My poem, “Driftwood,” will appear in Crack the Spine’s upcoming “Routine” themed anthology. The book will be available for purchase on Amazon. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in Crack the Spine Anthology
My poem, “Give the Bard a Hep A Shot,” will appear in the inaugural issue of Barnhouse. It is the second work in my series about life as a poet in Appalachia. The first, “Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot,” was published by Barzakh. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in Barnhouse
Two of my more experimental poems, “Fire-tongued Labyrinth” and “Fresco Inamorata,” will be published by FIVE:2:ONE. Mp3s of my readings will also be posted on F2O’s website. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in FIVE:2:ONE
I am so honored that my poem, “Night Garden,” will be featured alongside Nancy Smith‘s beautiful paintings in the WomenSpeak ekphrastic exhibition at the FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill, N.C. I’ve also been invited to read the poem during the exhibition’s launch weekend March 8-10th, 2019. Continue reading Poetry in Upcoming Ekphrastic Art Gallery Exhibition
My poem, “In Search of a Karass,” will be published in The Maine Review. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in The Maine Review
My poem, “Tilt-A-Whirl,” has been published as part of Entropy‘s Weather series. The poem was inspired by my experience in the June, 1998 Eastern Tornado Outbreak. Continue reading Poetry in Entropy Now Available
My poem, “Tilt-A-Whirl,” will be published as part of Entropy‘s “Weather” series. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in Entropy
My ekphrastic poem, “For Want of an Ark,” is the first collaborative work published in the new “Call & Response” series by the Looking at Appalachia photography project, which has been featured in The New York Times and National Geographic. My poem was inspired by my own experience in the “1,000-year flood” of Elk River … Continue reading Ekphrastic Poem in Looking at Appalachia Project
I am so excited to have my poem, “Ism,” accepted for publication in So It Goes, the literary journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library. The poem will be included in the 2018 “Lonesome No More!” edition of So It Goes. I’ve also been invited to read the poem at the museum for during … Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library’s Journal
My poems, “Seafarers” and “The Parting Glass,” are now online at John Hopkin University’s digital archive, Project Muse. Originally published in Appalachian Heritage, the poems are about connections between Ireland and West Virginia. Continue reading Poetry Archived at Project Muse
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