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Two New Poems in Abstract Magazine
Abstract magazine just published my poems “part/pile” and “query/stasis” today. You can check them out here. These poems were written about four years ago while I was teaching at Loyola University in New Orleans. I’m glad they found a home at Abstract. The artwork, “Zealful” by Michael Moreth, was selected by the Abstract editors, but I think it pairs nicely with the poems. Let me know what you…
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Three New Poems in DOOR = JAR Magazine
Three New Poems in DOOR = JAR Magazine
Door = Jar magazine recently published their Winter 2021 issue and there you will find three new poems by yours truly. A snippet of one can be found in the image above. These are the first poems that I’ve written after earning my MFA from the University of New Orleans to find a home with a publisher. I take some comfort in the fact that my poetry might still find its way out into the world…
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The Heart's Rebellion Against Goodbye
The Heart’s Rebellion Against Goodbye
For Carolyn Hembree’s Craft of Poetry course at the University of New Orleans, she required us to interview a poet and then try to get our interview published. In my case, I interviewed the Arkansas poet Greg Brownderville and we published our interview in the Arkansas Review.
You can find our conversationabout Greg’s work, influences, poetry, and tamales in volume 50, number 3, Winter/December…
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Three New Poems
I’m pleased to announce that three of the poems from my thesis manuscript have just been published in the Mojave River Review. You can read them here. “Like Bison” was written years ago when I first met my wife’s paternal grandmother. The poem has always intrigued me, which led me to revise it while in graduate school at UNO. In many ways it was the poem that gave me the confidence to apply to…
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At the Lagoon You can read my new poem, "At the Lagoon," in the latest issue of…
2018 Vassar Miller Poetry Award Winner
2018 Vassar Miller Poetry Award Winner
I found out late last month that Ava Leavell Haymon, the 2013-15 Poet Laureate of Louisiana, selected my submission, “Hound and Other Poems,” as this year’s winner of the Vassar Miller Poetry Award. Needless to say, I was thrilled. This is quite an honor for me because I know how good the competition was. The poets in the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshopare fabulous.…
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Mind of a Poet
Mind of a Poet
The editor of Spank the Carp reached out to me recently to see if I would be interested in providing some commentary on my poem, “Dwelling,” for their new feature, “Mind of a Poet.” I happily obliged. You can read my commentary here.
I’m honored to be the first poet selected for this new feature. Hopefully, it will give people a glimpse of some of the things poets consider…
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Banshee Wind Each Friday night, Helen publishes a piece of writing on its blog as a Friday Night Special…
Dwelling
Spank the Carp, an online journal that publishes fiction and poetry, just published my poem, “Dwelling,” today. You can check it out here. The editor, Ken S., wrote the commentary about the poem that you see above this post. You can read his comments and access the rest of Spank the Carp here.
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Do Not Take the Tennis Court Oath
Do Not Take the Tennis Court Oath
John Ashbery in 1971 (photo taken by Gerard Malanga)
The literary magazine, Helen, out of Las Vegas, just published my poem, “Do Not Take the Tennis Court Oath,” today. You can read it here.
Last spring, I spent a lot of time reading John Ashbery, a great American poet who died earlier this year. He was 90 years old. His work, and his approach to poetry, has influenced me a great deal in a short…
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Publication News
Well, this post is long overdue. When we moved to New Orleans, my plan for this blog was to document my experiences in the University of New Orleans MFA program. However, the demands of grad school have been too great and updating this blog has fallen like an oak leaf in October to the forest floor of my priorities list. Rather than abandon the project in cyberspace, I’ve decided to makeover the…
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Issue 6, "Daylight" Theme, Spring 2017
Issue 6, “Daylight” Theme, Spring 2017
Hello, readers.
It has been way too long since I’ve posted anything. My MFA program has kept me much busier than I expected! It has been all that I’ve hoped for and more, but time . . . well, it gets filled quickly.
I promise more posts soon (a summer project), but wanted to share some good news. Panoply has just published a revised version of the very first poem I submitted to my UNO workshop.…
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Our Adventure Begins in the Crescent City . . .
Our Adventure Begins in the Crescent City . . .
The University of New Orleans
It has been almost two weeks since we’ve arrived in New Orleans for me to begin my pursuit of an MFA in poetry in the Creative Writing Workshop (CWW) at the University of New Orleans. It was a long, but beautiful drive down from Minneapolis. Along the way we stopped in Kansas City and Memphis. It is as hot and humid as they say here, but we’re enjoying it so far.…
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Shadows Become Things
My copy of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
I wrote the poem below after a night of reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Boris and his associates filled my mind as I wrote in the dark of our Minneapolis apartment. I usually look out the window while I write, but it was late and dark and cold and left both the windows and the blinds closed while I worked. I’m beginning to realize that almost all of…
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Stretching the Dream
Recently, I was offered a life-changing opportunity. Four creative writing programs offered me admission to their graduate schools to pursue my MFA in poetry. It was a difficult decision, but I decided to attend the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans beginning in August.
I have been planning to apply again to MFA programs most of my adult life. I initially applied a…
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Thoughts on pursuing a MFA in poetry and a new poem about dreams.
Stretching the Dream
Recently, I was offered a life-changing opportunity. Four creative writing programs offered me admission to their graduate schools to pursue my MFA in poetry. It was a difficult decision, but I decided to attend the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans beginning in August.
I have been planning to apply again to MFA programs most of my adult life. I initially applied a…
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