New Poem at Redivider

 Delighted to have a poem in Redivider Issue 23.1, out of Emerson College. This issue is one of their Blurred Genre series. The title of my poem is 'Visual Purple.' 

This poem obliquely describes a scientific experiment to determine if the last image one sees before death is recorded on one's retina. I'm interested in this (specious) idea for various reasons: because I have an interest in true crime, and because a beloved family member suffers from a disease of the retina.

Thanks to editors JP Legarte and Haley Brock, and a particular shout-out to Olivia Johnson for her careful work on the layout and editing. 

Enjoy!

New Poem at Poet Lore

 Thanks to editor Emily Holland, I have a new poem at Poet Lore (Vol. 119, Winter/Spring 2025), with the longish title of 'Opacity in Seven Parts.'

Here's the first part of the poem:

Opacity, in Seven Parts

“Note that the word mute (from Latin mutus and Greek μύειν) is regarded by linguists as an onomatopoeic formation referring not to silence but to a certain fundamental opacity of human being, which likes to show the truth by allowing it to be seen hiding.” ~Anne Carson

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My mind has many moving parts,

pulleys and levers and axles,

an endless Rube Goldberg contraption

whose chain action I cannot follow.

You want me to be more specific.

To do that, I must do two things:

put an asterisk on the words ‘My mind,’

and provide an elaborate footnote.

 

But if I put an asterisk there, I’d have

to put an asterisk everywhere. 

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Here's a list of poets in the issue: Deidra Greenleaf Allan ● Christine Barkley ● Kimberly Blaeser ● Clara Burghelea ● Yosa Buson ● Josh Calladine ● Lauren Camp ● Todd Campbell ● MICHAEL CHANG ● Cortney Lamar Charleston ● Jo Blair Cipriano ● Melissa Crowe ● Monica Cure ● Emerson Dawes ● Gregory Djanikian ● Asa Drake ● Kinsale Drake ● Meg Eden ● Luke Eldredge ● Sarah Ellis ● Joshua Gage ● Gabriella Garcia ● Brandi George ● Jana-Lee Germaine ● Jessica Goodfellow ● Justin Groppuso-Cook ● Claire Hermann ● Victor Hugo ● John James ● Kaylee Young-Eun Jeong ● Kang Jijaedang ● W. Todd Kaneko ● Elina Katrin ● Patrick Kindig ● BEE LB ● Suphil Lee Park ● Ștefan Manasia ● Kaecey McCormick ● Rachel Morgan ● Maureen Morris ● Cindy Juyoung Ok ● Kyle Okeke ● Elise Paschen ● Natalie Perman ● Lizzy 柯 (Ke) Polishan ● Jessica Nirvana Ram ● Rainer Maria Rilke ● Arthur Rimbaud ● Sally Rosen Kindred ● Henk Rossouw ● Amanda Maret Scharf ● Andrej Stankovič ● Sarah Anne Stinnett ● Jennifer K. Sweeney ● Julene Waffle ● Maggie Wang ● Danielle Weeks ● Katherine J. Williams ● Matthew Wimberley ● Terri Witek ● Allya Yourish

Enjoy!

New Poem at Action, Spectacle

 I have a new poem in Action, Spectacle, thanks to editor Adam Day. Check it out alongside the work of Beth Ann Fennelly, Maureen Alsop, Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Ellen Kombiyil, and so many others.

Two New Poems at Little Free Lit Mag

 Little Free Lit Mag, brainchild of editor Sarah Ann Winn, is a downloadable lit mag you can fold into a small magazine and share. To stay small and portable, it features smaller poems. I'm thrilled to have two poems in the second issue, alongside the work of Laura Foley, TJ Poulson, Renee Emerson, and Marjorie Maddox, among others. 

Here the beginning of a sonnet: 

I hope you'll read the end of it, or read my other poem, or enjoy the entire issue. 

Moon City

 I had a poem in Moon City Review 2024, which came out last spring. Somehow I lost track of that, which is a shame--Moon City is a consistently strong publisher, and I'm thrilled to have worked there. Thanks to editors Michael Czyzniejewski, Sara Burge, Joel Coltharp, Jennifer Murvin, and John Turner. Check it out.