Despite the Fact . . .

that I have pursued an academic career in English literature, I have long had a keen interest in the human body. Sometimes that’s been a good thing, and other times bad.

Since childhood, I’ve been acutely aware of any sensation in my body. I remember the first time I noticed something physically “off” [...]

Poem: Desert 06

Desert 06

It is no metaphor to say you move the earth by singing.
You inhale the wind, the dust. You exhale water
vapors that, on certain cold-snap nights, form clouds
which rise and unfold outward in the darkness.

Your tune illuminates the Unlit City, reverberates
down the open throats, knits sinew onto dead bones.
You tear a part in [...]