Poetry

Walk on Water

Published by Progenitor.

I shed my sunburnt skin;
make plans to take up residency,
learn how to talk back with a mouthful of seafoam.

Acts of Worship

Published by Coffee People Zine.

the curious
hunger & the heat.
coffee in the morning.

Airport Security and Other Stories

Published by The Bookends Review.

is the title of the book my father
intends to write when he grows up.

It is a hoax, of course;

These Things Fall Apart

Published by Pennsylvania English.

cable knit sweaters
sobriety— books
become invertebrate

Space Monkey

Published by Enthusiastic Press.

line up your primates. countdown
to the launch—
            no seconds lost

The Farmhouse

Published by Just Place.

It’s been nine years but I’m back in my body.

Underwear hangs from the washing line
like smoked ham; long linen shirts

Beheading Daisies

Published by West Trade Review.

Baba shaves religiously
he believes he will
find discipline

Wound-i-stan

Translation of Suhrab Sirat’s ghazal, long-listed by The Poetry Society in collaboration with Modern Poetry in Translation.

My soul, my gaze, my shadow, my dream, my night – all wounded
My lips, transfixed to the mirror, wounded.

The Bruise

Published by Snapdragon.

it wouldn’t have been
summer without the forest fires
they brought daytime and night

The Quinta

Published by the Finger Literary Journal.

unload the first box here,
between scorched palms and
cracked tiles. you

Mama the Insomniac

Into the early morning hours
you pinch your eyelids shut,
praying for sleep.

Freeway

Published by Cosumnes River Journal.

california is on the radio and jesus
christ is on the dashboard he is

nodding his head as if he too

Blood Moon

Published by Noble/Gas Qtrly.

clock faces are turned to the wall
and the muses of great men stand up
 
take back their stolen voices; you are

Splitting California

Published by Sonder Midwest.

somewhere between bakersfield & fresno the
camper became sentient
heard me say i'd never been &
that i had grown

Cactus

Published by Zoetic Press.

somewhere in the mojave desert

it seemed like days since the motel with
the greyhaired man and months