poetry
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Dreaming in the Prairie
Two more dreamscapes just got picked up, this time by the venerable Prairie Schooner. The manuscript of which they’re part is sitting at 64 pages (I’ve pared it down over the past year from an original “production” of about 120 dreamscapes), and this very nice publication-to-be means that over a third of the poems are Continue reading
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Slam Free or Die at 20
Last night was the 20th anniversary of Slam Free or Die in Manchester, NH. I was involved in the scene back in 2009-2010 as both just a regular participant and a member of the 2010 team that went to the National Poetry Slam that year. I was invited to be one of the guests last Continue reading
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Almost in my own backyard
The poetry manuscript I wrote (mostly) last year was just named a finalist for the 2025 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize. Alas, it didn’t win, but it’s nice to come close. Continue reading
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A love(ly) way to kick off September
A poem of mine just got accepted for the inaugural issue (Fall 2025) of PHIL LIT Journal. Going back and forth with the editors now on the proof copy. Continue reading
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Fired up over Sūdō
Sūdō Journal has accepted a poem of mine called “you’ll forget it’s arson” for its upcoming issue. This poem isn’t part of any of the collections in progress, just a reaction to the news this year, but I’m looking forward to reading it some coming week at Slam Free or Die (going to have to Continue reading
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Lightning strikes twice
I’m back on Rattle’s website! This time my poem “Stormchaser” was selected as the Prompt Poem of the Month for July and was published today. This one was written in response to a prompt asking poets to utilize Michael Theune’s Structure and Surprise book or website, which was kind of an interesting connection for me, Continue reading
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new poems under wraps
Yesterday, I had three poems accepted by a brand-new journal for their inaugural issue. I’ve been given the ok to mention the acceptance (and that it’s a paying venue, which is rather nice), but I’ve also been asked to hold off on linking to the website until it’s fully up and running. So pardon the Continue reading
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XXXTentacion x John Taylor
Sunspot Lit just picked up another of the hip hop poems (to be published later this month), which in this instance goes out to both XXXTentacion, social media bad boy, and John Taylor, who fewer people these days know about. Taylor was a contemporary of Shakespeare’s, a waterman, and a poet. Watermen, who helped ferry Continue reading
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frfr
“frfr” is live at Mudlark today as both the printed poem and a recording the editor asked me to make. He settled on making it a full Mudlark chap, as opposed to an entry in one of the series for shorter poems. Buckle up before heading into this one. Continue reading
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babbling about photography
A sestina I wrote in response to not just one image, but a series of photographs, by Walter Arnold just got accepted by The Ekphrastic Review and will appear there in August. Despite the fact that I’ve been doing ekphrastic pieces for a couple of decades at this point, I have to admit it’s my Continue reading
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