Poems are presently forthcoming in The Hardy Review, The Iowa Review, The Jewish Quarterly, Poetry Wales, Shearsman, and Tears in the Fence.
In magazines
Alaska Quarterly Review
"The Son." (16.3-4: 1998, 237)
Angel Exhaust
"Foolish foolish," "The View." (20: Spring 2009, 60-1)
Aufgabe
"New Hampshire's New Bishop," "Treeline," "Divining for Starters (29)." (6: Fall 2006, 107-09)
Barrow Street
"Imagined Sons 2: The Birthmother, The Adoptive Mother & Their Surfer Boy." (Summer 2003, 75)
"New Hampshire's New Bishop," "Treeline," "Divining for Starters (29)." (6: Fall 2006, 107-09)
Barrow Street
"Imagined Sons 2: The Birthmother, The Adoptive Mother & Their Surfer Boy." (Summer 2003, 75)
Bombay Gin
"Paternal," "Sacrificed as the Girl." (35.1: 2009, 152-54)
Cannot Exist
"Seed," "Divining for Starters (54)," "Divining for Starters (57)." (3: 2008, 48-50)
Columbia
"The Honeymoon of Our Attraction." (41: Spring 2005, 128)
Cannot Exist
"Seed," "Divining for Starters (54)," "Divining for Starters (57)." (3: 2008, 48-50)
Columbia
"The Honeymoon of Our Attraction." (41: Spring 2005, 128)
Court Green
"(untitled--Dear Paul)." (6: 2009, 115)
Critical Quarterly
"Sissy Jupe's Bedroom." (46.1: April 2004, 39)
Critical Survey
"Short Break." (16.3: 2004, 94)
Free Verse
"Cycle," "The Passage." (11: Winter 2006)
Critical Quarterly
"Sissy Jupe's Bedroom." (46.1: April 2004, 39)
Critical Survey
"Short Break." (16.3: 2004, 94)
Free Verse
"Cycle," "The Passage." (11: Winter 2006)
"The Reclamation." (11: January-June 2009)
Jacket
"Red Acre," "Infidel's Prayer," "Midnight, Illinois." (22: May 2003)
Leviathan Quarterly
"Horace's Wet Clothes." (7: March 2003, 51)
The Liberal
"Were It Eden." (VI: Sept/Oct 2005, 29)
"Vermilion." (VII: Feb/Mar 2006, 17)
"Collecting the Ridges." (VIII: July/Aug 2006, 19)
"Dream of a Field," "Almandine." (Autumn 2007, 17, 49)
The Los Angeles Review
"The Perfect Box Is Not a Box." (2004)
Meridian
"Almandine," "The Doctrine of Assent." (6: 2000, 54-55)
Metre
"The Trapeze Artist's Dear John Letter," "Almost." (14: 2003, 54-55)
"The Wake." (15: 2004, 11)
Mslexia
"Celestina Sommer, Cause Celebre." (19: 2003, 33)
The New Republic
"The Colony of Us." (228.4613: 16 June 2003, 30)
"Postmarked." (237.4825: 19 Nov 2007, 46)
New Welsh Review
"The Drain's Trickle," "The Long Night." (59: Spring 2003, 59-60)
"The Score," "Crowd of One." (2004?)
"The Dinner Party," "Hardscrabble." (75: Spring 2007, 54)
Jacket
"Red Acre," "Infidel's Prayer," "Midnight, Illinois." (22: May 2003)
Leviathan Quarterly
"Horace's Wet Clothes." (7: March 2003, 51)
The Liberal
"Were It Eden." (VI: Sept/Oct 2005, 29)
"Vermilion." (VII: Feb/Mar 2006, 17)
"Collecting the Ridges." (VIII: July/Aug 2006, 19)
"Dream of a Field," "Almandine." (Autumn 2007, 17, 49)
The Los Angeles Review
"The Perfect Box Is Not a Box." (2004)
Meridian
"Almandine," "The Doctrine of Assent." (6: 2000, 54-55)
Metre
"The Trapeze Artist's Dear John Letter," "Almost." (14: 2003, 54-55)
"The Wake." (15: 2004, 11)
Mslexia
"Celestina Sommer, Cause Celebre." (19: 2003, 33)
The New Republic
"The Colony of Us." (228.4613: 16 June 2003, 30)
"Postmarked." (237.4825: 19 Nov 2007, 46)
New Welsh Review
"The Drain's Trickle," "The Long Night." (59: Spring 2003, 59-60)
"The Score," "Crowd of One." (2004?)
