I’m published with some of the other members of Austin Poets’ Union at Skyway Journal.
https://skywayjournal.wordpress.com/2020/11/17/poetry-showcase-austin-poets-union/
Austin Poets’ Union
I started up a poetry blog with the best poets I know. It’s called Austin Poets’ Union and we’d really appreciate it if you could give us a warm welcome by following our page. Thank you all!
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autumn [poetry & video]
autumn
the fire recedes from the sky and we know it’s autumn
four months of autumn and eight months of summer
that’s what we get now
in texas
i relish these months when dusty coats can find their place in circulation again
and you can see your breath:
making each exhalation
a visual affirmation
that you are alive
I write this poem every year
a love poem to autumn
in the hopes that she might stick around a little longer this time
it’s an exercise in diminishing returns
because the sun won’t be happy until it swallows the world
Hope is a Human Frailty
Tacky though it may be to share a tweet here, I made a new video. And since I am not doing youtube right now, it’s only on facebook and twitter. Please let me know if you think this shameless promotion is gross.
everything is a library [poetry]
I’m in the third grade and everything is a library
Mrs. Griswold is a haggard old piece of gristle and she hates everything
I am reading about dinosaurs and Greek mythology
It is summer and I am in school as part of some educational experiment
The dinosaurs
they speak to me
they say“I too was unwanted in this world
but look how glorious I was.”
Greek mythology she speaks to me
she says“Here is something too magnificent to be believed
Here is something holy
fallen into disrepair.”
And Mrs. Griswold can only scowl in reproach
as I indulge wonders she long ago denied
The Poet Keeps on Writing [poetry video]
I assembled the best poets I know for a poetry collective on patreon. The above video is a sample of the kind of work you can expect.
