As the final poem I’ll be reading to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Bright Inhabited Lives‘, what better poem to end on than the final poem of the book? This poem was written in response to the artwork featured, Time-Molt, Tender, by Annaliese Jakimides (USA) 2022, and first published by the Ekphrastic Review. You can learnContinue reading “A Reading of “Time-Molt, Tender, by Annaliese Jakimides””
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New Poem at The Ekphrastic Review
Van Gogh Revisits His First Painting as a Ghost I’ve seen this street hundreds of times, sometimes even in my dreams. So what is it about one man, slouching down the canal, the light like dawn, The way the lines are stone and waterskeleton and key? … Read the rest of the poem over at The Ekphrastic Review!
Published in Spiritus Journal
I am a big fan of the content that Spiritus Journal puts out into the world. Which is one big reason that I’m honored and thrilled to have a poem published in their Autumn edition this past month!
Featured Poet for Collected Magazine
It was my honor to be the featured poet in Collected Magazine’s Vol.3 Issue 4: SONG. You can check out their full publication online here, and several more of my poems here. “Stand up – quickly now! – For the silver trees are laughing Only for a moment; A coronation of crows Is stirring upContinue reading “Featured Poet for Collected Magazine”
Two Poems At Amethyst Review
Head over to the Amethyst Review to read two recently published poems: Names Leftover Miracles
Happy Birthday, Pilgrims I Have Been
This Fall my first collection of poems, Pilgrims I Have Been, turned one year old. It’s been a joy to continue hearing from those of you who are discovering these poems for the first time, or sharing them with others as we begin a new season. Putting this collection of poems out into the worldContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Pilgrims I Have Been”
Hidden Life in Nazareth, by Ivonka Demchuk
An east wind, she might have thought as she splayed the wooden beams and divided their garments Brushed aside the hammer and nails one more time to lay down that quilt of many colors. Read the rest at the St. Katherine Review
The House of the World
NFSPS Honorable Mention Now dusk drops its sheer curtains over the bruised hills Now the door of the day’s light closes with a crimson shudder, leaves the porch light stuttering on for the moon. Hogs and leopards return to her dark hearth; flowers genuflect and softly enter their dim cathedrals. And the restless ones stirContinue reading “The House of the World”
What’s on my bookshelf
Here are some of the books and authors I’ve been enjoying so far in 2021! Les Miserables – Victor Hugo (always a good re-read!) The Idiot – Dostoyevsky From the Holy Mountain – William Dalrymple Hannah Coulter – Wendell Berry Tell me: what was the last book you couldn’t put down?
OPA Pandemic Anthology
I’m pleased to announce that two of my poems from Pilgrims I Have Been have been selected to appear in the Oregon Poetry Foundation’s 2020 Anthology! Look for more information on where you can purchase this anthology when it is available at the end of this month.
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