"The Dinner Party," "Hardscrabble." (75: Spring 2007, 54)
"A Birthmother's Catechism," "A Birthmother's Catechism," "Painting the Marsh." (83: Spring 2009, 67-9)
"Dolce Vita." (84: Summer 2009, 63)
Noon
Noon
"First Summer," "The Love Plot." (7: 2009, 58-9)
Oasis
"Subterfuge for the Unrequitable." (last issue, 2004)
Orange Coast Review (all second publications after first apperances in UK journals)
"The Wake," "Occasional Poem," "Americana, Station by Station." (2006, 99-101)
"San Fernando Valley Love Song," "As If to Say." (2007, 69-70)
"The Letter." (2008, 23)
"Subterfuge for the Unrequitable." (last issue, 2004)
Orange Coast Review (all second publications after first apperances in UK journals)
"The Wake," "Occasional Poem," "Americana, Station by Station." (2006, 99-101)
"San Fernando Valley Love Song," "As If to Say." (2007, 69-70)
"The Letter." (2008, 23)
"Siren," "Vermilion." (2009, 23, 62)
Painted, spoken
"Divining for Starters (53)," "Divining for Starters (56)." 20 (2009).
Poetry Ireland Review
"Convalescence." (85: 2006, 42)
"Birthday." (90: 2007, 22)
"The Meal." (94: Summer 2008, 44-45)
Poetry Ireland Review
"Convalescence." (85: 2006, 42)
"Birthday." (90: 2007, 22)
"The Meal." (94: Summer 2008, 44-45)
“Homecoming.” (96: 2008, 38-9)
"Solitaries," "Blue Coat," "Melancholia." (99: October 2009, 14-16)
Poetry London
"Over the Thames." (62: Spring 2009, 4)
PN Review
"The Lengthening Winter," "Convicted," "The Day Will Not Rhyme," "Water's Edge," "The Vantage." (155/30.3: Jan-Feb 2004, 55-56)
"Here Comes the Sun," "Outpost," "Occasional Poem." (162/31.4: Mar-Apr 2005, 58)
"Imagined Sons 1: First Son," "Imagined Sons 2: The Birthmother, The Adoptive Mother & Their Surfer Boy," "Imagined Sons 3: At the Fifties Cafe," "Imagined Sons 4: Introducing Myself as His (The First Supermarket Dream)," "Imagined Sons 5: The Friend (Part 1)," "Imagined Sons 6: The Magician," "Imagined Sons 7: The Second Supermarket Dream," "Imagined Sons 8: A British University," "Imagined Sons 9: Seed Corn," "Imagined Sons 10: The Friend (Part 2)," "Imagined Sons 11: Mexico," "Imagined Sons 12: The Courthouse." (175: May/June 2007: 28-30)
Poetry Review
"The Cult of the Eye." (92.4: Winter 2002/3, 16)
"Fin de Siecle," "Pathetic Fallacy as Necessary," "Escalation." (93.2: 2003, 12-14)
"The Taboo," "Land-lock." (93.3: 2003, 14-15)
"Election." (94.3: 2004, 49)
"Biopsy." (97.3: 2007, 51)
Poetry Wales
"Cycling to the World's Edge," "Winter Solstice," "Fence of Pines." (32.4: April 1997, 7-8)
"San Fernando Valley Love Song." (39.1: 2003, 39)
"Days in Mlada Boleslav," "The Assenting Castaway." (2008)
PN Review
"The Lengthening Winter," "Convicted," "The Day Will Not Rhyme," "Water's Edge," "The Vantage." (155/30.3: Jan-Feb 2004, 55-56)
"Here Comes the Sun," "Outpost," "Occasional Poem." (162/31.4: Mar-Apr 2005, 58)
