I am excited to learn that my poem “Por la libre” will be published in the anthology Goodbye, Mexico: Poems of Remembrance that the wonderful Sarah Cortez is editing for Texas Review Press. I can’t wait to read the other pieces in what is sure to be an amazing collection.…
Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. His work occasionally seems difficult, but the apparent obscurity often arises from references to events in his life of which the reader has no knowledge. The following poem, for example, alludes to an event both poet…
I am delighted and honored to have been selected feature poet for the August edition of the Red River Review (edited by the very cool Alan Gann), in which several of my poems will appear: “taming,” “kill the muse,” “Palimpsest Soul,” “Lovely Little Thing,” “Tzompantli,” “The Paradoxical Axiom,” “Weathered and…
Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. I often encountered the evil of living I often encountered the evil of living: it was the choked brook that gurgles, it was the curling of the sun-parched leaf, it was the horse that collapses. The…
I am pleased to announce that my poetry cycle Oaxacan Flânerie has been accepted for publication in the upcoming edition of the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas.
Saijō Yaso was a Japanese poet and scholar from the early 20th century who specialized in French symbolist verse. His own work ranged from darker symbolism to lighter children’s lyrics. Butterfly When in time I slip down to hellwhere my parents and friends await,what will I take to give them?…
My alternative world fantasy story “To Brave the Mountains” just came out in SQ Mag: International Speculative Fiction eZine. Featuring indigenous New World elements and a young female protagonist, it’s worth a read, I promise. Check it out by clicking here.
Stéphane Mallarmé was a French poet from the second half of the 19th century. The literary child of Baudelaire, Mallarmé crafted difficult poetry rich with disturbing symbols and musical language. Here is a translation of one of my favorite poems of his. When with Fatal Law the Shadow Threatened Me…
I’m always looking for ways to combine my love of poetry, translation and the macabre, so I was delighted to stumble across a sort of “creepy pasta” Internet legend about a cursed Japanese poem that causes tragedy and death should you read it aloud. I quickly looked for the piece,…
A couple of great poets have weighed in with blurbs: It seems, at times, David Bowles “has wandered away from the land of men,” his earthly declarations channeled up from a history of ancient monsters: a world still ruled by deep mystery. His words strike unexpected chords and intense visuals:…
