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“All day long there’d been papers” Keystone Poets Anthology<\/em>, Penn State University Press (May 2025).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Color at the Window” The Adirondack<\/span> Review<\/em>, (forthcoming, 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Murder” The Adirondack<\/em>\u00a0Review<\/em>, (forthcoming, 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOn Rembrandt\u2019s A Lady and Gentleman in Black<\/em>.” The Color Wheel Anthology<\/em>, <\/span>Terrapin Books<\/em> March 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPoker Face.\u201d The MacGuffin<\/em> (forthcoming, 2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaking Humes Valley.\u201d Philadelphia Stories <\/em>(forthcoming, 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNeglect.\u201d January Review <\/em>(forthcoming, 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLosing the Moon.\u201d January Review <\/em>(forthcoming, 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLegacy.\u201d Innisfree <\/em>(forthcoming, 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEmma at First Base.\u201d Whale Road Review <\/em>(forthcoming, 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Other Side of Danger.\u201d Rust + Moth <\/em>(forthcoming, 2026).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCharm<\/a>.\u201d Beaver Magazine, <\/em>Vol. 14 (2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI tell myself I will learn<\/a>.\u201d Bracken<\/em> (2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHoliday Gift Guide<\/a>.\u201d Bracken<\/em> (2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Rembrandt Knew<\/a>.\u201d Common Ground Review<\/em> (2025)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLeaving Not Leaving.<\/a>\u201d Common Ground Review<\/em> (2025)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDick Van Dyke flees in Malibu home<\/a>.\u201d Thimble Literary Magazine<\/em> (2025)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBirthday Mission.\u201d Louisville Review<\/em>, no. 97 (Fall 2025:), p.48.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am Jealous of Jim Daniels\u2019s Hair.\u201d I-70 Review<\/em> (2025), p. vii<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Greatest Elegy to the Greatest Leadoff Hitter.\u201d The Twin Bill<\/em> (2025)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Not Cooking Like My Mother.” Chiron Review<\/em>, no. 138 (Fall 2025), pp. 26-27.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I Told My Wife I Killed Something.” Chiron Review<\/em>, no. 138 (Fall 2025), p. 28.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOn the Artist Weathering a Storm<\/a>.\u201d Gargoyle <\/em>(2025)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wounded Angel.<\/a>\u201d Gargoyle <\/em>(2025).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShelf Life<\/a>.\u201d Sheila-Na-Gig Online<\/em> (2025).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dutch Room Couple<\/a>.\u201d Heimat Review<\/em>, (2025).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Warren Harding\u2019s Last Words<\/a>.” The Loch Raven Review<\/em>, (2025).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sunday Night, on the Patio, with the Fall of Icarus.<\/a>” The Loch Raven Review<\/em>, (2025).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Second Offer.” What the House Knows Anthology<\/em>, Terrapin Books,<\/em>\u00a0 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI see the silver frames atop.\u201d Naugatuck River Review<\/em>, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPoem for the Study for the Programme”<\/a>\u00a0Heimat Review, no. 8, Fall 2024.
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“Learning to Care<\/a>”\u00a0The Hopper\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Elegy for the Street-facing Side of a House<\/a>” Bear Paw Arts Journal<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Going Bald<\/a>” Innisfree Poetry Journal<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Count<\/a>” Innisfree Poetry Journal<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Would you recognize a Flinck<\/a>?” Grey Sparrow Journal<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0“$56,800<\/a>” ONE Art Poetry Journal<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBananas<\/a>\u201d The Broadkill Review<\/em>, (Summer 2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Kill Shot” Chiron Review<\/em>, (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