"Imagined Sons 1: First Son," "Imagined Sons 2: The Birthmother, The Adoptive Mother & Their Surfer Boy," "Imagined Sons 3: At the Fifties Cafe," "Imagined Sons 4: Introducing Myself as His (The First Supermarket Dream)," "Imagined Sons 5: The Friend (Part 1)," "Imagined Sons 6: The Magician," "Imagined Sons 7: The Second Supermarket Dream," "Imagined Sons 8: A British University," "Imagined Sons 9: Seed Corn," "Imagined Sons 10: The Friend (Part 2)," "Imagined Sons 11: Mexico," "Imagined Sons 12: The Courthouse." (175: May/June 2007: 28-30)
Poetry Review
"The Cult of the Eye." (92.4: Winter 2002/3, 16)
"Fin de Siecle," "Pathetic Fallacy as Necessary," "Escalation." (93.2: 2003, 12-14)
"The Taboo," "Land-lock." (93.3: 2003, 14-15)
"Election." (94.3: 2004, 49)
"Biopsy." (97.3: 2007, 51)
Poetry Wales
"Cycling to the World's Edge," "Winter Solstice," "Fence of Pines." (32.4: April 1997, 7-8)
"San Fernando Valley Love Song." (39.1: 2003, 39)
"Days in Mlada Boleslav," "The Assenting Castaway." (2008)
"Arcadia, or Something Like It," "Soporific Red." (44.4: Spring 2009, 10)
Reactions
"Quartet," "Beyond Any Power," "Eurydice," "The Ache," "Into the Rain," "Adoption Birthday," "The Allotment," "Journey by Train." (4: 2003, 55-60)
The Reader
"Early Spring." (26: 2007, 37)
The Republic of Letters
Reactions
"Quartet," "Beyond Any Power," "Eurydice," "The Ache," "Into the Rain," "Adoption Birthday," "The Allotment," "Journey by Train." (4: 2003, 55-60)
The Reader
"Early Spring." (26: 2007, 37)
The Republic of Letters
"Imagined Sons 15: The Butcher," "Imagined Sons 16: The Third Supermarket Dream," "Imagined Sons 18: The Pilot," "Imagined Sons 19: The Lone Star State," "Imagined Sons 22: At the Bunch of Grapes," "Imagined Sons 24: A Birthday," "Imagined Sons 25: Only Son," "Imagined Sons 26: The Fourth Supermarket Dream," "Imagined Sons 27: Folk Night," "Imagined Sons 29: Narcissus," "Imagined Sons 30: The Fifth Supermarket Dream," "Imagined Sons 34: The Pound," "Imagined Sons 35: Night Patrols," "Imagined Sons 37: The Sixth Supermarket Dream," "Imagined Sons 41: Drury Lane," "Imagined Sons 49: DJ," "Indian Summer," "Ode to Raggedy Ann," "The Violet Hour." (19: Winter 2008-9, 30-32)
The Rialto
"A Mile from the Cornfield." (55: May 2004, 8)
"Four Hours from the Coast." (59: Midwinter 2005/06, 52)
"Again Tonight, My Sister." (64: 2008, 35)
"A Mile from the Cornfield." (55: May 2004, 8)
"Four Hours from the Coast." (59: Midwinter 2005/06, 52)
"Again Tonight, My Sister." (64: 2008, 35)
Roger
"Anniversary" (4: Spring 2009, 31)
Salamander
"Gardens," "I Bear Your Ashes." (5.2: 1998, 4-5)
"The Parents." (6.2: 1999, 59)
"The Prayer, or The Bike Path from Venice Beach to Malibu." (7.2: 2001, 9)
"Outside of Town," "After Class." (8.2: 2003: 42-43)
"Once." (11.2: 2006, 46)
"Leash." (12.2: 2007, 133)
"The First Day of Detasseling," "The Five." (2008)
Seneca Review
"Communion," "Her Answers." (26.1: Spring 1996, 51-52)
"The Articulate, Speechless." (29.1: 1999, 71)
"Kassandra." (32.2: 2002, 50)
"The Name," "The Lovers." (34.2: Fall 2004, 50-2)
Sentence
"Seven and Ten," "The Marriage." (5: 2007, 114-15)
Shearsman
"Divining for Starters (6)," "Divining for Starters (8)," "Divining for Starters (9)," "Divining for Starters (10)," "Divining for Starters (13)." (51: 2002, 19-20)
