Poems

Follow the links to read some of my published poems:

qarrtsiluni

My poem “Relics” is published in the health issue of qarrtsiluni, along with a podcast of my reading. You can listen on site or download.

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poemeleon

My poem “Manifesto, Age 59” is published in the gender issue of poemeleon, volume IV, issue 1, Summer/Fall 2009

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OCHO

My poem “Dog Days” is published in OCHO #24 the Twitter Edition.

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Bumbershoot

My poem “A Weighty Problem” is published in Issue 5 of Bumbershoot.

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Umbrella

I have two sonnets in Issue 8 of Umbrella: “Sonnet 18 Reconsidered” and “Evening Song.” You can read them by following this link.

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Worldview

The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature is a webzine devoted to nonstereotypical southern culture founded in 1995.

You will find my online chapbook Worldview in the Dead Mule’s summer 2007 issue

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nth position

I have three poems in the September 2007 issue of nth position.

‘Experts shy from instant diagnoses of gunman’s mental illness, but hints abound’
Hymenoplasty
Recipe for titillation.

Read them at this link.

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Letters to the World

Letters to the World, edited Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace, Lesley Wheeler, is an anthology of poetry by members of the Wom-po (Women’s Poetry) Listserv (founded by Annie Finch). The anthology, which includes work from 258 poets from New Zealand to New York, was created entirely through internet collaboration. A volunteer editorial team shaped the project in cyberspace, from soliciting contributions to editing, arranging, proofreading, and finalizing the manuscript.

Letters to the World is available from Red Hen Press.

Read “Skin Out A Woman,” my poem from Letters to the World here.

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October Grass

The Other Voices International Project is made up of a small dedicated staff whose desire is to bring you the best poetry possible from around the world in the form of a cyber-anthology. As the project grows so does our belief that the bottom line for this project is the poets and their voices as they look upon the world and attempt to find some way for us to meet and understand the consequences of what it means to be human…

My six-poem contribution to this project, entitled October Grass, can be found by following the link.

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The Pedestal Political Anthology

In the fall of 2004, John Amen opened The Pedestal Magazine for any one who wanted to contribute a piece of political writing. The resulting Political Anthology contained over 700 essays, stories, and poems. My contribution to The Pedestal’s Collection can be found at the link.

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nth position

I had three poems in the nth position nthology for Fall 2003.

Gravitas
Balancing the Equation
Bring Up a Child in the Way He Should Go

Read them at this link.

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Some of my poems that appeared in print publications, I have also featured here on the website. Usually I have added some graphics or an mpg file, just for fun.

June is the Time of Fat Spiders (originally published in Pegasus)

Garden Poem (originally published in Limestone)

Three Rings (written for the mixed media exhibit Sideshow at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning)

Anniversary (from Dance the Black-Eyed Girl, originally published in The Louisville Review)

The Wind Won’t Lift Me (published here only, with graphics by Charlie Whitt)

Toxicodenron radicans (originally published in the Nilas Newsletter)

Happy Hallowe’en (originally published in the 100 Poets Against the War)

Tulips (originally published in My Will and Testament Is on the Desk)