Recently Published Work
"A Brindle Bull, After Kuòān Shīyuǎn," a haibun entered in in the Mixed Form category, won first place in the Bacopa Literary Review Writing Contest (announced June 5, 2019).
Buttonhole Press published the haibun collection WILE: Sketches from Nature in 2018.
UNSOLICITED PRESS published the collection An Atlas of the Interior in 2017.
Gambling the Aisle published "Dog Proof" as Flash Fiction of the Month for December 2017.
The Virginia Normal published “Snare Pen” and a version of “May” in Issue 3 (Spring 2017).
cattails published a version of “Auction” (April 2017).
Belle Reve Literary Journal published “Laud” (September, 2016).
concis published “Castor Mound” as part of the “Summer Season” issue (2016).
Contemporary Haibun Online published “Float” and “Working the Door” in Volume 12, #3 (October, 2016).
DMQ Review published “Airport” in the Fall issue (2016).
Haibun Today published “Conibear” and a version of “Truck Stop” in Volume 10 #2 (June, 2016).
Haiku Presence published a version of “Landscape with Clouds” in Issue #55 (2016).
KYSO Flash published “Colophon” and “Fritz” in Issue #6 (2016).
Modern Haiku published a version of “Near Walkerville” in Volume 47.3 (Summer, 2016).
The Virginia Normal (forthcoming) published “Snare Pen” and a version of “May” in Issue 3 (Spring, 2017).
Whiskey Island published “Flat Set” and a version of “Blind Set” in Issue Sixty-Eight (Summer, 2016).
Akitsu Quarterly published a version of “April 11” (Fall 2015).
Astropoetica (ISSN 1559-6052) published a version of "Discovery" under the title "River: 18" in Volume 7, #3 (Fall, 2009).
Camroc Press Review published “Target Ship” (February, 2013) and “El Paso: July” (November, 2014). CPR nominated “El Paso: July” to Queen’s Ferry Press’ The Best of Small Fictions Anthology (2015).
CatTails, the magazine of the United Haiku and Tanka Society (UHTS), published the following works in Edition 2 (May, 2014):
Contemporary Haibun Online published the following works:
Contemporary Haibun (Red Moon Press) published “Coppinger Hall” in the 2013 Contemporary Haibun Anthology.
DMQ Review published “Farmington: August” (Spring 2014). DMQ also nominated this piece for a Pushcart Prize and for Sundress Press’ Best of the Net Anthology (2015).
Every Writer published a version of “Atokad Park: 1983” in Everyday Poems for May 2, 2014, and in the online edition of the journal.
Flashquake published a version of "Crossing" under the title “River: Soliloquy 2” (Spring, 2009).
FIVE Poetry published the following works in Volume 2, #5 (2014):
Ginosko Literary Journal published the following works:
in Issue #12 (2012):
Glass published a version of “Fisherman” under the title “River: Soliloquy 1” (August, 2009).
The Greenwich Village Literary Review published “Near Holly Springs: Good Friday” (2015).
Haibun Today published the following works:
Hitherto: The MUIC Literary Journal published a version of “Elegy with the key in the ignition” under the title “Elegy” and “Other Days” in Issue 5 (Spring, 2014). Hitherto is the online literary journal of Mahidol University International College in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2013, “Elegy” was a finalist for the $1000 Provincetown OuterMost Community Radio Poetry Award judged by Marge Piercy.
Hobble Creek Review (ISSN 1648-1649) published "The Irma Hotel" in Volume 4, #1 (Spring, 2010).
Ink, Sweat, and Tears published a version of “Late Hunt” (first published by Suison Valley Review) in February, 2015 and “Coppinger Court,” (a version under the title "Coppinger Hall" was first published by Contemporary Haibun Online) in June, 2015.
KYSOFlash published “Elegy with a parked car” (June, 2015).
Los Angeles Review (Red Hen Press) published "Horse: 4 Frames" (October, 2010).
Modern Haiku published the concluding haiku from “Revelation: Teplovo Estate” under the title “Znamenskaya Church: 7” in Issue 46:1 (2014).
Naugatuck River Review published a version of "Fire Season" (Summer, 2010), and a version of "Epitaph" under the title "River: 21" (Summer, 2009).
Ohio Edit, an art and literary journal on the internet, published “Custodes Caelestes” and “Along the North Platte” (October, 2014).
Rattle published a version of “Sheep Kill” in Issue #30 (December, 2008).
Revolution John published “Arrival: San Francisco” (May, 2015).
Right Hand Pointing published the following works:
Shamrock Haiku Journal published “At a Station of the BTS” in Issue 29 (Fall, 2014).
