That cozy feeling, sitting under the tree, reviewing proofs of my poem “The Shape The Air Makes Between Us,” which will appear in the spring issue of the North American Review…
“The Shape The Air Makes Between Us”
Category Archives: Poem
“The Island Designated Yes” published at The Shore!
“The Island Designated Yes,” a prose poem I co-wrote with Dustin Nightingale, has just been published online at The Shore.
It’s very short. It’s a love poem. And it mentions indigo cherry drops which are tomatoes we grow every year and taste like when funk songs mention sunshine. I hope you enjoy it.
Huge thank yous to editors Caroline Chavatel, Emma DePanise, John A. Nieves!
Read the poem HERE.
Reviewing galleys of my 2 poems soon to appear in The Iowa Review!
On this Monday of sunlight glinting across the snowfall from this weekend,, I’m thrilled to be reviewing proofs of my two poems “Air Damp as the Back of the Throat” and “We’ve Come All This Way Got Dressed Up” which will soon appear in The Iowa Review!!!
“The Shape the Air Makes Between Us” Accepted at the North American Review!
I’m delighted to share the news that my poem “The Shape the Air Makes Between Us” has just been accepted by North American Review. Thank you J D Schraffenberger and the rest of the NAR crew! This poem mentions the amazing sculpture from 1993 “House” by the amazing artist Rachel Whiteread. She filled a three story house with concrete then removed the house part.
3 New Poetry Videos at my YouTube!
This autumn I created videos for the collaborative prose poems written by me and Dustin Nightingale which Bear Review published. I just posted the 3rd and final of these to my YouTube page. I hope you enjoy them!
My poem “Like a River Stood on End” republished with a video!
My poem “Like a River Stood on End,” first published in Cherry Tree, has just been republished online at The Talbot Spy. And there’s a short video of me reading the poem. Thank you, James Dissette!
Read/watch the poem HERE!
Video available: Hybrid Forms Collaborations — Reading and Discussion
The video of yesterday’s “Hybrid Forms Collaborations — Reading and Discussion” event is now available. Dustin Nightingale and I read some of our collaborative prose poems (for the first time ever live!), along with awesome readings by Aimee Parkison & Carol Guess and (hosts) Meg Pokrass & Jeff Friedman. Plus there’s an inspiring Q & A. Yay collaborative writing! 😀😀
Poem & Interview at Fairy Tale Review!
A poem and a short interview with me have just been published online as part of Fairy Tale Review‘s Pins & Needles Q&A series. Poetry Editor Jon Riccio asked some really fun questions about my two poems published in FTR‘s Ochre Issue, and in the space of a few hundred words I managed to cram in Robyn Hitchcock, Mary Ruefle, Craig Raine, Anthony Burgess, Dostoyevsky, James Taylor, Pringles, T.S. Eliot, Ross Gay, P.G. Wodehouse, and Alpha Centauri. Plus the full text of one of the poems, “We’re Actually Fabulous” is included at the end of the interview. Thanks again Jon!
Read HERE.
“Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” on KUSP’s The Poetry Show
Hi friends. My poem “Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” — a finalist for the 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize — was recently featured on KUSP’s The Poetry Show in Santa Cruz, CA. Host Dennis Morton reads a selection of work from Rattle Issue 50, including a delightful rendition of my poem around minute 24. The last half of the show features samplings from a CD of contemporary Scottish poetry. You can stream or download the episode HERE.
My Poem Among Story Magazine’s Most Powerful Stories of 2015
I’m honored to find that my poem “Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” – a finalist for the 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize and recently published in Issue 50 – was included in this list of the Most Powerful Stories of 2015 by the editors of Story Magazine. It’s so cool to see my poem among this eclectic gathering of 2015’s essays, novels, news stories, film, music and more, rubbing metaphorical shoulders (after the top 10) with Marc Maron’s WTF interview with President Obama and the final season of Mad Men. Thanks Story Magazine!