“When the Universe Speaks” Chiron Review<\/em>, (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Procession on a Road Near Florence<\/a>” The Shore<\/em>, (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Who carries photos in wallets<\/a>” The Shore<\/em>, (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTurkeys\u201d Poetry East<\/em>, 109 (Spring 2024): 36.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Cooking Like My Grandfather<\/a>\u201d Third Wednesday<\/em>, (Summer 2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRespect the Saw<\/a>\u201d Third Wednesday<\/em>, (Summer 2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPluto<\/a>\u201d Juniper<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe stabbed the hermit crab<\/a>\u201d Barely South Review<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLearning the Green Light from My Son<\/a>\u201d The Museum of Americana<\/em>, 2024)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Bronze Song<\/a>” Gargoyle<\/em>, (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Restless<\/a>” Gargoyle<\/em>, (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Body Found at Recycling Plant, Crushed By Garbage Truck<\/a>\u201d Stoneboat<\/em> (Fall 2023)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cObituary for a DH-less National League<\/a>\u201d The Twin Bill<\/em> (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIchthyosaur,<\/a>\u201d Slippery Elm<\/em> (2023): 31-32.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of Us<\/a>,\u201d Halfway Down the Stairs<\/em> (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Local Color,” San Pedro River Review<\/em> 15.2 (2023): 71-72.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Subject,” The Comstock Review<\/em> 37.1 (2023): 57.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Catsitting For My Mother-in-Law” Purr & Yowl Anthology<\/em>, Concrete Mist Press, (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“When the dead dance down that” Cloudbank<\/em>, 17 (2023): 54.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We were drinking at midnight” Slipstream<\/em>, (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0“On Not Hunting Cribsy’s Land Again This Year With My Kin” I-70 Review<\/em>, (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0“Imagining Rembrant, 1633<\/a>” Whale Road Review<\/em>, (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The cats have agreed to give us<\/a>” Scapegoat Review<\/em>, (summer, 2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“On a Tuesday, my son and I are screaming<\/a>”\u00a0Sheila-Na-Gig online, <\/em>7.4. summer 2023. [Selected for Editor’s Choice Award]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Shotgun Willie<\/a>” Sheila-Na-Gig online,7.4. <\/em>summer 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Boy on a Train” Tar River Poetry<\/em>, 62.2 (spring 2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Weight of Loss<\/a>” Philadelphia Stories<\/em>, (2023). [Named an Honorable Mention in the Sandy Crimmins Prize for Poetry]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“An Abandoned 3rd-Grade Math Problem<\/a>” Cider Press Review<\/em>, (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Fighting Dinosaurs,<\/a>” Third Wednesday<\/em> (summer 2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Day Baseball Taught Third Grade<\/a>” The Twin Bill<\/em>, (2023). [Winner of the inaugural E. Ethelbert Miller Prize in Poetry]\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Smoking PSA<\/a>” Orange Blossom Review<\/em>, (Winter 2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sorry, We\u2019re Closed for Good” Plainsongs<\/em>, (Winter 2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

“On Rembrandt’s A Lady and Gentleman in Black<\/em>” Broad River Review<\/em>, 54 Winter 2023): 118.<\/span><\/p>\n

“What I Was Told About Being a Man<\/a>” West Trade Review<\/em>, (Winter 2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“I have never held a gun” Poet Lore<\/em>, (2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Drum Lessons With Ringo” Slipstream<\/em>, (summer 2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“One day my father’s father<\/a>” Innisfree Poetry Journal<\/em>, (fall 2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Essential Worker<\/a>” PQ Poem<\/em>\u00a0(2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Swing Like Strawberry<\/a>” The Twin Bill<\/em> (summer 2022). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“When DADDY drinks too much” San Pedro River Review<\/em>, vol. 14, no. 2, (2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“On the Time I Got Myself Pinned Beneath Our TV<\/a>” Sheila-Na-Gig Online<\/em> (2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Intimates<\/a>” Sheila-Na-Gig Online <\/em>(2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Discovery of Strength Through the Ways of My Son<\/a>” Whale Road Review<\/em>, (summer 2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Tonight I’ve dragged the old car seats” Hiram Poetry Review<\/em>, Iss. 83, (Spring 2022): 15-16.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Confidence Man<\/a>” Sheila-Na-Gig Online<\/em>, (Winter 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Doo Wop Dream.” Paterson Literary Review <\/em>#50 (2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Birthright” Lily Poetry Review<\/em>, (Winter 2021\/2022): 91.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Card Trick” Lily Poetry Review<\/em>, (Winter 2021\/2022): 90.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Coming Home For Dinner” Lily Poetry Review<\/em>, (Winter 2021\/2022): 92.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sometimes I feel” Poetry East<\/em>, (Autumn 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Abandoned Boat<\/a>”\u00a0Valparaiso Poetry Review\u00a0<\/em>(Fall\/Winter 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Melting Point” Broad River Review<\/em>, (2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Starling in the Furnace Room<\/a>.” The Westchester Review <\/em>(Winter 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Salting the Driveway (with Help).” North Dakota Quarterly <\/em>vol. 88, no. 3 & 4, (Fall\/Winter 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Bones.” Tar River Poetry <\/em>(Fall 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