Simply Haiku published “Ambient light, angle of view” in Volume 7, #3 (August, 2009) and a version of “Wayne, Drifter” under the title “River: 22” in Volume 7, #1 (Spring, 2009).
Southwest American Literature, the literary magazine of The Center for the Study of the Southwest at Texas State University, San Marcos, published versions of "Monument" (under the title "River: 13”) and “Desert Lyric” (Spring, 2010).
Suisun Valley Review published versions of the following works in Edition #26 (May, 2009):
The Best of Small Fictions of 2015 published “El Paso: July” (nominated by Caroc Press Review). The work was selected by Robert Olen Butler for inclusion in the anthology The Best of Small Fictions of 2015 released by Queen’s Ferry Press (October, 2015).
Tidal Basin Review published "In the bosque" in Issue 1 (Spring, 2010).
Upstart: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies at Clemson University published “Wat Mahatat” in in the anthology Out of Sequence: The Sonnets Remixed (August, 2014).
Verdad: A Journal of Art and Literature published “Wilderness” in Volume 8 (Spring, 2010).
Word, the quarterly magazine of the University of California at Santa Barbara, published "Winter Fort" under the title "River 16: Winter Fort" (Fall, 2011).
Buttonhole Press published the haibun collection WILE: Sketches from Nature in 2018.
UNSOLICITED PRESS published the collection An Atlas of the Interior in 2017.
Gambling the Aisle published "Dog Proof" as Flash Fiction of the Month for December 2017.
The Virginia Normal published “Snare Pen” and a version of “May” in Issue 3 (Spring 2017).
cattails published a version of “Auction” (April 2017).
Belle Reve Literary Journal published “Laud” (September, 2016).
concis published “Castor Mound” as part of the “Summer Season” issue (2016).
Contemporary Haibun Online published “Float” and “Working the Door” in Volume 12, #3 (October, 2016).
DMQ Review published “Airport” in the Fall issue (2016).
Haibun Today published “Conibear” and a version of “Truck Stop” in Volume 10 #2 (June, 2016).
Haiku Presence published a version of “Landscape with Clouds” in Issue #55 (2016).
KYSO Flash published “Colophon” and “Fritz” in Issue #6 (2016).
Modern Haiku published a version of “Near Walkerville” in Volume 47.3 (Summer, 2016).
The Virginia Normal (forthcoming) published “Snare Pen” and a version of “May” in Issue 3 (Spring, 2017).
Whiskey Island published “Flat Set” and a version of “Blind Set” in Issue Sixty-Eight (Summer, 2016).
Akitsu Quarterly published a version of “April 11” (Fall 2015).
Astropoetica (ISSN 1559-6052) published a version of "Discovery" under the title "River: 18" in Volume 7, #3 (Fall, 2009).
Camroc Press Review published “Target Ship” (February, 2013) and “El Paso: July” (November, 2014). CPR nominated “El Paso: July” to Queen’s Ferry Press’ The Best of Small Fictions Anthology (2015).
CatTails, the magazine of the United Haiku and Tanka Society (UHTS), published the following works in Edition 2 (May, 2014):
- “Island”, a haibun, under the title “I walk the island”;
- the first haiku in “Late Hunt”;
- the first haiku in “Elegy with the key in the ignition”;
- the second haiku in “Local Color”, all haiku published by them as parts of a sequence called “Station Marks”.
Contemporary Haibun Online published the following works:
- "Local Color" (January, 2012),
- "Voyageur" along with a commentary by the editor (January, 2012),
- a version of "Coppinger Court" under the title "Coppinger Hall" (July, 2012),
- “Roadtrip: 1974” (July, 2014),
- “Epitaph” reprinted from Naugatuck River Review (January, 2015),
- “Calling Coyotes” (July, 2015),
- “Revelation: Teplovo Estate” (July, 2015),
- “April 11” reprinted from Akitsu Review (January, 2016).
Contemporary Haibun (Red Moon Press) published “Coppinger Hall” in the 2013 Contemporary Haibun Anthology.
DMQ Review published “Farmington: August” (Spring 2014). DMQ also nominated this piece for a Pushcart Prize and for Sundress Press’ Best of the Net Anthology (2015).
Every Writer published a version of “Atokad Park: 1983” in Everyday Poems for May 2, 2014, and in the online edition of the journal.
Flashquake published a version of "Crossing" under the title “River: Soliloquy 2” (Spring, 2009).
