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A few months ago I grew somewhat obsessed with the 1977 Canterbury Scene / RIO album, Kew. Rhone . Each track on this album is filled with surreal, erudite, and frequently baffling lyrics, characterized by puns, anagrams, palindromes, and other forms of wordplay. My obsession with this work (I listened to the album roughly once a day for a week or two) set me on a productive path of poetic creation of my one, lined with experimentation in syntax and form, one key result of which is my experimental ekphrastic poem, "Investigations into the Death of Socrates." You can read the poem in Magpie Zine Issue Three, either as a standalone page ( here ) or as part of the digital flip-book ( here ) on pages 30-31.

"Statuary Garden" is now out online at Rust & Moth , as part of their Summer '25 issue. You can read the poem here . There will be a print version of the full issue available later in the summer, so be sure to check out Rust & Moth 's website if you are interested in that. I also recommend subscribing to the journal's email list, as they add new poetry weekly for each issue. I'd also like to give a shout-out to another Rust & Moth summer '25 contributor, Lily Jarman-Reisch, who I had the pleasure of work-shopping with last summer. You can read her poem, "At a Clothesline on Chios," here .

Just some more silliness at Dadakuku . Read it here .

"Live-Evil #1" is now out at dadakuku , an online journal dedicated to dada, surrealism, and "experimental poetry of a lilliputian length." You can read the poem here . This poem represents the first in a series of pieces I am working on playing with various forms of palindrome, as part of a larger ongoing project of experimenting with form, wordplay, puzzles, and cryptography in poetry. This piece also represents another step in my continuing journey through the poetics of jazz. Check out Miles Davis' "Sivad," below.

I am excited to announce that Kinds of Cool , an anthology of jazz poetry compiled and edited by Joe Maita of Jerry Jazz Musician is now available from Unsolicited Press . My poem, "The Band at Market Square, Middle of May" is featured in the collection. I hope this poem can bring a sense of warmth to its readers as these arctic blasts descend on us this January!

"Birdcall" is out in the Fall Issue of Backchannels . You can read the poem here .

I wrote this poem after reading about the disastrous flooding which struck me as something like an Old-Testament handing down of retribution leveled at the attendees of the 2023 "Burning Man" event. You can read the poem in Inter-View Magazine Issue 2, here , on page 21 (pdf page 23).

"Shattered Spell" is now out in the Oakland Review . You can read the poem here on page 27 (pdf page 14). I am not sure what the status of print issue availability is at this point, but I will post an update when I know more. P.S. you may remember a mention of this piece in my essay, "In Defense of Incarnadine."

"What Is Poetry?" is now published in the Fall-Winter 2024 Issue of Rat's Ass Review . You can read the poem here .

Five new poems are now published and available at A Thin Slice of Anxiety . You can read the selection here .

Skipjack Review Issue Three is now out, featuring two of my poems, "Notes on Twin Falls Trail, North Bend, WA," and "Apathy." You can read the issue here - my work appears on pages 26 and 27.

A mini-collection of eight poems, collectively titled "Overheard at the Prog-Snob Supper-Club" are now out in Issue Seven of #Ranger Magazine . A print edition of the issue should be out early 2025. These poems represent my first attempts at "erasure," a form I hope to explore more in the future. I use album reviews from the Prog Archives forum as found text - I'm grateful to the anonymous users whose writing I appropriated. You can read the poems here .