Trina Gaynon

Poet

Beaverton, OR
Oregon US

Author's Bio

Trina Gaynon's poems appear in: Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California, Trees in the Garden of Ashes, The Great Gatsby Anthology, The San Diego Poetry Annual, Saint Peter’s B-list: Contemporary Poems Inspired by the Saints, Obsession: Sestinas for the 21st Century, A Ritual to Read Together: Poems in Conversation with William Stafford, Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Anthology of Sonnets of the Early Third Millennium, Bombshells: War Stories and Poems by Women on the Homefront, Knocking at the Door: Poems about Approaching the Other, and several WriteGirl anthologies, as well as numerous journals including 45th Parallel, Buddhist Poetry Review, Essential, Natural Bridge, Reed and the final issue of Runes. Her chapbook An Alphabet of Romance is available from Finishing Line Press. She currently leads a group of poetry readers at the Senior Studies Institute in Portland and participates in the Ars Poetica community.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California (Scarlet Tanager Books, 2018)
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Awake in the World (Riverfeet Press, 2017)
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Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands (Shabda Press, 2017)
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Obsession: Sestinas in the Twenty-first Century (University Press of New England, 2017)
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Of Sun and Sand (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2017)
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Poetic Medicine (Tarcher, 2017)
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San Diego Poetry Annual (Rainbow Books, 2015)
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The Great Gatsby Anthology (Silver Birch Press, 2015)
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St. Peter's B List (Ave Maria Press, 2014)
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Storm Cycle (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014)
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Bombshells: War Stories and Poems by Women on the Homefront (OmniArts, 2007)
Chapbook:
The Alphabet of Romance (Finishing Line Press, 2013)
Journals:
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300 Days of Sun
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88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry
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Aji Magazine
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All Things Girl
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Asia Literary Review
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Beach Reads
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Beechwood Review
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Birmingham Arts Journal
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Blue Heron Review
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Cairn
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Cargo Literary
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Chaffin Journal
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Cicada
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Cider Press Review
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Cirque
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City Works
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Cloudbank
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Conclave: A Journal of Character
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Convolvulus
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Coracle
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Crate
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Delta Poetry Review
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Descant
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Edison Literary Review
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Emerge Literary Journal
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Epicenter
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Fireweed
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Friends of Acadia Journal
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Generations
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Gingerbread House
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Grand Little Things
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Greater Golden Hill Poetry Express
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Halfway Down the Stairs
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Horizontes
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Ignatian Literary Magazine
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Into the Teeth of the Wind
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Lehigh Valley Literary Review
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Luna Negra
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Melusine: Woman in the 21st Century
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Midwest Literary Magazine
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Milk Money
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Mojave River Review
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Monongahela Review
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Not One of Us
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Off the Coast
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Ouroboros Review
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Palimpsest
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Perspectives
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Plainsongs
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Poetalk
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Ragazine
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Raven Chronicles
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Red Earth Review
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Red Rock Review
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Redheaded Stepchild
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Rio Grande Review
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River Oak Review
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Runes: A Review of Poetry
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San Diego Poetry Annual
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Sierra Nevada College Review
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Sin Fronteras
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Sojourn
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Soul-Lit
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Southern Women’s Review,
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Speckled Trout Review
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Studio
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The Listening Eye
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The Magnolia Review
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The Same
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The Timberline Review
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The Whirlwind Review
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Verse Wisconsin
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Verseweavers
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Westview
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Prizes won: 

"A Map for the Lost," The Kowit Prize Honorable Mention 2023

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Chandler, AZ
Arizona
Raised in: 
Air Force
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Last update: Jan 26, 2024