I teach at Michigan State University and am the author of a full-length poetry collection and two chapbooks. My new book of poems informed by Great Lakes shipwrecks, was published by Wayne State University Press in March. It won the 2017 Moveen Prize in Poetry. The Sultan, The Skater, The Bicycle Maker. Won The Ledge Press 2011 Poetry Chapbook Award. Salamander, Sugar House Review,.

White Noise, White Space. A blue thing and a white thing. Translated by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet and George Szirtes.

Welcome to Shadowtrain, a gathering of poems and other writings, from the lyrical to the innovative, whatever happens to sting and stun the editor. Romps through slipping seasons; Tom Snarsky. Shakes a tattered image of himself; David Spittle. Remembers to leave the door open;. Is sleepless and heartbroken; Katherine Holmes. Meditates on window-wordless birds; Tim Allen. Finds a lost ticket for the stars; Sarah James. Drinks it down with black medicine; Neil Fulwood. Pushes to the absolute end; Ian Seed.

To Don Asterio Alarcón, timekeeper of Valparaíso. Of a crazy port,. The smell of a shadow, of a star,. Grave poverty and black eyes. Dance there in the fog. And the flags of the kingdom. And the sea sun salutes the banners. While the white clothes wave. The sailors a poor farewell. Sea streets, windy streets.

If you were Benedict Cumberbatch and I were Renee Zellweger. When I caught you with leggy Lucy. At first I could only see her. Legs waving in the sunshine.