New Poem, “The Doctrine of the Similar”

Very happy to have a new poem, “The Doctrine of the Similar,” up at Citizens for Decent Literature.  Angry and political, just the way you like it. 

Poems in my Zygote

A slew of poems in the recent Zygote in My Coffee. Dig.

New Work at Heavy Hands Ink

A pair of poems in the new issue of Heavy Hands Ink. Available in a free download.

Some pleasant new work appears in the latest issue of Blood Lotus. Take a peak. I beg you. I dare you.

New Piece

Some new work up at Breadcrumb Scabs. Dig it.

“Giving Up the Ghost”

Much to my delight, I found a PDF of my poem “Giving Up the Ghost,” that originally appeared in “the minnesota review” and later in my collection The Rust Belt MRI, is available online. Take a look!

“Love Poem for Scott Walker”

Many states, including my own state of Ohio, are facing severely anti-union bills. Anti-union sentiment is nothing new, and these governors and legislators are not creative or original in the least. They repeat century-old arguments while calling them new solutions for a way for.

Gloria Anzaldúa reminds us that responsibility means literally the ability to respond. There are many forms this response can take – in Ohio, a response to SB 5 is to organize a public referendum vote with the goal of repealing this un-democratic law. But poetry can be a response, to. And in that vein, I wrote the poem “Love Poem for Scott Walker.” Let me know what you think of it.