Poems from My Lost Saints (forthcoming from Louisiana State University Press in 2027):
“My Patron Saint of Distance,” published in Terrain.
“Standing Before the Relic at the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges,” reprinted on Verse Daily (originally published in Presence).
“Parting Advice,” published in The Sun.
“As We Look for Owls, My Daughter Asks About Depression,” published in Adroit.
“The Patron Saint of Traffic Lights,” published in The Sun.
“The Patron Saint of Airport Sparrows,” published in The Sun.
“The Patron Saint of Sliding Glass Doors,” winner of the 2024 Foley Poetry Prize and published in America.
“The Patron Saint of Fluster,” published in Rattle.
“The Patron Saint of Capsaicin,” published in Image.
“The Patron Saint of Heat Waves,” reprinted on Verse Daily (originally published in Presence).
“Owl Run” and “The Story I Have No Right To,” published in Diode.
“Sentimental Hogwash,” published in Rattle.
Poems from Unusually Grand Ideas:
“Depression in Saint-Meloir-des-Ondes” appeared in the Sugar House Review and was the featured poem on Poetry Daily on October 13, 2022.
“Ed Smith” won the 2016 Cecil Hemley Memorial Award from Poetry Society of America, selected by judge Laura Kasischke. The poem may be found at the Poetry Society of America site.
“Hot Sex,” published in Vox Populi.
“The Mending Wall” appeared in the February 2021 issue of Plume.
Two poems, “Fish Rain” and “A Work in Progress,” appeared in Quarterly West.
“Red in Tooth and Claw” won the Rattle Reader’s Choice Award in 2019.
“Moonflowers,” published in 32 Poems and reprinted in American Life in Poetry.
“At Mercier Orchards,” on Guernica.
“Ruby-Throated,” published by the Cincinnati Review.
Poems from Unquiet Things:
“Fringe Tree,” published in The New Republic
“Portrait of the Self as Skunk Cabbage,” on Verse Daily.
“A Culture,” published in Birmingham Poetry Review and reprinted on Verse Daily.
“A Lasting Sickness,” published in The Missouri Review
“Two Angels,” published in Birmingham Poetry Review
“After Basho” and “Basil,” published in StorySouth