poetry
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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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Mudlarking (for real)
“frfr,” a long poem* of mine, has been accepted by the venerable Mudlark. The poem is about science and (my) mental illness and how these things fail each other. I have rarely written anything so personal, but it’s definitely bigger than me. It will appear some time in June. *in 12pt Palatino, it extends one… Continue reading
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domesticated in Cleveland
I have a melancholy poem about imagined co-evolution and language up now at Gordon Square Review, alongside writers both local (to the journal) and national. Go check them out! Continue reading
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Slam Free or Die (once again my home turf)
Back in 2009-2010, when my wife and I first lived in New Hampshire, I was a regular at Slam Free or Die, the slam and open mic series based in Manchester. I even made the team they sent to the National Poetry Slam in 2010 (and was the lead writer on, among other things, the… Continue reading
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a prismatic swan song
I’m happy to say my poem “O lord thou pluckest burning,” written in response to the LA wildfires (and various other contemporary issues in the US), has been accepted for the Swan Song issue of PRISM International. I’m excited to see how the theme is interpreted by the other contributors when this comes out. Continue reading
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Visualize This
Maintenant, the journal put out by Three Rooms Press, just accepted a visual poem of mine titled “under control” for the forthcoming issue 19. The piece is constructed of lyrics from Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” and is part of the hip-hop manuscript (specifically dedicated to Zack de la Rocha as the… Continue reading
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Art = Survival
I’m excited to say Diannely Antigua has selected my poem “semicolon” to be featured in the Aplomb Project‘s 2025 Portrait Project Book. It’s become an annual mixed-media anthology of sorts of art, stories, and poetry about resilience in the face of trauma. There will be a gala at the gallery on Jun 21, which I… Continue reading
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The reality of death
While I was attending Slam Free or Die last night, I got word from Poets Reading the News that they were going to publish a poem I wrote about the tragic in-ring death of professional wrestler Vince Steele. And then they announced that it was live that same night. So here you go, a meditation… Continue reading
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John Donne x Usher, Cardi B x Lillian Randolph
RipRap, a literary journal out of California State University – Long Beach, just accepted two more of the hip hop poems for publication in their next issue. One is a blues that goes out to both Cardi B and Lillian Randolph, who voiced the Mammy character in the original Tom & Jerry cartoons and had… Continue reading
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An insect bound in the Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream Magazine just accepted one of the dreamscapes for its next issue (which has the theme “Last Words”). They’ve had the piece for a while and indicated to me that they held off on responding because they knew that eventually they’d have an issue in which it belonged, so I suppose this is the… Continue reading
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