poetry
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Under the wire
Unbroken, a journal dedicated to prose poems under the ambidextrous bloodhound press umbrella, just accepted a dreamscape for their January 2026 issue, which I am happy to say will work out (there is still time to get them in the acknowledgements for the book – which is an ongoing series of discussions with various editors). Continue reading
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these are the waterfalls in my head
Announcements are officially up on social media, so I can say it here: my manuscript these are the waterfalls in my head, which I have referred to regularly over the past couple of years as the dreamscapes, won the Granite State Poetry Prize and will be published by Yas Press (University of New Hampshire) in Continue reading
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Rattle proper
Tim Green made mention of this on RattleCast last night, but I’m just posting about it here now: after having poems selected for Poets Respond and the monthly Prompts, I’m going to have a poem in the actual print version of Rattle. Oddly enough, this one isn’t quite connected to any of my larger manuscripts Continue reading
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A dream of a tree in a desert
Pangyrus has picked up another of the dreamscapes. I’m really starting to feel some momentum here. Continue reading
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Let the Wild Rumpus begin
The Rumpus, one of my favorite journals, just accepted two of the hip hop poems. One is a dictionary entry, the other a sudo-ku, a form pioneered by Kat Lehmann. Continue reading
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Closing out November with something small
Password: the journal of very short poetry just accepted two (do I even need to say the next word?) short poems of mine today, including one that’s kind of a three-column contrapuntal variation. They’ll appear in issue 3.1, hopefully February 2026. Continue reading
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Fingers crossed
The dreamscapes manuscript (which I suppose I should just start referring to by its title – these are the waterfalls in my head) has been longlisted for YesYes Books‘s 2025 open reading period. Those of us on it will find out in late December (most likely) which books from that list are getting published. Continue reading
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Missed updates
A while back, brand-new journal Opol published three of my poems. Earlier this month, the editor was kind enough to nominate one of them for a Pushcart. And I just got word that that poem will appear in the quarterly, downloadable, purchasable edition in mid-December. Many thanks to Venessa! Continue reading
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Reading: Slam Free or Die
It’s a bit last-minute to be posting this here, but the real reach (given my lack of social media) comes from Slam Free or Die anyway… I’m the featured poet there this coming Thursday, November 20. I’ll be leading a workshop titled “Therapy vs Catharsis” starting at 6:45pm and running roughly 45 minutes. The open Continue reading
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Dreams as (un)missed messages
Yeaaaars ago, I sent a poem to voicemail poems that didn’t get in. I’ve continued to enjoy the work they do over there and recently took a second shot, this time with one of the dreamscapes. It just got accepted earlier tonight, so expect a second post this month when the issue goes live. Continue reading
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