3 poems to start the new year!

And an already happy new year! Wildnerness House Literary Review has just accepted three poems for publication in early January, 2010. Everyone is Cold, Sometimes- the partial disintegration of a relationship upon the cold Massachusetts shore, Artificial Light, and An Aftermath can all be found then at www.whlreview.com. I'll likely post a few of them here for easier access once they're officially published.

5 poems in December!

Happy Almost-Holidays! The day after most feasted upon turkey, I just received an acceptance for 5 poems by Tertulia Magazine (www.tertuliamagazine.com). Their titles are: Accents, Foreigner, Hymn Similar to Yesterday's, Elegy of Rope, and Mother Tongue, all older poems based in my travels in Vienna, Greece, and Iceland in 2006-7. Please check it out in a few weeks, the December 2009 issue!!

new CircleShow vol 2 out!

CicleShow vol 2 is now out in stores! Received my complimentary copy today and the design and cover art is beautiful. Four of my poems were lucky enough for inclusion. Please check it out!!

Open Letters out now!

The November edition of Open Letters is now out! My poem, Surely I'm Convinced, headlines the new poems for the issue. Please check it out at www.openlettersmonthly.com.


Surely I’m Convinced

a word understood must have been uttered aloud.

a word uttered must travel vast distances
to define itself.

one word will some day imbue
the rest with meaning.



Surely I’m Convinced

the winter wind speaks
to one person at a time,
and just now I possess its conversation.

the snow owl communicates with god
through its wake of rodent bones and fur.

utter silence has no counterpart.