“One boy drinks while the other.” Whistling Shade <\/em>(2021): 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Hiking the Spectrum.” The Hollins Critic<\/em> vol. 58, iss. 4 (2021): 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Night John Lennon Was Killed.” Slipstream<\/em> vol. 41 (2021): 32.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When Kurt Cobain killed himself.” Slipstream<\/em> vol. 41 (2021): 33.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Hide and Seek.” I-70 Review<\/em> (Summer\/Fall 2021): 70.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Job Description.” THINK: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction, and Essays<\/em> vol.11, No. 2 (Summer\/Fall 2021): 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Traffic Jam.” The Comstock Review <\/em>35.1 (Fall, 2021): 67.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Talking Over a Classic Rock FM Station.” Pembroke Magazine <\/em>(Iss. 53, 2021): 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Blessing.” Third Wednesday<\/em>, vol. 14, iss. 3 (June, 2021): 78.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Batter.<\/a>” The Night Heron Barks <\/em>(Spring 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Story Told in Sevenlings.” San Pedro River Review<\/em> vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring 2021): 75.<\/span><\/p>\n

“My Wife Returns to the Pew After Communion.” Main Street Rag<\/em> vol. 16, No. 1 (Winter 2021): 46.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Pulling Off the Outlet Covers.” Main Street Rag<\/em> vol. 16, No. 1(Winter 2021): 45.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Good Son.” Main Street Rag<\/em> vol. 16, No. 1 (Winter 2021): 47.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Omen<\/a>.” Hamilton Stone Review<\/em> Vol. 43 (Fall 2020).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Promises<\/a>.” Hamilton Stone Review<\/em> Vol. 43 (Fall 2020).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Vanity of it All<\/a>.” Hamilton Stone Review<\/em> Vol. 43 (Fall 2020).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWitness<\/a>.\u201d Split Rock Review<\/em> Vol. 15 (Fall 2020).<\/span><\/p>\n

“To The Last.”\u00a0the Aurorean<\/em> Vol. XXV (Summer 2020): 44.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Living with a sick spouse.” Paterson Literary Review<\/em> (#48, 2020):218-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Driving to the Jeweler\u2019s Shop.” Paterson Literary Review<\/em> (#48, 2020): 217.<\/span><\/p>\n

“For \u2018Snowflake.\u2019” Paterson Literary Review<\/em> (#48, 2020): 216<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Reflection and the Swan<\/a>.” Albatross <\/em>(issue 29, 2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Losing the Bed<\/a>.”\u00a0One (by Jacar Press<\/em>) Issue 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Cleaning Out the Basement Closet.” Tar River Poetry <\/em>59.2 (2020): 35.<\/span><\/p>\n

