Category Archives: Poems

New Poem in Atlanta Review

December 18, 2017News, PoemsTavel

I’m grateful to have a new poem in the latest print issue of Atlanta Review (Vol. XXIV, No. 1, Fall/Winter 2017).

Review of Seibles & New Poem in Plume

November 2, 2017News, PoemsTavel

My review of Tim Seibles’ One Turn Around the Sun appears in the new November issue of Plume. My poem “Thanksgiving Chorus” appears in this new issue as well.

Two Sonnets in Big Muddy

October 26, 2017News, PoemsTavel

I’m grateful to have two sonnets in the latest print issue of Big Muddy (Volume 17, Issue 2).

New Poem in Oxford Poetry

September 21, 2017News, PoemsTavel

I’m delighted that my poem “An Anglo-Saxon Mother Grieves the Desecration of her Daughter’s Grave” appears in the latest print issue of Oxford Poetry (17.1, Summer 2017), which is dedicated to Emily Dickinson’s famous adage to “tell it slant.” Thanks to the editors for including me yet again.

Poem Featured at Copper Nickel

September 13, 2017News, PoemsTavel

My poem “A Kindergartner’s Concise History of the United States” is featured at Copper Nickel today, having originally appeared in their most recent print issue (Issue 24, Spring 2017).

New Poem in Thrush

August 31, 2017News, PoemsTavel

My poem “Blue Horror” appears in the new September issue of Thrush Poetry Journal.

The Fawn Abyss Reviewed!

August 28, 2017Book Reviews, Books, News, PoemsTavel

The Fawn Abyss garnered a positive review in the new August edition of the Washington Independent Review of Books! Reviewer Grace Cavalieri wrote, “There’s a measured authority in every line; and when he talks about the present time there’s a cellular reality, touched with hope, saying what must not be lost.” You can read the full review here.

Featured Poet at Verse Daily Today!

August 20, 2017Books, News, PoemsTavel

I’m delighted and grateful that the editors of Verse Daily chose “Against Elegy” (which appears in my new book The Fawn Abyss) as today’s featured poem on their site.

New Poem in Sierra Nevada Review

July 25, 2017News, PoemsTavel

My poem “Cartoon Network Airs Nine Commercials Straight” appears in the latest print issue (Vol. 28) of Sierra Nevada Review.

New Poems in Diode & Santa Ana River Review

June 7, 2017News, PoemsTavel

I have two new poems in the latest issue of Diode (Vol. 10, Issue 2) and my sonnet “Captive Raptor” appears in the new issue of Santa Ana River Review (Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2017).