Published Poems
October 2011
"How to Forget the Words to Sweet Caroline" and "How to Stay Young Forever" in Prime Mincer
"Terrible City," "The Lovely Dragon," and "Graduation" in The Rattling Wall
September 2011
"First Snow" in Spittoon
"My Purgatory" and "The Orchard" in Inertia Magazine
"Tetris" and "Morning Duty" in Stymie
August 2011
"How to End the Day" in OVS
July 2011
"The Possibility of Air Support" in New Verse News
"Harvest" in Midwest Quarterly
June 2011
"To My Unborn Daughter" in Handful of Dust
May 2011
"Resolutions" in Midway Journal
April 2011
"Casual Disaster" in Mixed Fruit Magazine
"How to Eat Cereal" in Dark Sky Magazine
March 2011
"Against the World" and "Items May Have Shifted" in Eratio (fall 2011)
February 2011
"Mantra" and "Flying Tables" in Whistling Fire
August 2010
"Last Sunday Night in the World" in Lit Up Mag
July 2010
"Anniversary Poem," "State of the Life," and "Rain Delay" in The Nepotist
How We Fall Apart is named the winner of the Seven Circle Press 2010 Chapbook prize.
June 2010
"Bathroom" in the first print issue of Earthshine
January 2010
"Father, Son, River Valley," "Crane Song," and "Crane" in the Platte Valley Review
"Off Book" in Anti
November 2009
"Peaches," "Opossum," and "Spring Poem" are published by Future Earth Magazine "Spring Poem nominated for a Pushcart prize"
"Cropduster" in A Prairie Journal
August 2009
"Crane Watchers" and "Opening a Soda" are published in Wilderness House
"Pear" is published in Imitation Fruit
July 2009
"Grandfather's Funeral" in Poetic Diversity
"Frost" and "Gravity" in Circle Show "Frost" nominated for a Pushcart prize
June 2009
"Midnight Snack" in Peaks and Valleys
"Frost" and "Gravity" by Seven Circle Press
"Crane Watchers" in Tonopah Review
April 2009
"Balance" and "Before Bed" in issue 24 of Perigee
"Conspiracy" in Volume II of Future Earth Magazine
March 2009
"Zen Instructor" in The New York Quarterly
"Planet of Dreams" in Sangam Literary Journal
"Sleeples" and "Mechanic" in Words-Myth
"Balance" in Tipton Poetry Journal.
"Dialing" in Whistling Fire.
"Boot Hill" in Volume XI of Plains Song Review
February 2009
"Changing Water" in Whistling Fire.
"Approaching Sleep," "Conspiracy," and "Poet Laureate" (For Ted Kooser) in 8th anniversary edition of Blue House.
"Mother Taught Me," Gracious," "First Impressionist," "Driving North," "Truck Stop," and "Philosophy of the Nap" in the poetry cyber-anthology, The Other Voices Project.
January 2009
"Genesis," "The Farmer," and "Mother and Babe" in The Reynolds Review.
"Dazed in Burbank With a Doctor Shopping Priest" and "Maybe God" in Shoots and Vines.
"Headlines" and "I Didn't Know" (For Michael Dumanis) in Heroine Love Songs
"The Drinker" in J Journal
December 2008
"Self-Discovery" and "The Falcon" in Words-Myth.
"November Father" in Pedestal Magazine.
"Heart Pounded When" in Paradigm Vol. 2, a collection of Paradigm Literary Journal's year's best in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, published by Rain Farm Press and edited by best-selling novelist, Steve Alten, MEG.
November 2008
"How to Potty Train Boys" in Barnwood International Poetry.
"First Move" and "How to Potty Train Boys" in Superstition Review.
October 2008
"Vasectomy" in Amarillo Bay.
"Coffee at Midnight or a Bittery Nursery Rhyme," "Gift For the Giver (For Don Welch)," "Two Men Walking out of the Donut Shop," "No Gum in School," "At the Stop Sign," and "Over Sandwiches" in Blue House Poetry Journal.
September 2008
"No Gum in School" in Words-Myth. *Featured Poet*
August 2008
"Santa Monica Pier," "Midnight Hotel," and "Anniversary" in Future Earth Magazine.
"Bathroom" in Earthshine Poetry Journal.
"Sausage and Eggs (For Dad)," "Heart Pounded When," and "Spring Awakening" in SN Review.
July 2008
"Santa Monica Pier," "I'm Sure it's the Cabernet," and "Tornado Warning" in Blue House Poetry Journal.
"Platte Valley Farm in Central Nebraska" in Prairie Poetry.
June 2008
"Heart Pounded When" in Words-Myth.
"Anniversary" in Hamilton Stone Review.
May 2008
"Nebraska Morning" in The Bumbershoot Annual of Umbrella Journal.
"For Grandmother," "Mother and Babe," and "Sausage and Eggs (For Dad) in Trillium Literary Journal.
April 2008
"Spring Rebirth," "On the Eve of Graduation," and "Going Down" in Blue House.
March 2008
"Mechanic" in Events Weekly.
"Pondering a Student Over Christmas Break," "I Dream Mother," and "Final Thoughts From the Retirement Home" in Words-Myth.
February 2008
"Letter to Trey Anastasio" in Slow Trains Literary Journal.
"Confessions of the Sycamore," "Sledding," and "Mother and Babe (For Kina)" in Blue House.
January 2008
"For Grandmother" in Language and Culture.
