
about Delaware’s Poet Laureate Column On Poetry
Poetry in selected journals
Caesura, Can We Have Our Ball
Back?, Delaware Poetry Review, Delmarva Quarterly, DIAGRAM, Harpur Palate, Kweli Journal, The Pedestal Magazine,
Pearl, Philadelphia Stories, Rolling Stone Magazine, Salt Hill Journal,
Smartish Pace
Poetry in anthologies
“Comfort, Cape Henlopen.” On the Mason Dixon Line: An
Anthology of Contemporary
“History
“Bringing Home
the Cows” & “Song of a River.” Art
and Poetry (
“Your Heart and How It Works.” DIAGRAM.2: Poetry, Prose and Schematic (
“Quiet
Evening, Away.” Returning a Borrowed
Tongue (Coffee House, 1996).
“Shake the
Famous Tail.” North of Wakulla: An
Anhinga Anthology (Anhinga Press, 1989)
Column:
On Poetry (PDF)
228kb
“Strong Hearts: A Look at Mothers,” The
News Journal, May 9, 2010
27kb “On
the Delicate Nature of Parenting,” The News Journal, April 25, 2010
294kb
“To Be New in the World: Verses for Children,” The
News Journal, April 11, 2010
27kb “Unlocking
Doors to the Present,” The
News Journal, April 4, 2010
109kb
“A Fleda Brown Reunion,” The News Journal, October 18, 2009
99kb “Making Sense of Dark Times,” The News Journal,
September 22, 2009
363kb “The healing power of words after a tragedy,” The
News Journal, May 24, 2009.
324kb “From Portuguese bull jumpers to an ancient Minoan wall fresco,”
The News Journal, April 26, 2009
323kb “There are so many places like home,” The News Journal, April19, 2009.
276kb “Carry a favorite poem close to your heart--it could be a life
line,” The News Journal, April
12, 2009
330kb “Poet laureate ponders our lonesome roads, lives,” The News Journal, April 5, 2009.
363kb “A chance to nurture creativity, alone or with fellow authors,”
The News Journal, July 13, 2008
Essays
“Jane Bowles
on Tangier: A Source of Endless Pleasure,” (Mirrors
on the Maghrib: Critical Reflections on Paul and Jane
Bowles, Caravan Books, 1996).
“Ralph Cheever Dunning” and “Solita Solano,” (Dictionary
of Literary Biography: Americans in Paris 1920-1939, Thompson Gale, 1980,
2005-2006).
Review
“Elvis is Back: Fleda Brown’s The Women Who Loved Elvis All Their Lives,” Delaware Today,
November 2004
Contact Biography Past readings & events CV (PDF 42kb)