London, Part One

I arrived at Heathrow in dense fog. As we descended into the white I imagined we would emerge on the other side, that we would see that strip of space between the earth and the underside of the clouds. So I was not ready for the touchdown, lurched a little in my pod-seat, marveled at Read More …

Acupuncture

I had my first acupuncture session last night. It was a start. I go back tomorrow for round two as Dr. Cai works on breaking up the marble slab that has become by back, shoulders and neck. While I was lying on the table trying to meditate and keep my head clear, this poem from Read More …

PSA Chapbook Finalist

Found out today that Specular Reflection was a finalist/runner-up for the Poetry Society of America’s New York Chapbook Fellowship as selected by Fanny Howe. You can read the winners and finalists here. Congrats to John Estes for the win with the National Chapbook Fellowship! John is the poetry editor over at Center which published “Mothers Read More …

Two Poems at No Is For Wimps (NIFW)

Check out two rather recent poems (“Even a Blind Squirrel Wants an Acorn” and “–Sittin’ There in My Gucci–Waitin’”–“) at No Is For Wimps (NIFW). These poems will find a home in the Impossible Gotham manuscript currently in progress.