolicited Advice” (2020)
• “Small Talk” (2020)
• “Just A Phase” (2020)
• “Cloud-Gazing” (2020)
• “A Bloodletting” (2020)
• “When’s the Last Time You Thought Of Me?” (2019)
• “The Guitar” (2019)“
• “The Angel Left On Your Nightstand” (2019)
• “To the Cat Lying in the Road” (2019)
• “Life, I Once Heard, Is a River” (2019)
• “My Dad’s Name Appears On the Caller ID” (2018)
• “In Memoriam” (2018) 
• “Life Lesson” (2017)
• “My Aunt, On Going Blind” (2017)
• “The Ambulance” (2017)
• “Sautéing Spinach With My Aunt” (2017)
• “Imprint” (2016)
• “Rumble” (2016) 
• “Coffee Run” (2015) [Sold Out!] 

A few more words about my poetry…

“…a sledgehammer wielded with velvet gloves. It transports and challenges us in ways that poetry seldom does. Its craft is airtight; there is no room for breath in this poem’s conversation with the reader. Visceral, elegant imagery saturates its push into our subconscious, and its uncomfortable truths resonate deeply. Like all great art, [your poem] is a gift that keeps giving; we discover more about it, and ourselves, with every reading.”
~ editors of Sky Island Journal