The Legendary published two of my poems today, including one created from students' comments on a class blog. The poems are here:

http://www.downdirtyword.com/poetrypage.html

Earth Day Poem

New Verse News was kind enough to publish my poem, "Peacekeeping Mission," for Earth Day 2009. It can be found here:

http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2009/04/peacekeeping-mission.html

Lovesick

I heard late today from Press Americana. They're working on my full-length book of poetry, Lovesick. I should have proofs by May, with publication possibly coming as early as June. They asked if I had any ideas for the cover. No, I don't. They said they have a designer who'll supply some.

Acceptances & Rejections

New acceptances from elimae, Welter, Brown Bottle Journal, other___, Triggerfish Critical Review, ouroboros review, and lesser flamingo. . . and, of course, a rejection, too (ginosoko). What's life without a little rejection.

In the Metro

The Legendary just accepted a poem -- called "In the Metro" after Ezra Pound's famous haiku and similarly set in a subway station -- that I constructed from my students' blog posts. Pretty cool.

Fogged Clarity

I had three poems published today in Fogged Clarity (Ben, the editor, also recorded me reading them). Any significance in the fact that it's also April Fool's Day?