“After Dinner.” Tule Review\u00a0<\/em>(2020) :16.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Restoration.” Stoneboat <\/em>10.1 (Fall 2019): 135.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Frame Maker’s Hands.” Flint Hills Review <\/em>24 (spring\/summer 2019): 9.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He Plants Seeds<\/a>.” Valparaiso Poetry Review<\/em> (Volume XXI, No. 1, Fall\/Winter 2019-2020).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Learning the Hard Way.”\u00a0Common Ground Review <\/em>21.1 (2019): 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Forecast<\/a>.” Cider Press Review <\/em>21.3 (Spring\/Summer 2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Therapy.” Chiron Review <\/em>117 117 (Winter 2019): 37.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Moment.”\u00a0the Aurorean <\/em>24.2 (Fall\/Winter 2019): 40.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Toast.” Poet Lore 114.3 (Fall\/Winter 2019): 38.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I hear my father’s voice<\/a>.”\u00a0Rockvale Review\u00a0<\/em>(Issue 5, 2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Buying Ice at the Wawa for My Wife<\/a>.”\u00a0Nashville Review <\/em>29: (Summer, 2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Learning to be Still.” Third Wednesday <\/em>12.3\u00a0(June 2019): 72.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Weekend.” Chiron Review <\/em>115 (Spring 2019): 76.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Classic Kindergarten Scene<\/a>.” Allegro Poetry<\/em> iss. 20 (Spring 2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Second Offer.” Broad River Review <\/em>51 (Spring 2019). [Finalist for the Ron Rash Award in Poetry.]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Elegy for My Cousin Laura.” Pembroke Magazine<\/em> 51 (Spring 2019): 109. [Nominated for a 2020 Best New Poets Anthology.]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Moving Day.” Pembroke Magazine<\/em> 51 (Spring 2019): 108.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Blue Hour<\/a>.”\u00a0Ninth Letter\u00a0<\/em>(web edition). Winter 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sing, Cardinal.”\u00a0the Aurorean\u00a0<\/em>(Fall\/Winter 2018): 23.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Geese<\/a>.” Canary: A Journal of Environmental Crisis<\/em> (2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

“I sit in the passenger seat.” Sugar House Review<\/em> (Winter 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Rattails.” Poetry East<\/em> 95 (Fall 2018): 143.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Worm.” Poetry East<\/em> 95 (Fall 2018): 142.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Superstition.” Tar River Poetry <\/em>(Fall 2018): 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Every night after supper<\/a>.” Typehouse Literary Magazine<\/em>\u00a0Vol. 5.3, Iss. 15 (2018):\u00a0 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Science Teacher<\/a>.” Canary: A Journal of Environmental Crisis<\/em>\u00a042 (Fall 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Hunting Season<\/a>.” Innisfree Poetry Journal <\/em>27 (2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Summer Ending<\/a>.” Innisfree Poetry Journal <\/em>27 (2018).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Crows Siren.” Common Ground Review <\/em>20.1\u00a0(Spring\/Summer 2018): 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Day Breaking<\/a>.” Mud Season Review<\/em> (2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

“House Bird.” The Hollins Critic <\/em>15.3 (June 2018): 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

“For Joe, Who Showed Us All.” Salamander <\/em>46 (Spring\/Summer 2018): 79.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Way Home from Meet-the-teacher Night.” The Aurorean <\/em>23.1\u00a0(Spring\/summer 2018): 22.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Roll Call.” Gravel: A Literary Journal <\/em>(May 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Recess.” Gravel: A Literary Journal <\/em>(May 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

“A Creation Story.” Poet Lore <\/em>113.1\/2 (Spring\/Summer 2018): 49.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Palimpsest<\/a>.” Cumberland River Review <\/em>7.2 (2018). [Nominated for a 2019 Best New Poets Anthology.]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Dumping Leaves.” Third Wednesday <\/em>9.2 (Spring 2018). [Winner of Third Wednesday<\/i>‘s\u00a0<\/i>2017 annual poetry contest.]\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Fire Safety Week.” The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review <\/em>27.3 (Fall 2017): 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Commercial for a Midlife Crisis<\/a>.” Crack the Spine <\/em>Issue 227 (2017). Reprinted in\u00a0Crack the Spine <\/em>Anthology Volume 17 (2018). [Nominated for a 2018 Best of the Net Award.]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Once by the Atlantic.” Evening Street Review 17\u00a0<\/em>(Autumn 2017):\u00a0 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Cough<\/a>.” Word Fountain <\/em>(Fall\/Winter 2017): 29.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Silence<\/a>.” Word Fountain <\/em>(Fall\/Winter 2017): 30.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Last Words of My Neighbor<\/a>.” Word Fountain <\/em>(Fall\/Winter 2017): 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There should always be two.” Kestrel 37\u00a0<\/em>(2017): 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m Sorry.” Third Wednesday <\/em>(Autumn 2017): 85.<\/span><\/p>\n

