“Against the Worms” Beatnik Cowboy, January 13, 2026
“Arranged Like May June July August” Beatnik Cowboy, January 13, 2026
“September 22” Ploughshares, Winter 2025/2026, January
“One Evening of the Brain” Sugar House Review, Issue 16, December 2025
“Anonymous Poem from You Know Who” Sugar House Review, Issue 16, December 2025
“Blue June, Slight Breeze” The Bluebird Word, November 2025
“When the Crickets Within Me Whisper” I-70 Review, September 2025
“In Fuzzy Endeavor” Poetry Super Highway, September 15-21, 2025
“Five Years from Friday” Poetry Super Highway, September 15-21, 2025
“Something Like Sympathy” Rat’s Ass Review, fall/winter 2025
“My Occupations” Jelly Bucket, #15, August 2025
“October 10” Dunes Review, 29.1, July 2025
“Dropped by Fate at Birth” Red Ogre Review, June 2025
“Into the Longed for” Red Ogre Review, June 2025
“Yes, God Has a Plan for Your Life” Meridian, Summer 2025
“Anniversary” Freshwater Literary Journal, May 2025
“For Allergy Sufferers” Freshwater Literary Journal, May 2025
“The Edge of Totality” Freshwater Literary Journal, May 2025
“Teeth Beneath the Surface” Pangyrus, May 2, 2025
“Effable” Atlanta Review, Spring 2025
“Utility” Diagram, April 2025
“October 3” Right Hand Pointing, April 2025
“October 3 (Still)” Right Hand Pointing, April 2025
“September 12” Innisfree Poetry Journal, March 2025
“Housework” Delta Poetry Review, February 2025
“Wedding Situation, 1992” Delta Poetry Review, February 2025
“Idling” yolk, February 19, 2025
“My 19,471st Day” Beatnik Cowboy, February 11, 2025
“Glorious Debris” Qu, Winter 2025
“Shadow in the Shade” Avalon Literary Magazine, Winter 2025
“September 2” Persephone Literary Magazine, January 2025
“September 5” Persephone Literary Magazine, January 2025
“September 6” Persephone Literary Magazine, January 2025
“September 7” Persephone Literary Magazine, January 2025
“September 8” Persephone Literary Magazine, January 2025
“The Cliffs of Moher” The Broadkill Review, Winter 2025
“September 16” Impossible Task, December 2024
“September 17” Impossible Task, December 2024
“September 18” Impossible Task, December 2024
“September 19” Impossible Task, December 2024
“A Many-Faceted Fuzziness” Sheila-Na-Gig, Volume 9.2, Winter 2024
“Traffic Stop” Eavesdrop Magazine, Issue #3, December 2024
“Graduation Day” Eavesdrop Magazine, Issue #3, December 2024
“September 11” Gone Lawn, December 2024
“September 14” Gone Lawn, December 2024
“Teetertotter” Anti-Heroin Chic, December 2024
“A Violent Luck” Epiphany, Issue 33: Fall/Winter 2024
“Spot of Moonlight” After Happy Hour, Issue 24, December 2024
“Bearing the Marvel of This Thing” Rundelania, November 2024
“Dead Carrolls” Rundelania, November 2024
“A Squawking Goose Among Sweet-Throated Swans” Rundelania, November 2024
“Begin with the End” Rundelania, November 2024
“Semi-Splendid” Rat’s Ass Review, Fall – Winter 2024
“The Color Violent” Stick Figure Poetry, October 2024
“Titillatingly Manipulatable” Poetry Super Highway, September 23-29
“If You Were Going to Give This Poem a Title” Poetry Super Highway, September 23-29
“St. George’s Market” Little Leaf Literary Journal, September 2024
“Sheer Fluid Beauty” Little Leaf Literary Journal, September 2024
“Birthday Poem with Botched Tennis Racquet” Book of Matches, September 1, 2024
“At the Beginning of Winter, Dreaming of Spring” Book of Matches, September 1, 2024 (nominated for Best of the Net 2026)
“Small Dead Cat” Book of Matches, September 1, 2024
“Lit from Within” Midnight Fawn Review, August 2024
“Peduncles for a Headless Bouquet” North of Oxford, August 2024
“Tuned Every Night” Flying Island, July 2024 (nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
“Spring Cleaning the Vultures” RIC Journal, July 2024
“January 6” Mudfish, Issue 24, Summer 2024
“Merely Bewitched” Triggerfish Critical Review, July 2024
“Distractions” Triggerfish Critical Review, July 2024
“Nest” Tipton Poetry Journal, Spring 2024
“Stuck in a Moment” Tipton Poetry Journal, Spring 2024
“Cathedral” Solstice Literary Magazine, Spring 2024
“Sentimental” Apricity, November 2023
