“Heather Bartlett’s poetry puts the lie to the claim made by some that someone with an MFA typically spits out cookie-cutter poetry.  Her work is bold in its empathy and insight and unusual in its juxtaposition of format and theme.”

~J.P. Reese

Selected Poems

“That is not my name,” RHINO Poetry

“it starts like this.” Poet lore

“These Lines,” Redivider

“Eve,”  Lambda Literary

“Resistance,”  Rise Up Review

​“Malapropism,”  Quarterly West

​Two Poems,  Carolina Quarterly

​“We Return to Ritual,”  Nimrod International Journal

​“Will You Come In?”  Ninth Letter

​“When I was a Boy,”  PoemMemoirStory

​“A Mockingbird Sings,”  Phoebe

​“This Is What We Made,”  Barrow Street

​Two Poems,  Connotation Press

​Two Poems,  Phoebe

​Three Poems,  Prime Number Magazine

​“Perseid Meteor Shower,”  The Nervous Breakdown

​“Dear Eve,”  The Nervous Breakdown

​Two Poems,  Evening Street Review

​“The Day After Dougie’s Wake,”  Conte

Fiction

“How to Choose”  Los Angeles Review

Non Fiction

“Scavenging”  Prime Number Magazine