Poetry & Prose

Here you'll find a smattering of articles, poems, essays, and the like that I've written for a number of publications, most notably Foundling House and Analogue. I've also been known to haunt The Rabbit Room and Curator Magazine from time to time, and for a while, I wrote for the now-defunct Knoxville area publications Celebrate Knoxville and Sevierville Business Journal.

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I am also a founding member of the creative collective Knox Writes, as I highly value friendly criticism and communal support in such a difficult endeavor as writing. If you're in the area when we meet (usually once a month), do feel free to bring your latest project and tell us about it. There may be snacks involved, and we don't bite, unless you're a chip with salsa on it.

Poetry

• "Starling-Rise," Blue Mountain Review; March 4, 2021; p.186.

• "Collard Greens," Curator Magazine; February 4, 2021

• "Bus Stop Children," Foundling House; January 12, 2021

• "The Shell Road," The Pigeon Parade Quarterly, Issue No. 2; January 1, 2021

• "Boundary Cross, Louisville," The Pigeon Parade Quarterly, Issue No. 1; October 1, 2020

• "Home Can Be Lost and Found," Foundling House; November 26, 2018

• "Swimming at Meads," "The Knowing is in Silence," "Lifeblood by Rote," The Molehill, Vol. 5; Rabbit Room Press, 2018

• "Ash Wednesday News," Foundling House; February 19, 2018

• "What is Possible," Foundling House; January 15, 2018

• "Lifeblood by Rote," Foundling House; April 24, 2017

• "Fir Tree," Foundling House; December 20, 2016

• "The Catechist," Foundling House; October 24, 2016

• "Over Heard," Curator Magazine; September 8, 2016

• "Making a Gate," Foundling House; May 23, 2016

• "Treasure Hunting," Foundling House; January 25, 2016

Prose

• "A Family of Bare-Knuckled Faith," Foundling House; March 15, 2021

• "Beginning a Long Work," The Rabbit Room; February 23, 2021

• "Jesus, the Learner," The Rabbit Room; January 6, 2021

• "Gardening 101: Fallow Time," The Rabbit Room; August 11, 2020

• "Gardening 101: Good Work is Boring," The Rabbit Room; July 9, 2020

• "Gardening 101: Fighting Racism in Practice," The Rabbit Room; June 23, 2020

• "Set Loose With an Onion," The Rabbit Room; May 15, 2020

• "Uncle Jimmy and the Sweatpants Psalms," The Rabbit Room; April 16, 2020

• "The Blessing of the Absent," The Rabbit Room; November 19, 2019

• "Empathy and the Devil," Foundling House; November 18, 2019

• "The Other Endgame," The Rabbit Room; May 9, 2019

• "Thoughts on Finishing the Work," Foundling House; April 24, 2019

• "Mr. Brunson's Offering," The Rabbit Room; February 11, 2019

• "Why My Children Sit Through Church," The Rabbit Room; October 16, 2018

• "Eric Whitacre: Awaking from Sleep," Analogue Music; August 9, 2018

• "Charging the Congregation," Foundling House; August 6, 2018

• "Awkward Saint Crazy," The Rabbit Room; July 17, 2018

• "Shouting Lice! in a Crowded Room," The Rabbit Room; June 5, 2018

• "The Economy of Kindness," The Rabbit Room; May 1, 2018

• "In Defense of William Shatner," Analogue; April 29, 2018

• "Just Sing the Song: From Hymn to HEM," Analogue; February 27, 2018

• "The Blue Nile: A Sonic Travel Journal," Analogue; January 12, 2018

• "Why We Read and Write Hard Things," Foundling House; December 12, 2017

• "When the Light Disappears," Foundling House; April 21, 2017

• "The Three Workers," Molehill, Vol. 4; Rabbit Room Press, 2016

• "On Valuing Absences," Foundling House; November 14, 2016

• "Healing in Creative Community," Foundling House; August 15, 2016

• "Liturgy in Blue," Curator Magazine; March 7, 2014

• "The Sound of a Voice," Curator Magazine; March 23, 2012