She is best known for her narrative poems, particularly her book-length novel-in-verse, Queen of the Mist; her collection Looking for the Parade which won the National Poetry Series Open Competition, and her New and Selected Poems volume, Swimming for the Ark, which was chosen as the inaugural volume in White Pine Press's Distinguished Poets Series.
Her second book, Queen of the Mist, a novel-in-verse about the first person to go over Niagara in a barrel, was chosen by Joyce Carol Oates as runner up for a Poetry Society of America award; she was also commissioned by Broadway’s Jujamcyn Theaters to adapt it for the stage.
Her collection, Swimming for the Ark: New & Selected Poems, 1990-2015, was the inaugural volume in the White Pine Press Distinguished Poets Series.
She has read her work on NPR's Morning Edition, Radiolab, The Bob Edwards Show and The Chautauqua Lectures.
Technically, her poems are characterized by a narrative structure, detailed imagery, long, rhythmic, free-verse lines, and emotional effects.