Poems
Most Poems Below were collected The God of Longing after publication in journals. Poems that do not appear in that book are asterisked: *
POEMS
The following is a partial list of published poems. Most of the poems below appear in the book The God of Longing (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2014). Grateful acknowledgment is made to the editors of the publications in which the following poems first appeared. Links have been provided to poems where available.
Broadside:
"The Golden Hour," published by AQLF 2011. Judge: Mark Doty
Journals/Magazines:
American Poetry Journal: "Song"
Art & Understanding: “Ten Ways of Looking at an Appendix Scar,”* “Disclosure,” "Ballad of the Kind Young Men"
Black Robert Journal: “Nonce” (Retitled "Evolution" in The God of Longing)
Bloom: "Headless Men"
Caesura: "Elegy"
Chabot Review: “Pandora,”* “Veritas Premitur Non Opprimitur”* XXX
Cherry Blossom Review: “Persimmons”*
Crab Creek Review: "Gretel Remembers" (finalist for Crab Creek Poetry Award, judge: Dorianne Laux)
Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide: “Anal Bleaching Is All the Rage”
Gertrude: “Abecedarius”
GuyWriters Magazine: “Man Friday”
The Innisfree Poetry Journal: "Elegy," "Facture"
Knockout: "In the Hall of Primitive Mammals"
Limp Wrist” “Evening Commute”* (forthcoming, Fall 2021)
Locuspoint: "Nocturne"
Modern Words: “Sestina for Spring,"* “Larry”*
Poetry24: "Sarah Palin's Ride"*
Poets/Artists: “Fault Zone," "Stay Little Valentine Stay," "Two Photographs," "We Return Our Squandered Bodies to Their Separate Rooms"
Slow Trains: “Aubades," “The Way We Walk," “Mother”*
The Squaw Valley Review, "Catalogue"
Tawdry Bawdry: "Your Eyes"*
Anthologies:
Why to These Rocks, "Abecedarius”
"Dead Animal Handbook,” “Rain” - The Southern Poetry Anthology, Vol. V: "Nocturne," "Rain," Texas A&M University Press, 2012
“Mary’s Confession,” "Mother Mary Comes to Me”*
Art & Understanding: Literature from the First Twenty Years of A&U. "Disclosure," Black Lawrence Press, 2014
Poets Eleven: "Goat Rock," “Thaw,” “Unicorn," San Francisco Public Library, 2010
Solace in So Many Words: “Veritas Premitur Non Opprimitur”* Weighted Words Press, 2011 (nominated for Pushcart Prize)
The Body Electric: "Intermission," Ars Omnia, 2013
Divining Divas: “Twister”* Lethe Press, 2012