Poems

• Mostly Good News [Burial Magazine] Something terrible happens to my son, sort of.
• He Is Upstairs [Dream Boy Book Club] Missing my kid from one floor away, remembering I love life, and wondering how much of it I could still change.
• This One Guy [Michigan City Review of Books] A small crowd of guys being annoying, friendly, threatening. Possibly all the same guy.
• Three Poems [The Bulb Region] Protein accounting, basketball, books.
• “I Like Your Smell” and “Life is Just a Supercut of Haircuts” [Lo Fi] Two poems about wanting to be close to someone and turning life's volume down a little bit.
• Hallelujah [Zac Smith’s Chrismzine] A Christmas party invitation arrives with instructions.
• “Schmeared Right Up to the Edge” and “I’ve Been Taking Such Deep Breaths” [Soft Union] Two poems about keeping a shirt clean, deserving a treat, and leaving most of a prayer implied.
• That Empire of Dirt? All Mine [Spectra] Hazardous waste day, car wash shame, and being loved despite so many things. A dad poem with fumes in it.
• Has Anyone Ever Felt This Before? [Swamp] Three poems about incidental touch, missed social cues, and the occasional appeal of a bad idea.
• For This to Work, You’ll Have to Know What I Mean By Warm Fuzzy Feeling [Neutral Spaces Magazine] A body waking up badly, coffee starting without me, and a doctor with permission to poke around.
• Reframe (work/home) [Forever Mag] Office coffee, email deletion, and minor marital accommodations. Two poems about whether a change in wording makes any of it easier.
• Line-broken Things [Stay Safe] Print-only. The recipe says to chop something roughly.
• 🖐 [HAD] Gratitude, back scratches, bad drivers, and a tree I liked.
• Trumpbux [Zac Smith's Quaranzine] A hideous piece of brightly colored plastic. "Property is theft."
• “unlikely to condemn” and “different circumstances” [Hobart] Two poems about a free couch that deserves better and a tired body trying to settle.