poetry

  • journal cover with water color art of tree with a human face and human arms holding a bird

    "Sarah on Aging"

    Parody, 6.1, (2017)

  • journal cover of a lady with her backed turned and in a long blue dress and blue hoodie standing in the desert

    "night skies"

    Pudding Magazine: The Journal of Applied Poetry, 64, (2016)

  • journal cover featuring a photo of a flower garden

    "From the Desk of a CIA Imagery Analyst"

    The Oklahoma Review, 13.1, (2012)

  • pencil drawing of a turkey with a shooting target overlayed on the turkey

    "Unconditional Patience"

    Forklift, Ohio, 19, (2008)

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  • Journal cover with an abstract collage with two suns, a hurricane, and a forest.

    "For My Student" and "1976"

    MO: Writings from the River, 3.1, (2008) - renamed Front Range

“Tears of a Clowfish.” Autumn Sky Poetry Daily (February 17, 2022).

“Hef Misses Barbi Benton.” Anti-Heroin Chic (October 5, 2017).

“Hef Listens to Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks on his new iPhone and Dies.” Poetry24 (October 2, 2017).

“Sherwood Park: Lima, Ohio.” Parks and Points (April 13, 2017)

“Disney princesses.” Cake: A Journal of Poetry and Art, 9, (2015).

“with water.” Cake: A Journal of Poetry and Art, 9, (2015).

“August with Christie and David.” Puff Puff Prose, Poetry and a Play, 3, (2015).

“Pipes.” Puff Puff Prose, Poetry and a Play, 3, (2015).

“Bedroom Door” (reprinted). Perspectives (March 2015).

“Disoriented.” Festival Writer, 2.13, (Special Issue: Unpublishable, 2014).

“Father Daughter Secret with Audrey.” Festival Writer, 2.13, (Special Issue: Unpublishable, 2014).

“Thoughts in a Car After Leaving a Doctor’s Office.” Puff Puff Prose, Poetry and a Play, 2, (2014).

 “777 Miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School: December 14, 2012.” The New Verse News (December 20, 2012).

“Bedroom Door.” New Mirage Journal (December 10, 2012).

“Bridget’s Blanket.” New Mirage Journal (December 10, 2012).

“Smallwood’s Barbershop.” New Mirage Journal (December 10, 2012).

“The Novice Angler.” Ginger Piglet, 3, (Fall 2012).

“Easter at Nine.” Ginger Piglet, online edition (July 6, 2012).

“An Older Man & a Younger Man Discuss the Art of Poetry through the Zoo Hedge.” The Whistling Fire (September 23, 2010).

“Witches.” The Whistling Fire (September 23, 2010).

“Collected at Kahoots Gentlemen’s Club, Columbus, Ohio.” Milk Money, 2, (2008).

“To explain my crusade.” Milk Money, 2, (2008).

“Six Rules for Strip Clubs.” The League of Laboring Poets: Defiance, 2.2, (2008).

“The Trash Collectors.” Trellis Magazine, 3, (2007/2008).

“Cummins’s Eleven.” Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry, 2.2, (2007).

“Acorn on a Windowsill.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Bryant the Butler is the Superhero on his Framed Comic Book Cover.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Christie Hefner Vacations at the Mansion.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Kendra Wilkinson Finds the Acorn.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Knife with a Five Inch Blade.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Small Box of Letters.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

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