Welcome. A short intro. But a lot more. Check out the poems tab. Please. Look at the Books and Broadsides page. Check out the others, too.

I came to writing after a full career as a forest ecologist in the Pacific Northwest. My poems have appeared in Blue Heron Review, HEART, The Rumpus, Front Porch Review, and Halfway Down the Stairs, among other publications. My first chapbook, Woman and Horse, appeared in 2019. The Dream of Falling came out in 2020, just as the pandemic kicked in.

I received a BA in history from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and an MS in forest ecology from Oregon State University. My husband and I moved to New Mexico in 2021. Change can be good.

What’s new?

Smalls v.1 is a set of tiny broadsides (individual McCain poems). Order any of the three poems individually on Books and Broadsides or order the set (click on the picture!). All of the poems were illustrated and printed by artist Eva Claycomb.