Publications

The Broken Plate.

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The Broken Plate is a literary magazine produced at Ball State University featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The magazine accepts submissions from writers around the world while continuing to devote pages to the work of Ball State students. The Broken Plate is beginning an exciting new phase in its growth toward a more diverse representation of the creative community.

I'm happy to mention that my poem Instructions appears in the 2010 edition of The Broken Plate.  Acutally, I am truly blessed to be the very first poem appearing in the journal this year.  Not often have I had the chance to be page one in a literary journal.  Thanks to the editorial staff of this impressive journal for the opportunity to contribute.

Poem on Salamander Cove

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First published in The Shine Journal, my Pushcart-nominated poem Tell Me Lies in a Dead Language is now up on the poetry blog Salamander Cove. This is poem touches on the subject of domestic violence and is loosely based on my interactions with a female friend in the past who dealt with this issue.

This is my second engagement on Salamander Cove, and I am happy and honored to have a chance to appear on there again. Take a sec and read Tell Me Lies…, along with all the other fine works on the blog – I guarantee that you can spend several hours reading these poems without feeling like you wasted a single minute.



The Shine Journal Anthology, Volume One

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The Shine Journal publishes some of the very best in creative work in the world. This print anthology contains a variety of earlier works representative of the spirit of The Shine Journal.Without the ongoing wonderful words and visually beautiful contributions TSJ would not what it is today. This is the first of many annual anthologies.

Who you will find in this book (in no particular order): Adrian S. Potter, Avis Hickman-Gibb, Boris Glikman, Mary Kennedy Eastham, Tory Brannigan, Amy George, R.S. Pyne, Moana Rawlins, Thomas Healy, Edward D. Nudelman, Elizabeth Stassinos, Arnold Emmanuel, Fionnuala Kearney, Carole Brier, Jim Harrington, Carol Bevan-Bogart, Shelly Wiseberg, Terry McKee, Cheryl Williams, P. Marcille Sibley, Moana Rawlins, Gary Beck, Hugh Aaron, Wayne Scheer, Alison Watt Jackson, Pat St. Pierre, Richard O. Walker, Jr., M.D., Jimetta Carpenter, Jan Green, Ray Succre, Oonah V. Joslin, Ravi Bedi, Rhonda Parrish, Justus Humphrey, John Young, Millicent Jackson, Sandra Anfang, Catherine DiCairano, Suzanne Wargo, Maureen Radoncic, R W Daddario and Peter Schwartz.

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My poem Tell Me Lies in a Dead Language appears in The Shine Journal Anthology. 

Props to editor Pamela Tyree Griffin for the work she puts in over at The Shine Journal.

The Poetics Noire, Volume I

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The Poetics Noire is the result of an intimate relationship between art and words. It is the direct descendant of passion, struggle, and triumph. Coming at a time when people are hurting more than ever and asking, "how far have we actually come?" This book is about the reclamation of life at its purest form. To some it may just be a culmination of pages but to us, this project is the joining of experiences documented for the masses. The opportunity to transcend race, creed, sex, or any other division placed on us by society is readily available within every line. Welcome to Volume I. 

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Proud to say I am a member of "The Poetics Noire Family." My poem Survival Tactics appears in this anthology.

Props to sister Britany Elise Rickett for having the drive and vision to see this project through from inspiration to publication. Impressive.

Winner.

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My poem If Love is a Big City, Lately I've Considered Relocating recently won the Third Annual Burning the Midnight Oil poetry contest over at The Write Helper!  Big thanks to the Amy Harke-Moore for creating and judging this contest opportunity.

You can check out If Love is a Big City, Lately I've Considered Relocating on The Write Helper’s website by clicking the link below:

http://www.thewritehelper.com/id65.html

I was also given the opportunity to write a short profile about my writing on The Write Helper's site - you can read it here:

http://www.thewritehelper.com/id66.html

I better run and take this rare opportunity of Sunday afternoon free time to get some writing done.  Be good…

Seasonal Affective Disorder.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder. It is not just a three word phrase to describe the melancholy feeling that the snow covered, insanely frigid, daylight deprived winter months bring. It is also the title of a newly published poem of mine.

Seasonal Affective Disorder appears in the Winter 2009 edition of Main Channel Voices, a print literary magazine based out of Winona, MN. Lucky for me (being the attention whore that I am), the editors chose my poem as one of the sample poems that can be viewed online – click here to read it. After that, look around at some of the other fine works in this edition, and maybe even contemplate buying a copy of Main Channel Voices.

Stay warm, if you can. :)

Ourboros Review

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The inaugural issue of Ourboros is online and desperately waiting for you to read it. Don't disappoint it.

Ourboros is an online poetry and art journal that showcases new, emerging, and established poets and artists who are passionate about art and craft. If you take a peak, I think you will agree it is a fine looking online review with innovative poetry. Among the work in this issue is my poem Truth. Check it out when you need a literary fix…

Incoherent babble and upcoming stuff.

