Now you've got the chance
You might as well just dance
Go skies and thrones and wings
And poetry and things.
--Neil Halstead

Publications

Poetry

Current publications/awards, with links to online publications:
  • "The Killing Stroke," Persona (literary magazine of Texas State University), 2000
  • "Pigeons at Phil's Ice House," Capitol Metro Bus, 2012
  • "Sentry," "Return," "New Year's Eve," and "Approaching Perihelion," Best Austin Poetry 2012-2014
  • "After," won Stand Up For Safe Families Haiku Contest, 2013
  • "Wildflowers," Blue Hole, 2014
  • "Fighting for the Blanket," Cat and Dog Tales, 2014
  • "Quitting Time" and "Apocalypse," Tic Toc, Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014
  • "Choreography" and "Tortoise," Animal Tales, 2015
  • "Big Ears," artlines2, 2015
  • "Spider Mums," Petals in the Pan, Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2015
  • "Summer, South Texas," 2016 Texas Poetry Calendar, Dos Gatos Press, 2015
  • "Spare Key," Black Fox Literary Magazine, Issue 14, 2016
  • "Repetitions," Secrets & Dreams, Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2016
  • "History is Life Lived," 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar, Dos Gatos Press, 2016
  • "Chief Orejas de Conejo," Bearing the Mask: Southwest Persona Poems, Dos Gatos Press, 2016
  • "Clairol," "Firestorm," and "Grace in Motion," Best Austin Poetry 2015-2016
  • "Assemblage #1," "Assemblage #3," and "Assemblage #4," Shattered, Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2016
  • "Party Dress," San Antonio Express News, 2016
  • "To Eve," Illya's Honey, 2017
  • "Captivate," Poppy Road Review, 2017
  • "Junior High Orchestra Concert," Red River Review, 2017
  • "Universal Fabricators," Illya's Honey, 2017
  • "In Your Body is the Garden of Flowers," Poppy Road Review, 2017
  • "Night," Poppy Road Review, 2017
  • "Ping," Red River Review2017
  • "Living in Bins," The Enigmatist, 2017
  • "No Fat Chicks," Dragon Poet ReviewSummer 2017
  • "Spring Formal, 2017," Blue Hole, 2017
  • "After Reading Your Letter," Waco Word Fest anthology, October 2017
  • "Sometimes, Abundance," 56 Days of August, 2017
  • "Carlsbad Caverns: A Brief History" and "In All Flat Maps," in Weaving the Terrain, Dos Gatos Press, 2018
  • "jardins sous la pluie," San Pedro River Review, Vol 10, No. 1, Spring 2018
  • "dyslexia," Tipton Poetry Journal, No. 36, Winter 2018
  • "The Contractor's Lament," "Two Pebbles in the River," "Life Lesson," and "Encounter on a Moonless Night," Best Austin Poetry 2016-2017
  • "Abandoned I-10 Rest Stop, A Love Song,"  2019 Texas Poetry Calendar
  • "In the Garden," Ocotillo Review
  • "Accounts Payable," "Storm Chaser," and "Irony," Animal Tales 2018
  • "After the Long Winter" and "Momo's House," Best Austin Poetry, 2017-2018
  • "Fence Line," Ocotillo Review, Winter 2019
  • "Almost Forgotten," "Flight," "Structural Engineering," Scarlet Leaf Review, June 2018
  • "Avatar," Tipton Poetry Journal, No. 41, Spring 2019
  • "First Taste of Maine," Contemporary Haibun Online, July 2019
  • "Everyday Magic," "Tree Jail," "Home," "Nonsignificant Dimensional Disparities," "Long Walk to the Ocean," "Prisoner," "The Hunt," "Hatching," "Drama Llama," and "Evening's Last Rabbit," Best Austin Poetry, 2018-2019
  • "McCoughan Park at dusk," Waco WordFest Anthology, 2019.
  • "Boardwalk" and "Of Night," Blue Hole, 2019.
  • "The Wait," Concho River Review, 2019.
  • "Regeneration," Visions International (VIAS), #101, Spring 2020.
  • "Uncontrolled Powered Flight," "Wasps," and "Somewhere," Black Fox Literary Magazine, Issue #19, Spring 2020.
  • "Riding Free," Ocotillo Review, Vol. 4.1, Winter 2020.
  • "Dry Spell," 2021 Texas Poetry Calendar.
  • "Under the Night Sky," Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express News, August 15, 2021.
  • "Spirals," Waco WordFest Anthology, 2021.
  • "Faith and Falling" and "Lucy's Mexican Bakery," Unknotting the Line: The Poetry in Prose by Dos Gatos Press, 2022.

    Novel

    Poetry Chapbooks

    Short Story Collection

    Photography

    • "British Columbia," "Peacock," "Arboretum," "Caddo Lake," and "Fireweed," Peacock Journal, June 2017

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