“First Time on the Ice.” Third Wednesday <\/em>(Autumn 2017): 68.<\/span><\/p>\n

“November Weather Spell.” The Comstock Review <\/em>31.1 (Spring\/Summer 2017): 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Some Elsie.” Flint Hills Review <\/em>22 (2017): 98.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Lion Dream.<\/a>”\u00a0Cider Press Review <\/em>19.2\u00a0<\/em>(2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Supply Chain.”<\/a> 3Elements Review <\/em>Issue 15 (summer 2017): 14.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Garden.”<\/a> Chiron Review<\/em>\u00a0107 (Spring 2017): 59.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Shell.”\u00a0Blueline<\/em>\u00a038 (2017): 71.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Things Like This Happen.” <\/a>Rust + Moth <\/em>(summer 2017).\u00a0Reprinted in\u00a0Rusted Moth\u00a0<\/em>(Summer 2017): 26.<\/span><\/p>\n

“What Killed the Cat?”<\/a> Rust + Moth <\/em>(summer 2017).\u00a0Reprinted in\u00a0Rusted Moth\u00a0<\/em>(Summer 2017): 27.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Wind.”<\/a> Albatross<\/em> (January 2017): 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Return to the Country.” San Pedro River Review <\/em>9.1 (Spring 2017): 70.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Art of Writhing.” Pembroke Magazine<\/em>. 49 (2017): 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Morning Love Song.” Tule Review<\/em> (2017): 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Optimist<\/a>.” Off the Coast<\/em> (Fall 2016): 38. [Republished on Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY on May 16, 2022]<\/span><\/p>\n

“Mother Love.” Third Wednesday<\/em> 9.4 (Fall 2016): 28.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Cicadas<\/a>.” About Place Journal <\/em>(October 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Last Light of Dusk.” Pennsylvania English <\/em>( 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Fine Work.” Pennsylvania English <\/em>(2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Woman at the Automat<\/a>.” Glassworks<\/em>\u00a0(Iss. 13, Fall 2016): 56.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Clarinet Man<\/a>.” Glassworks<\/em> (Iss. 13, Fall 2016): 54.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Frozen Fields.” Common Ground Review<\/em> 18.1 (Spring\/Summer 2016): 32.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Installer.” Chiron Review<\/em> (Summer 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Once Each Year We’d See Them Dance<\/a>.” Philadelphia Stories<\/em> (Summer 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Green Fire.” Spillway<\/em>. 24 (Summer 2016). 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Expecting.” the Aurorean<\/em> 21.1 (Spring\/Summer 2016): 55.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Just War.” the Aurorean<\/em> 21.1 (Spring\/Summer 2016): 54.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Confrontation<\/a>.” Conclave. <\/em>(“Writing for Change issue,” Spring 2016): 9-10.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Seamstress.” Conclave. <\/em>(“Writing for Change issue,” Spring 2016): 23.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Pastoral<\/a>.” Kudzu House Quarterly<\/em> 5.4 (Winter Solstice Issue 2015). Reprinted in\u00a0Kudzu House Quarterly<\/em> Print Volume 5 (2015): 167.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Two Does<\/a>.” Kudzu House Quarterly<\/em> 5.4 (Winter Solstice Issue 2015). Reprinted in\u00a0Kudzu House Quarterly<\/em> Print Volume 5 (2015): 167.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow I Learned My Future Wife Liked Jane Austen<\/a>.\u201d Allegro<\/em> Poetry<\/em> (Iss.8, Spr. 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

“An Empty Playground<\/a>.” Apeiron Review<\/em> (Winter\/Spring 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Outhouse.” Straight Forward Poetry<\/em> (December 2015).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Raccoon.” Third Wednesday<\/em> (Fall 2015): 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Suburban Scene.” Third Wednesday<\/em> (Fall 2015): 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Silver Birch in Spring.”\u00a0Straylight<\/em>\u00a09.1 (Spring 2015): 80.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Autumnal Mourning.” The Meadow <\/em>(2012): 101.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Service Record.” The Chaffin Review <\/em>(2011): 46.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Day Poet.” The WestWard Quarterly<\/em> (Spring 2011): 8.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA Simple Ratio.\u201d The Laconic<\/em> 1 (Spring 2010). 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter an Ice Storm.\u201d Plain Spoke<\/em> 4.1 (Spring 2010): 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt Home, on an Autumn Evening.\u201d t<\/em>he Aurorean<\/em> 12.2 (Fall\/Winter 2007-2008): 34.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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