Literary Work

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    A Short Letter, In Waiting

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    Part of the longer series, "What We Thought We Knew." This poem first appeared in Issue #1 of Poor Claudia.
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    Donald Sultan's Oranges on a Branch

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    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.
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    On Hearing Brian Eno's Music for Airports

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    A wintry, four-part poem written to the tones of Brian Eno. Parts 1/2 and 2/2 appeared in Hotel Amerika.
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    Survival of the Fittest

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    This poem first appeared with three companion pieces in Issue 6.1 of Spork Press.
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    The Blind Leading the Blind

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    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.
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    from Myrmecology

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