Tag: Everything We Think We Hear
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revisiting spiderman
As the release date of my next poetry collection, Small Fires (FutureCycle Press), approaches, I want to quickly revisit one of the key poems from my book Everything We Think We Hear (Floricanto Press). Below is the piece “Spiderman Hitches a Ride” along with a short essay about the origins of the piece. The short essay was originally…
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poems, news, & audio!
Just a quick post to share that my poem “Of Breaking” can be read and heard on Toe Good Poetry’s site! This poem is featured in my upcoming second collection, Small Fires (FutureCycle Press), which I am happy to share has a release date of May 22nd. I’m really looking forward to its release. I am also happy to…
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* haiku & new monopoem giveaway!
I lay down all the heavy packages — autumn moon. Patricia Donegan * reaching the top of the mountain losing the mountain Michael Fessler * losing its name a river enters the sea John Sandbach * say no words time is collapsing in the woods Sonia Sanchez * The above haiku are drawn from Haiku in…
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* shifting with yosano akiko
This week I’m sharing tanka by Yosano Akiko as translated by Roger Pulvers.* In a previous post about her work, I focused on the role of tension in her poems. This time around, I have selected tanka that shift narratives midway. Line by line, the three poems below develop their narrative arc, only to shift…
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* arguing & anniversarying
The photo above is of my work desk at the Cincinnati Review office. The moon painting featured here was one of the first my wife worked on during our time living in Cincinnati. Her artwork inspires me, which is one of the reasons why it is featured on the covers of four of my chapbooks…
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*resonating with josé antonio rodriguez
Last week had me both at the Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, as well as in Austin, Texas for the CantoMundo conference. It’s a little more rocknroll that I’m used to, but I had a blast! Here’s a pic of one of the nice surprises from…
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* radio interview/poetry reading
Just a quick post to share my recent interview on WVXU’s “Around Cincinnati.” During the interview, I read “Directions” and “Raro” from Everything We Think We Hear as well as discuss some of the background of the poems and writing process. Enjoy! Special thanks to Kelly Blewett & the WVXU crew for having me! See you…
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