Video from Sunday night's spoken-word set at HiFi
You probably missed my spoken-word performance this past Sunday night at HiFi Bar, the first of a handful of events...
PoemsA collection of 70 posts
Springtime in Manhattan
Tourists in Times Square Blocking the sidewalk to gape At an ambulance...
How to format a poetry collection
A reader writes to ask: I am currently trying to put together a manuscript of all of my late mother's poetry that she wrote from about 1970 to 2013, when she passed away. I...
Lament
And I remember standing on the wall. As they kissed, we shot over their heads. Just for one day, can't we be heroes?...
Taxonomy
Little neighbor girl Waving to a cardinal: "Parrot! Hi, parrot!"...
Grand Motherfucker (an epic sci-fi poem)
This poem debuted live at Tuesday Funk #48 in Chicago on September 4, 2012, the same day it was written. I've submitted it to a few editors since then, but since they (probably sensibly)...