“We Have Getting Through Monday in Common” Poetry Super Highway, Oct. 30 – Nov. 5, 2023
“Anniversary No. 29” Poetry Super Highway, Oct. 30 – Nov. 5, 2023
“Airframe Stiffness Concern,” Cider Press Review, October 2023
“Rubbish Hour,” Midwest Quarterly, Summer 2023
“Disciple,” Midwest Quarterly, Summer 2023
“Your Heart Shall Throb and Overflow,” South Florida Poetry Journal, August 2023
“Bee Leaves,” Redactions: Poetry & Poetics, Summer 2023
“Whistle and Moan,” Atlanta Review, Spring/Summer 2023
“Rabbit Warren,” Common Language Project, Dallas Writer’s Garret, Spring 2023
“A Thursday in June,” Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Spring 2023
“Beautiful Thing, Aflame,” Ghost City Review, April 3, 2023
“Purple Flowering Grief,” North of Oxford, January 7, 2023
“In Session (So, today your mind),” Glass Mountain, Fall 2022
“My Knuckle-Headed Boy,” Gone Lawn, December 2022
“In Session (So, your son pulled the pin),” Gone Lawn, December 2022
“My Business with the Cloud,” Sheila-Na-Gig, December 2022
“The Long Lonely Life of Silfium Albiflorium,” Aries, December 2022
“The Collected Letters of Brian Builta,” Aries, December 2022
“Lunch with James Schuyler,” Apricity, November 29, 2022
“Yet Still the Sky Is Blue,” Apricity, November 29, 2022
“My Life as a Duck,” Poetry Super Highway, November 7-13, 2022
“Mid-Life Assessment,” HAD, November 3, 2022
“Dear Austin (I Used the Last of Your Burt’s Bees)” Hole in the Head Review, November 2022
“Physics” Hole in the Head Review, November 2022
“My Thoughts Are with You During This Difficult Time” Hole in the Head Review, November 2022
“I’m a Stranger Here Myself,” Welter Online, Fall 2022
“Departure Wake,” Kestrel, Summer 2022
“In Session: Camping at Misery Falls” Kestrel, Summer 2022
“Innocence,” Kestrel, Summer 2022
“Snowfield with Blue Fences,” Kestrel, Summer 2022 (nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
“My Best Friend,” New World Writing Quarterly, October 6, 2022
“Danger Tape,” New World Writing Quarterly, October 6, 2022
“Smudge,” New World Writing Quarterly, October 6, 2022
“A Little Graffiti and a Small Hello,” New World Writing Quarterly, October 6, 2022
“The Presence of God,” New World Writing Quarterly, October 6, 2022
“Still Life with Pet Turtle and Hanging Boy” Burningword Literary Journal, October 2022
“Dear Austin (Enough Time Has Passed)” 2River View, September 2022
“Pine” 2River View, September 2022
“Dear Austin, After You Died,” TriQuarterly, Summer 2022.
“Heard at the Funeral,” Plainsongs, Summer 2022.
“Sanctuary,” LEVITATE, Spring 2022.
“We-ness,” LEVITATE, Spring 2022.
“Dear Austin, A Sad Madman,” Palette Poetry, June 2022.
“Dear Austin, A Year After Your Death,” New Ohio Review, June 2022.
“The Loss of a Child Is Like Another Womb, Another Dark Birth into Uncertain Light,” Common Language Project: Passages anthology, Summer 2022.
“Dear Austin, In Group Therapy,” DASH Literary Journal, May 2022.
“Beyond the Trees,” Aries, May 2022. (Volume 30)
“Anniversary No. 26,” Main Street Rag, Spring 2022.
“Metalwork,” Rabid Oak, March 2022. (Issue 25)
“Sunday Afternoon, Kroger, Aisle 8,” Rabid Oak, March 2022. (Issue 25)
“5:55 A.M.,” Rabid Oak, March 2022. (Issue 25)
“In Particular Light,” Tipton Poetry Journal. Fall 2021.
“How to Clean a Fish,” South Florida Poetry Journal. November 2021.
“Dear Austin, You Came Home,” Thimble Literary Magazine. Winter 2021.
“Dear Austin, I’m Not Sure Which,” Thimble Literary Magazine. Winter 2021.
“Dear Austin, Even Though You’ll Be Dead,” Unbroken Journal. October 2021.
“Tickletongue,” Texas Poetry Calendar 2022. August 2021.
“Civic Duty,” Triggerfish Critical Review. July 2021.
“Ladies Throw Down Barbecue and More,” Triggerfish Critical Review. July 2021.
“Happiness,” Rabid Oak. April 2021.
“The Snowmen in Our Lives,” Rabid Oak. April 2021.
“Some Days Are Blue,” Rabid Oak. April 2021.
“Something to Save Your Life,” Juke Joint Magazine. March 2021.
“Zen Cul-de-Sac,” Jabberwock Review. February 2021.
“Stunning Weather,” Jabberwock Review. February 2021.
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