Two poems in GFT Presents: One in Four

I’m thrilled that four of my poems, Swept Away, At Work, The Details Are Available, and The Mechanics of Aerodynamics are appearing in the Spring 2018 print issue of Evening Street Review, Review Number 18. Check out their website to order a copy!

I am so honored to be selected as a finalist for the 2026 Rattle Poetry Prize! 11 great poets, 11 amazing poems. Congratulations to Marcia LeBeau as the top prize winner. I’m grateful to be selected, but also excited that the selection was my poem Crown of American Ashes. It’s a heroic crown of 14…

I’m happy to have a new poem, A Small Town, appearing in the online journal Typishly. If you enjoy the poem, share it on social media, and check out the rest of the site for some great poetry, short fiction, and beautiful accompanying artwork!

I was thrilled to see my manuscript, Overseeing the Downfall, as a finalist for the 2016 New American Poetry Prize at New American Press. Overseeing the Downfall is a collection of Midwestern poems about work and family in the digital age, and the anticlimax of middle age. And music. It comes complete with a suggested…

I’m honored to have my poem Devil Inside published by Granules. Granules is an online anthology by the folks at Mouthful of Salt, filled with great poems, prose, visual art, and hybrid work. Stay tuned, Mouthful of Salt has also accepted Nothing Was Lost Yet for their print journal, coming this fall!

I’m honored to have my work, Liner Notes included among that of the other great poets featured in the July Ground Fresh Thursday poems. GFT is always a great hit of monthly poems, fiction and flash fiction. So much of my work reflects and is inspired by good old rock & roll, so it’s nice…