She is the editor of the anthologies By Broad Potomac's Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation's Capital (University of Virginia Press, 2020),[1] and Full Moon On K Street: Poems About Washington DC (Plan B Press, 2010),[2] and author of five books of poetry, including The Scientific Method (WordTech Editions, 2017), Animal Magnetism (Pearl Editions, 2011), and The Wishbone Galaxy (Washington Writers Publishing House, 1994).

[5] Roberts is also the author of A Literary Guide to Washington, DC: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers from Francis Scott Key to Zora Neale Hurston (University of Virginia Press, 2018).

[10] Several poems have been choreographed by Jane Franklin Dance Company and performed at various venues including the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.

[13] She has been featured in the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day Project, and in podcasts sponsored by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts, and individual poems of hers have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Mandarin.

She has developed numerous tours for schools, community groups, and Big Read celebrations highlighting the literary and cultural history of the city.