James Coleman
Clara Bush Vadala
Poet. Veterinarian.
About Clara
Clara Bush Vadala is a poet and veterinarian from North Texas.
Her work is centered around her love of animals, the natural world, and the sciences, with a special focus on the language of medicine. Clara and her partner live on 5 acres with their three dogs, Lulu, Zeus, and Nema, four cats, Treble, Sonnet, Isabel, and Villanelle, and a small flock of ducks and chickens.
Her debut book of poetry, Prairie Smoke: Poems from the Grasslands is available from Finishing Line Press. Her second book, Beast Invites Me In, is forthcoming in January 2020 from Finishing Line Press.
Her work is centered around her love of animals, the natural world, and the sciences, with a special focus on the language of medicine. Clara and her partner live on 5 acres with their three dogs, Lulu, Zeus, and Nema, four cats, Treble, Sonnet, Isabel, and Villanelle, and a small flock of ducks and chickens.
Her debut book of poetry, Prairie Smoke: Poems from the Grasslands is available from Finishing Line Press. Her second book, Beast Invites Me In, is forthcoming in January 2020 from Finishing Line Press.
Books
Cover Art: Niko S. Malakai
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Individual Poems
Other poems can be found in the following publications
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Prairie Margins 50th Anniversary Issue: Cancer, Milnesand, NM: The Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival (essay)
SLAB: Sound and Literary Art Book: Domestic Animal Anatomy: Dissection Lab, The Real Prairie
Unsplendid 5.3/6.1 2014: Toads, Virulence
Pacuare Nature Reserve 2016 Anthology: Wolfbait
Archivation Exploration 2016: 3 Poems
Archivation Exploration 2017: Parasite Poems
Houston Poetry Festival 2017 Anthology: The Stitch, The Suture
SWWIM 2018: Leather Uterus
Thimble Literary Magazine 2019: The Domestic Bestiary
Entropy 2019: Baby Bird Makes Me Stop On the Sidewalk
Harbor Review 2019: On Fear
3Elements Review 2019: Elocution
Okay Donkey 2019: Serpentarium
Thimble Literary Magazine 2019: Dear Future
Lammergeier 2019: Taxidermy Class, Sonnet for the Many-Named Louse
Iron Horse Literary Review Feast Issue: Waitress, My husband makes me breakfast tacos when I'm depressed
The Writer's Garrett Common Language Project 2020: What We Mean When We Say Passionate
Barren Magazine Issue 18: Self Portrait as Mary Toft
Iron Horse Literary Review PhotoFinish Winner 2021: My friend tells me sheep are the weakest creature
SLAB: Sound and Literary Art Book: Domestic Animal Anatomy: Dissection Lab, The Real Prairie
Unsplendid 5.3/6.1 2014: Toads, Virulence
Pacuare Nature Reserve 2016 Anthology: Wolfbait
Archivation Exploration 2016: 3 Poems
Archivation Exploration 2017: Parasite Poems
Houston Poetry Festival 2017 Anthology: The Stitch, The Suture
SWWIM 2018: Leather Uterus
Thimble Literary Magazine 2019: The Domestic Bestiary
Entropy 2019: Baby Bird Makes Me Stop On the Sidewalk
Harbor Review 2019: On Fear
3Elements Review 2019: Elocution
Okay Donkey 2019: Serpentarium
Thimble Literary Magazine 2019: Dear Future
Lammergeier 2019: Taxidermy Class, Sonnet for the Many-Named Louse
Iron Horse Literary Review Feast Issue: Waitress, My husband makes me breakfast tacos when I'm depressed
The Writer's Garrett Common Language Project 2020: What We Mean When We Say Passionate
Barren Magazine Issue 18: Self Portrait as Mary Toft
Iron Horse Literary Review PhotoFinish Winner 2021: My friend tells me sheep are the weakest creature