“Hansel in College” The Guardian’s Featured Poem of the Week

I’m so honored that my poem “Hansel in College” is The Guardian‘s Poem of the Week. Many thanks to Carol Rumens for this critical engagement; Peter Kahn, editor of the Golden Shovel Anthology where the poem first appeared; and to Gwendolyn Brooks herself. You can read the feature here.

“Zinnias” on Poem-a-Day

I have a new poem about my grandmother’s zinnias and the International Space Station up on the the Academy of American Poets! Thank you so much, Alex Dimitrov. It’s an honor! You can read the poem here.

“Mother of All” in LOVE’S EXECUTIVE ORDER

Excited to share that I have a new poem, “Mother of All,” up at Love’s Executive Order! Many thanks to Matthew Lippman for fearing my work on his site. It’s an honor to have work here with such wonderful poets. You can read the poem here.

“House of Père Lacroix” in Poem-a-Day

A huge thank you to Alex Dimitrov and the Academy of American Poets for featuring my poem, “House of Père Lacroix,” on Poem-a-Day today! The poem was inspired by Cézanne’s painting by the same name in the National Gallery of Art.

“Airman on the Ground”: Poetry and Film

My poem, “Airman on the Ground,” which is a pantoum made up of lines from my grandfather’s WWII letters, has been made into a film by Fabian Duran, a Media Arts student at New Mexico Highlands University. The poem first appeared in Kettle Blue Review. Thank you, Fabian, and thank you David Sanchez Burr, professor of Media Arts […]

“Reaction”: Poem of the Week in “Narrative” Magazine

My poem “Reaction” is poem-of-the-week in Narrative! Many thanks to Michael Wiegers, Carol Edgarian, Tom Jenks, Jack Schiff, and the rest of the staff. The poem can be read here.

“First Thing” in POETRY Magazine

Much gratitude to Don Share for including my poem, “First Thing,” in the January issue of POETRY. It is part of a community of amazing poems. Please consider reading this issue.

The Academy of American Poets

“‘Mike’ Test,” a new poem, appears on the Academy of American Poets website (poem-a-day feature) for November 10, 2014. Thank you, Alex Dimitrov.

“Children of the Flood” in the Boston Review

“Children of the Flood” was published on April 19th for the Boston Review‘s 2014 National Poetry Month feature. The poem was included with a detail from one of my mother’s woven paintings: that is a portrait of me as a child. Thank you B. K. Fischer and Timothy Donnelly for publishing my poem and my mother’s work along […]

“Violinist” in Verse Wisconsin

Kara Candito and Adam Fell, curators of the Monsters of Poetry Reading Series, included “Violinist“ in their guest-edited issue of Verse Wisconsin. I read for the Monsters of Poetry Reading Series in Madison, WI this past December. “Violinist” first appeared in Tongue Lyre.