“An England” in NEWFOUND

Newfound (formerly Precipitate) has taken my long* poem “An England”, which is pretty much me trying to fit the color green that England is into five pages. It’s in their first issue; if the link doesn’t work (the URL seems to be an issue-based one), just use the search function on the top right hand side of their website.

 

* “long”. After writing a 50-page poem, saying a five-page poem is ‘long’ feels strange. But I recalibrate, life goes on, and this poem is ‘long’, too. Amen.

SWEETBRIAR, forthcoming from dancing girl press

My chapbook Sweetbriar will be published in autumn 2013 by dancing girl press, and I couldn’t be more excited or pleased. I’m in great company there.

Sweetbriar is about heredity—how things are passed through a family. It’s about my family in particular, and about the family Rosaceae, which includes roses, stone fruits (like peaches, cherries, and plums), rowan trees, and brambles.