"Ginger," "Divining for Starters (16)," "Another Obituary for Poetry." (54: Spring 2003, 17-18)
"More Than Bone," "Divining for Starters (17)," "Divining for Starters (18)," "Divining for Starters (19)," "Divining for Starters (21)." (60: Autumn 2004, 18-20)
"The National Muse," "Gathering (1)," "Want," "The Fever Box." (65/66: Winter 2005/6, 58-59)
"Inheritance," "The Final Performance," "Law of Gravity," "Signified." (67/68: Spring/Summer 2006, 55-56)
"The Occupation of Iraq," "My Early Days in the British Academy," "Divining for Starters (36)," "Divining for Starters (42)," "Divining for Starters (43)." (73/74: Winter 2007/08, 5-8)
"McLean County Highway 39," "Divining for Starters (50)," "Divining for Starters (52)." (2008)
Slope
"Estate Management," "Goldenrod, foot by yard," "Under beer and on the humid," "The Return." (11/12: July-October 2001)
"Gingersome," "The Missing Roses," "Divining for Starters (7)." (16: 2002)
Stand
"The Separation," "The Sty." (6.4 and 7.1/181: 200, 29-30)
Salamander
"Gardens," "I Bear Your Ashes." (5.2: 1998, 4-5)
"The Parents." (6.2: 1999, 59)
"The Prayer, or The Bike Path from Venice Beach to Malibu." (7.2: 2001, 9)
"Outside of Town," "After Class." (8.2: 2003: 42-43)
"Once." (11.2: 2006, 46)
"Leash." (12.2: 2007, 133)
"The First Day of Detasseling," "The Five." (2008)
Seneca Review
"Communion," "Her Answers." (26.1: Spring 1996, 51-52)
"The Articulate, Speechless." (29.1: 1999, 71)
"Kassandra." (32.2: 2002, 50)
"The Name," "The Lovers." (34.2: Fall 2004, 50-2)
Sentence
"Seven and Ten," "The Marriage." (5: 2007, 114-15)
Shearsman
"Divining for Starters (6)," "Divining for Starters (8)," "Divining for Starters (9)," "Divining for Starters (10)," "Divining for Starters (13)." (51: 2002, 19-20)
"Ginger," "Divining for Starters (16)," "Another Obituary for Poetry." (54: Spring 2003, 17-18)
"More Than Bone," "Divining for Starters (17)," "Divining for Starters (18)," "Divining for Starters (19)," "Divining for Starters (21)." (60: Autumn 2004, 18-20)
"The National Muse," "Gathering (1)," "Want," "The Fever Box." (65/66: Winter 2005/6, 58-59)
"Inheritance," "The Final Performance," "Law of Gravity," "Signified." (67/68: Spring/Summer 2006, 55-56)
"The Occupation of Iraq," "My Early Days in the British Academy," "Divining for Starters (36)," "Divining for Starters (42)," "Divining for Starters (43)." (73/74: Winter 2007/08, 5-8)
"McLean County Highway 39," "Divining for Starters (50)," "Divining for Starters (52)." (2008)
Slope
"Estate Management," "Goldenrod, foot by yard," "Under beer and on the humid," "The Return." (11/12: July-October 2001)
"Gingersome," "The Missing Roses," "Divining for Starters (7)." (16: 2002)
Stand
"The Separation," "The Sty." (6.4 and 7.1/181: 200, 29-30)
"A Birthmother's Catechism," "The Day After," "The Last Day of My Visit." (8.4/188: 2009, 18-19)
The Tall Lighthouse Review
"After and Before," "When We." (2006)
Tenth Muse
"The Exquisite Deferral," "Steady as She Goes," "Promised." (12: 2002, 14-15)
