Poems

Kodak 4200 Slide Projector Asks If I Ever Held Hands With My Father— Columbia Journal

Google Image Search: Boston Massacre—Diode Poetry Journal

forever, a protest is just a run—Diode Poetry Journal

The Makers—Crabfat Magazine

If Being a Man Allowed for Emotion—Poetry Daily

Inheritance—Four Way Review

Homecoming, Rich Square, NC—Four Way Review 

Flowers as Honesty—Lackadaisy Lit Mag

in the news

WBTV QC Life, Meet Charlotte's First Poet Laureate, Video Here

Charlotte Observer, Charlotte's First Poet Laureate Creates Music in Language, Article Here

South Park Magazine, Let Jay Ward Tell It, Article Here

WFAE, Interview with PL Jay Ward, Interview Here

WFAE, Charlotte's First Poet Laureate, 4/20/22: Article Here

The Biscuit, 2/9/21: Article Here

Biscuit Blitz, 5 minutes with Jay Ward, 5/26/20: Video Here

QC Life, WBTV Channel 3, My New Best Friend segment, 2/17/21: Article and Video Here

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