Poems

Below is a selection of my published poems from You Can Call It Beautiful, hope you enjoy!


Hear Sherri Levine read “Spirit Rise” by Debra Elisa, originally broadcasted on the Spokane Public Radio program Poetry Moment on June 26, 2024.

Hear Sherri Levine read “A life’s work” by Debra Elisa, originally broadcasted on the Spokane Public Radio program Poetry Moment on June 27, 2024.


What makes You Can Call It Beautiful a coherent collection (too) is the way Debra weaves her themes throughout, and unites all of it with her gift for sound and color

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Eventually the reader has crossed the world, explored family secrets in the Pacific Northwest, and noticed animals and landscapes in perhaps new ways.

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Debra Elisa and Bethany Reid read their poems.