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New Publication: This Ground

Up now in the newest issue of Vagabond City:

THIS GROUND

…From the ground
of this Arizonan desert
branches rise as the roots of the sky,
and I wonder now, what is the difference
between a hundred places and no place?…

Read the full poem

Posted on January 17, 2019December 5, 2022Categories Poetry, Recent PublicationTags Alaska, Arizona, Home, Maine, Poetry, Sense of Place, Travel, Trinidad, Vagabond CityLeave a comment on New Publication: This Ground

New Publication: Mudsoft, Hardtack

Published today in Issue 6 of Sky Island Journal

MUDSOFT, HARDTACK

My first gasp was over the wide Sheepscot River,

mama panting in the speeding car,

holding me in…

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Posted on October 20, 2018December 5, 2022Categories Recent PublicationTags Arizona, Family, Home, Maine, Poetry, Sense of Place, Sky Island Journal

New Publication: Grafting

Published in the Spring/Summer issue of the Aurorean

GRAFTING

Among high ponderosas in Arizona,

I remember Maine’s white pines—

how after climbing them,

their clear sap drew pieces of that homeland

straight into my hands….

Download the full poem here

Posted on May 8, 2018December 5, 2022Categories Poetry, Recent PublicationTags Arizona, Aurorean, Home, Maine, Natural History, Poetry, Sense of Place, TravelLeave a comment on New Publication: Grafting
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