"Three Statues," "Unspoken Rather Than Undone," "Chronophobia (5)." (13: 2005, 15-16)
"Retraced," "Divining for Starters (23)," "Turning the Page." (14: 2006, 31-32)
Thumbscrew
"Americana, Station by Station," "Object Lesson, June." (20-21: 2002, 19)
The Times Literary Supplement
"The Daughters of Prospero." (5211: 14 Feb 2003, 7)
"Late Winter, Early Year." (5213: 28 Feb 2003, 11)
"The Review." (5244: 3 Oct 2003, 4)
"Talking with Beccaria." (5264: 20 Feb 2004, 19)
"Seaborne." (5271: 9 Apr 2004, 11)
"The Bonds." (5298: 15 Oct 2004, 6)
"Axes for Crutches." (5312: 21 Jan 2005, 10)
"Citizenship." (7 Oct 2005)
"Magnum Opus," "The World at Dusk." (5373: 24 Mar 2006, 27)
"The Diagnosis." (5417: 26 Jan 2007, 15)
"His Pantoum." (5437: 15 June 2007, 14)
"The War's Fourth Year." (5438: 22 June 2007, 5)
"A Birthmother's Catechism (September 11, 1986)." (5450: 14 Sept 2007, 15)
"David Smith, Wagon II, 1964." (5457: 2 Nov 2007, 31)
"Fear of Lightning." (5463: 14 Dec 2007, 29)
"Pleurisy." (2 May 2008)
"A Birthmother's Catechism (September 11, 2006)." (12 Dec 2008, 8)
The Tall Lighthouse Review
"After and Before," "When We." (2006)
Tenth Muse
"The Exquisite Deferral," "Steady as She Goes," "Promised." (12: 2002, 14-15)
"Three Statues," "Unspoken Rather Than Undone," "Chronophobia (5)." (13: 2005, 15-16)
"Retraced," "Divining for Starters (23)," "Turning the Page." (14: 2006, 31-32)
Thumbscrew
"Americana, Station by Station," "Object Lesson, June." (20-21: 2002, 19)
The Times Literary Supplement
"The Daughters of Prospero." (5211: 14 Feb 2003, 7)
"Late Winter, Early Year." (5213: 28 Feb 2003, 11)
"The Review." (5244: 3 Oct 2003, 4)
"Talking with Beccaria." (5264: 20 Feb 2004, 19)
"Seaborne." (5271: 9 Apr 2004, 11)
"The Bonds." (5298: 15 Oct 2004, 6)
"Axes for Crutches." (5312: 21 Jan 2005, 10)
"Citizenship." (7 Oct 2005)
"Magnum Opus," "The World at Dusk." (5373: 24 Mar 2006, 27)
"The Diagnosis." (5417: 26 Jan 2007, 15)
"His Pantoum." (5437: 15 June 2007, 14)
"The War's Fourth Year." (5438: 22 June 2007, 5)
"A Birthmother's Catechism (September 11, 1986)." (5450: 14 Sept 2007, 15)
"David Smith, Wagon II, 1964." (5457: 2 Nov 2007, 31)
"Fear of Lightning." (5463: 14 Dec 2007, 29)
"Pleurisy." (2 May 2008)
"A Birthmother's Catechism (September 11, 2006)." (12 Dec 2008, 8)
"Pursuit, Dublin." (2009)
Under the Radar
"Summer Time," "Hat Box." (4: September 2009, 15-16)
Versal
"Paternal (3)." (7: 2009, 19)
The Warwick Review
"Prescription for the Impatient." (1.2: June 2007, 123)
"Siren." (2.1: March 2008, 44)
"The Tethers." (2008)
The Warwick Review
"Prescription for the Impatient." (1.2: June 2007, 123)
"Siren." (2.1: March 2008, 44)
"The Tethers." (2008)
"The Reclamation." (3.2: June 2009, 105-6)
In anthologies (by year)
"Hand over Fist," "Okra." GRAND PASSION: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. Eds. Suzanne Lummis and Charles Harper Webb. Los Angeles, CA: Red Wind Books, 1995. 45-46
"Her Answers." Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry 1995/1996. Palm Springs, CA: Monitor Book Co., 1997.