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Been writing poetry like a madman. About halfway done with my second poetry manuscript, tentatively titled the truth handbook. Hard for me to work on the second book when I have yet to find a publisher for the first one, but I have to push on.

I have yet to learn how to control my muse, so I have not written much fiction lately, but hoping that will change soon. Obviously I let that NaNoWriMo goal slip past me. I didn’t even feign trying. I didn’t even sign up. My bad. I’ll get ‘em next year.

My poem Hello Songs, winner of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire’s August 2008 contest, was recently published in The Poet’s Touchstone. 

My poem Tell Me Lies in a Dead Language, which appeared online in The Shine Journal, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize – click here for proof. Yay!  I consider being nominated a huge honor, so big thanks to editor Pamela Tyree Griffin.

My poem Prophecy will appear in the online journal Stone's Throw, a literary magazine based in Montana featuring writers and artists from around the world. Sweet. Thanks to poetry editor Tami Haaland for the chance to contribute.

My poem Seasonal Affective Disorder will appear in Main Channel Voices, a literary journal based out of Winona, Minnesota. This is my second chance to be part of this “dam fine” publcation, and I definitely appreciate the opportunity.

Well, it’s past 10 PM. Time to write. Such is the life of an insomniac creative. Be good…

Quick Update

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I will have a poem in the new print edition of If Poetry Journal titled Invocation of the Muse. I’m excited about this one because it will be my first published prose poem. Click here to see a list of contributors for this edition of If – it looks like it will be a great read.

I also found out my poem An Abundance of Scarcity will appear in an upcoming edition of inscape. inscape is the literary journal published annually at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. The publication, which premiered in 1972, features poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction and visual art. Happy to have this chance to contribute – big thanks to poetry editors Michelle Lassiter and Leif Anderson or the opportunity.

The Talking Stick 17 Now Available

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The Talking Stick 17: Vanishing Point is now available for purchase. My poem Minnesota and my flash fiction piece False Hope appear in this edition of The Talking Stick, a Minnesota literary journal published annually by The Jackpine Writer's Bloc. It is an excellent read, filled with some interesting poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established Minnesotan writers.

You can read all about the talented writers who have contributed to this issue of The Talking Stick by clicking here, and/or purchase your own copy by clicking here.

The Insomniac’s Lullaby

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The newest issue of Bent Pin Quarterly is online, and my poem The Insomniac’s Lullaby is amongst the fine work featured in it. Click here to check out my latest published piece, then look around at the rest of Bent Pin Quarterly. The interesting bait on this journal’s hook is its philosophy – rather than giving each piece its own separate page, BPQ puts two or three works of a similar tone or subject matter on the same page, allowing them to rub together and create friction, fire, confusion, or whatever. Cool idea, and I’m glad to be a part of this issue.

Poem Published Online at The Shine Journal

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My poem Tell me Lies in a Dead Language is now online at The Shine Journal. You can read it by clicking here. Big thanks again to editor Pamela Tyree Griffin for the chance to “shine” in her publication.

This poem deviates a little from my usual style (it’s more disjointed and less direct), but it tackles a tough subject – spousal abuse. This poem’s appearance in The Shine Journal is timely given that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The Shine Journal was voted by the Writer’s Digest Reader’s Poll as one of the “Best Websites for Writers.” It also placed in the top ten of the 2007 Preditors and Editors poll. After reading Tell me Lies in a Dead Language, take some time to look around this month’s issue of The Shine Journal and enjoy the diverse, exceptional poetry and flash fiction. You’ll enjoy it. Trust me.

What Is Between Us

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My flash fiction piece What Is Between Us is now online at miniStories. You can read it by clicking here. Oh, and once again, this is another piece that failed as a poem, but through revision became a decent flash fiction piece. Seems to be a pattern – I’ve had several of those this year so far.

The person who posted it online declares that What Is Between Us “ explores the tensions and inextricable connections woven through the ties that bind us.” Word. :)

miniStories is mnartists.org's quarterly flash fiction competition. This literary series is coordinated by Electric Arc Radio's Geoff Herbach (author of newly released novel, The Miracle Letters of T. Rimburg, published by Three Rivers Press), and it showcases previously unpublished short stories by Minnesota writers. These winning short-short stories are selected by authors, editors, and publishing industry veterans from across the country. Winning miniStories are published on mnartists.org and in the e-magazine access+ENGAGE .

I’m happy to be a part of this round of miniStories and was energized by the miniStories reading that I participated in on July 27 – it was electric. I hope I get a chance to contribute again to miniStories. Which means I have to get off my butt and finish my submission for the next round, since it’s due by the end of September. Be good…

New Poem at Prairie Poetry

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prairie.jpgDespite the lack of posts lately, I'm not dead.  Trust me.  In fact, I can even supply proof of my continued existence:  a new poem published online over at Prairie Poetry called Finding Religion on Interstate 80. 

Prairie Poetry has been online since 1996, offering bi-monthly images and poetry from and of the North American plains - poems to feed the vast open places of the soul.  Click here to check out my poem or here to check out the July 2008 edition of Prairie Poetry.