“Flesh of John Brown’s Flesh”: Poem-of-the-Day
“Flesh of John Brown’s Flesh: 2 December 1859,” a poem from my book Voices Bright Flags, told from the point of view of Brown’s eldest son, is the Audio-Poem-of-the-Day over […] Read more ...
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“Homeland Security” is the Poem-of-the Day
Throwback Wednesday? The Poetry Foundation ran my poem, “Homeland Security,” as their audio Poem-of-the-Day today. The first poem I wrote after moving to Arkansas, it will be included in Voices Bright Flags, forthcoming from Waywiser Press in November. Read more ...
Exhuming Vallejo, Or: The Third Way
“I first read César Vallejo in college, when a Peruvian friend presented me with several of his poems as if they were national treasures she had smuggled through customs. I was struck most forcefully by a strange sonnet called “Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca.” Read more ...
2 Poems in the New Issue of 32 Poems
The new issue of 32 Poems Magazine contains a bunch of fine poems by some of my favorite poets. Founded by two of my grad school pals from Florida, John Poch and Deb Ager, it has been one of my favorite journals for more than a decade, and its current editor, George David Clark, is doing a terrific job. Read more ...