Literary Work
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A Short Letter, In Waiting
(24K)Part of the longer series, "What We Thought We Knew." This poem first appeared in Issue #1 of Poor Claudia. -

Donald Sultan's Oranges on a Branch
(29K)Inspired by a painting in the permanent collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, this poem first appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review. -

On Hearing Brian Eno's Music for Airports
(88K)A wintry, four-part poem written to the tones of Brian Eno. Parts 1/2 and 2/2 appeared in Hotel Amerika. -

Survival of the Fittest
(26K)This poem first appeared with three companion pieces in Issue 6.1 of Spork Press. -

The Blind Leading the Blind
(27K)Written for a reading of all-ekphrastic poetry at the grand re-opening of the UM Museum of Art, this poem was inspired by a Louise Bourgeois sculpture that is currently on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts. -

from Myrmecology
(27K)Part of a larger series titled "Myrmecology," these poems first appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review.
