Publications
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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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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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My new record
Dadaist magazine Pfudalmda is looking for one-word poems around the theme of “lofve” for March. I submitted one at 8:03pm my time and got the acceptance at 8:16. The previous issue, “warfair,” really is worth a read, and I am genuinely excited to be part of this little mag. Continue reading
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butterflies and rubber bands
A poem I wrote for/about my mom and her relationship to her deceased parents and my relationship to her relating to them, “the agnostic’s three branches,” just got accepted by Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts. Continue reading
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Poets Respond (It’s me. I’m the poet.)
For the first time, a poem of mine has been chosen by Rattle for its Poets Respond feature. “Whalesong” just got emailed out to about 25,000 subscribers, it’s live on the site (along with a recording I did yesterday), and I’m going to join editor Tim Green tonight at 8PM ET to read the poem… Continue reading
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