FIVE Poetry published the following works in Volume 2, #5 (2014):
- a version of “Quadriga #2: Godolphin’s Barb”
- “Quadriga #3: Byerley’s Turk,”
- “Quadriga #4: Mr. Alcock’s Arabian,”
- “Elegy with no one in it”
Ginosko Literary Journal published the following works:
in Issue #12 (2012):
- "1963,"
- "That pale buscadero,"
- "In rivers, the water that you touch,"
- "Entering the City"
- “Quadriga 1: Darley’s Arabian” (first published by Right Hand Pointing under the title “Darley’s Horse” in issue #54 (2012);
- “Quadriga 2: Byerley’s Turk” (first published by Five Poetry in Volume 2, #5)
- “Quadriga 3: Godolphin’s Barb” (a version of “Godolphin’s Barb” first published by Five Poetry in Volume 2, #5)
- “Quadriga 4: Mr. Alcock’s Horse” (first published by Five Poetry in Volume 2, #5)
Glass published a version of “Fisherman” under the title “River: Soliloquy 1” (August, 2009).
The Greenwich Village Literary Review published “Near Holly Springs: Good Friday” (2015).
Haibun Today published the following works:
- “Peregrino” in Volume 7, #3 (September, 2013);
- “Target Ship” (reprinted from Camroc Press Review) in Volume 7, #4 (February, 2014);
- “Hornick, Iowa” in Volume 8, #2 (June, 2014);
- “History” in Volume 8, #3 (September, 2014);
- a version of “Winter Range” in Volume 8, #3 (September, 2014);
- “Songbirds” in Volume 9, #2 (June, 2015).
Hitherto: The MUIC Literary Journal published a version of “Elegy with the key in the ignition” under the title “Elegy” and “Other Days” in Issue 5 (Spring, 2014). Hitherto is the online literary journal of Mahidol University International College in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2013, “Elegy” was a finalist for the $1000 Provincetown OuterMost Community Radio Poetry Award judged by Marge Piercy.
Hobble Creek Review (ISSN 1648-1649) published "The Irma Hotel" in Volume 4, #1 (Spring, 2010).
Ink, Sweat, and Tears published a version of “Late Hunt” (first published by Suison Valley Review) in February, 2015 and “Coppinger Court,” (a version under the title "Coppinger Hall" was first published by Contemporary Haibun Online) in June, 2015.
KYSOFlash published “Elegy with a parked car” (June, 2015).
Los Angeles Review (Red Hen Press) published "Horse: 4 Frames" (October, 2010).
Modern Haiku published the concluding haiku from “Revelation: Teplovo Estate” under the title “Znamenskaya Church: 7” in Issue 46:1 (2014).
Naugatuck River Review published a version of "Fire Season" (Summer, 2010), and a version of "Epitaph" under the title "River: 21" (Summer, 2009).
Ohio Edit, an art and literary journal on the internet, published “Custodes Caelestes” and “Along the North Platte” (October, 2014).
Rattle published a version of “Sheep Kill” in Issue #30 (December, 2008).
Revolution John published “Arrival: San Francisco” (May, 2015).
Right Hand Pointing published the following works:
- “We are in the business of wanting things” in Issue #45 (November, 2011);
- “Evidence” under the title “River: Evidence” in Issue #47 (January, 2012);
- “Quadriga: 1. Darley’s Horse” under the title “Darley’s Horse” in issue #54 (August, 2012);
- “Cong Abbey” in issue #54 (August, 2012);
- a version of “Picture This:” in issue #72 (February, 2014).
Shamrock Haiku Journal published “At a Station of the BTS” in Issue 29 (Fall, 2014).
Simply Haiku published “Ambient light, angle of view” in Volume 7, #3 (August, 2009) and a version of “Wayne, Drifter” under the title “River: 22” in Volume 7, #1 (Spring, 2009).
Southwest American Literature, the literary magazine of The Center for the Study of the Southwest at Texas State University, San Marcos, published versions of "Monument" (under the title "River: 13”) and “Desert Lyric” (Spring, 2010).
Suisun Valley Review published versions of the following works in Edition #26 (May, 2009):
- “Late Hunt,”
- “Summer, End,”
- “Thanatography”.
The Best of Small Fictions of 2015 published “El Paso: July” (nominated by Caroc Press Review). The work was selected by Robert Olen Butler for inclusion in the anthology The Best of Small Fictions of 2015 released by Queen’s Ferry Press (October, 2015).
Tidal Basin Review published "In the bosque" in Issue 1 (Spring, 2010).
Upstart: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies at Clemson University published “Wat Mahatat” in in the anthology Out of Sequence: The Sonnets Remixed (August, 2014).
Verdad: A Journal of Art and Literature published “Wilderness” in Volume 8 (Spring, 2010).
Word, the quarterly magazine of the University of California at Santa Barbara, published "Winter Fort" under the title "River 16: Winter Fort" (Fall, 2011).