This week, I’d like to share one of my poems. “Growing Up on the Oregon Trail” was first published last year in [Insert Coin Here], a video-game-themed anthology by Kind of a Hurricane Press. Growing Up on the Oregon Trail I remember the terrible day when my cousin died of dysentery. I’d gone hunting,Continue reading “Growing Up on the Oregon Trail”
Category Archives: Poetry
10 Book Title Found Poems
This weekend, I was scanning my shelves looking for a book when I came across two titles side by side that formed a sentence. I thought, Ha ha! That’s funny! Then I thought, Hmm… Then I thought, I love books, I love poems, and I love found poetry, so… Suddenly, it became clear to me that IContinue reading “10 Book Title Found Poems”
Writerly Ramblings on a Rainy Afternoon
“Up a Tree” won 2nd Place in the Austin Poetry Society’s 2014 Moving Along Award After two years of writing, I still expect stories to pop out of my head and form, nearly-finished, on the page. Despite more than a decade of telling students to slow down and take their time, I still rush. AlthoughContinue reading “Writerly Ramblings on a Rainy Afternoon”