"Sacred Ground," "The Birthmother's Handbook." Starting Rumors: America's Next Generation of Writers. Grand Junction, CO: Pinyon Press, 1999. 49-51
"The Articulate, Speechless." Incidental Buildings & Accidental Beauty: An Anthology of Orange County/Long Beach Poets. Huntington Beach, CA: Tebot Bach, 2001. 36.
"The Blue Horses," "Signing the Adoption Papers." Beyond the Valley of Contemporary Poets: 2001 Anthology. Eds. Brendan Constantine and Amelie Frank. VCP Press, 2002. (unpaginated)
"Sunday Afternoon." So Luminous the Wildflowers: An Anthology of California Poets. Ed. Paul Suntup. Huntington Beach, CA: Tebot Bach Press, 2003. 63.
"The Trapeze Artist's Dear John Letter." The Forward Book of Poetry 2005. London: Forward/Faber, 2004. 83.
"Drought," "Divorce." New Writing 14. Eds. Lavinia Greenlaw and Helon Habila. London: Granta, 2006. 145-6.
"The Bonds." Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets. Ed. Paul Suntup, Dima Hilal, and Mindy Nettifee. Huntington Beach, CA: Tebot Bach Press, 2006. 48.
"Collecting the Ridges." All That Mighty Heart: London Poems. Ed. Lisa Russ Spaar. University of Virginia Press, 2008.
"The Forecast." Feeling the Pressure: Poetry and Science of Climate Change." Ed. Paul Mundun. Berne, Switzerland: British Council, 2008. 19.
"The Daughters of Prospero." Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English. Eds. Eva Salzman and Amy Wack. Brigend: Seren Books, 2008. 235
In anthologies (by year)
"Hand over Fist," "Okra." GRAND PASSION: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. Eds. Suzanne Lummis and Charles Harper Webb. Los Angeles, CA: Red Wind Books, 1995. 45-46
"Her Answers." Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry 1995/1996. Palm Springs, CA: Monitor Book Co., 1997.
"Sacred Ground," "The Birthmother's Handbook." Starting Rumors: America's Next Generation of Writers. Grand Junction, CO: Pinyon Press, 1999. 49-51
"The Articulate, Speechless." Incidental Buildings & Accidental Beauty: An Anthology of Orange County/Long Beach Poets. Huntington Beach, CA: Tebot Bach, 2001. 36.
"The Blue Horses," "Signing the Adoption Papers." Beyond the Valley of Contemporary Poets: 2001 Anthology. Eds. Brendan Constantine and Amelie Frank. VCP Press, 2002. (unpaginated)
"Sunday Afternoon." So Luminous the Wildflowers: An Anthology of California Poets. Ed. Paul Suntup. Huntington Beach, CA: Tebot Bach Press, 2003. 63.
"The Trapeze Artist's Dear John Letter." The Forward Book of Poetry 2005. London: Forward/Faber, 2004. 83.
"Drought," "Divorce." New Writing 14. Eds. Lavinia Greenlaw and Helon Habila. London: Granta, 2006. 145-6.
"The Bonds." Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets. Ed. Paul Suntup, Dima Hilal, and Mindy Nettifee. Huntington Beach, CA: Tebot Bach Press, 2006. 48.
"Collecting the Ridges." All That Mighty Heart: London Poems. Ed. Lisa Russ Spaar. University of Virginia Press, 2008.
"The Forecast." Feeling the Pressure: Poetry and Science of Climate Change." Ed. Paul Mundun. Berne, Switzerland: British Council, 2008. 19.
"The Daughters of Prospero." Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English. Eds. Eva Salzman and Amy Wack. Brigend: Seren Books, 2008. 235
