"How Not to Stay Unshot in the U.S.A."
"How Not to Stay Unshot in the U.S.A."

Read the 2022 Best of the Net winner here!

Hades D.W.P. 2016
Hades D.W.P. 2016

Poems created in collaboration with Alison Saar for this piece, Hades D.W.P. 2016, first exhibited at LA Louver Gallery, 2016 as a part of SILT, SOOT, SMUT.

"who's osmosin' who"
"who's osmosin' who"

Read the piece in Black Revelry: In Honor of ‘The Sugar Shack’, available soon! Find out more here.

Synchronous Rotation
Synchronous Rotation

Portland Monthly, August 2016

A Small Matter of Engineering
A Small Matter of Engineering

Read it in Ecotone Magazine. 

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Excerpt from "Third Law" published in The Offing Magazine.

Excerpt from "Third Law" published in The Offing Magazine.

"Paleontology"
"Paleontology"

Read the poem at Cascadia Review.

"Field Theories"
"Field Theories"

Read the poem at Drunken Boat.

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Upon Such Rocks
Upon Such Rocks

Read it in Bone Bouquet, Issue #6.2. 

"Consequences of the Law of Thermodynamics"
"Consequences of the Law of Thermodynamics"

Read the poem at POETRY.

The River Lethe
The River Lethe

This poem, as published in the catalogue, as created as a part of a collaborative piece with Alison Saar first exhibited at LA Louver Gallery, 2016 as a part of SILT, SOOT, SMUT.

"When I say radiation I mean light that you cannot contain" published in an original letterpress edition by Tuesday; An Art Project, Issue 6:2, 2016.

"When I say radiation I mean light that you cannot contain" published in an original letterpress edition by Tuesday; An Art Project, Issue 6:2, 2016.

detail from CORONAGRAPHY
detail from CORONAGRAPHY

exhibited @ Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Library, 2015

from CORONAGRAPHY
from CORONAGRAPHY

exhibited @ Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Library, 2015

detail from CORONAGRAPHY
detail from CORONAGRAPHY

exhibited @ Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Library, 2015

Now rise up, and get you over the brook
Now rise up, and get you over the brook

Read it in Gospel: poems

"Waiting on the Reading"
"Waiting on the Reading"

Read the poem at POETRY.

SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME
SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME

see the video poem at HOAX: creative work incorporating text

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Ha ha ha niggers are the worst
Ha ha ha niggers are the worst

Read in Nepantla #2

SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME
SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME

see the video poem at HOAX: creative work incorporating text

SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME
SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME

See the video poem on HOAX: creative work incorporating text.

Gospel
Gospel

Read it in Gospel: poems

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Still from M A P S :: a cartography in progress
Still from M A P S :: a cartography in progress

as presented at Fire & Ink: Witness, Detroit, MI, 2015

photo by Arianne Benford

Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)
Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)

Poems created in collaboration with Alison Saar for this piece, Hades D.W.P. 2016, first exhibited at LA Louver Gallery, 2016 as a part of SILT, SOOT, SMUT.

27th Night Chamber Opera
27th Night Chamber Opera

2 sopranos and Baritone Violin, Viola, Cello, Percussion

Libretto: Samiya Bashir Music: Michael-Thomas Foumai

27th Night Chamber Opera
27th Night Chamber Opera

2 sopranos and Baritone Violin, Viola, Cello, Percussion 

Libretto: Samiya Bashir Music: Michael-Thomas Foumai

Paleontology
Paleontology

Originally published in The Offing Magazine, 2015

CORONAGRAPHY
CORONAGRAPHY

exhibited @ Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Library, 2015

detail from CORONAGRAPHY
detail from CORONAGRAPHY

exhibited @ Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Library, 2015

detail from CORONAGRAPHY
detail from CORONAGRAPHY

exhibited @ Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Library, 2015

making shapeshift form
making shapeshift form

Printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp for Poetry Press Week F/W 2014.

"John Henry crosses the threshold --"
"John Henry crosses the threshold --"

Read the poem at POETRY.

Reckoning song
Reckoning song

Read it in Gospel: poems

excerpt from "First Law"
excerpt from "First Law"

read it in FIELD THEORIES (forthcoming)

from M A P S :: a cartography in progress
from M A P S :: a cartography in progress

as presented at &Now: Blast Radius -- Writing & The Other Arts, 2015

SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME
SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME

see the video poem at HOAX: creative work incorporating text

Zeroth Law
Zeroth Law

published variously, sometimes under separate title

When the saints went
When the saints went

Read it in Gospel: poems

Making: collaborative experience
Making: collaborative experience

CORONAGRAPHY + JOHN HENRY TWEETS

Collaborative poetry + printing with Cumbersome Multiples.

Photo (c) Mario Gallucci

detail from SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME
detail from SOMETIMES KATE GORMAN EMAILS ME

see the video poem on HOAX: creative work incorporating text

Gwendolyn's Attic
Gwendolyn's Attic

Read it in Where the Apple Falls: poems

Right + Title
Right + Title

Read it in Transitions Magazine // special online edition. 

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making creative community
making creative community

black [genus, genesis, genius] with Portland's Black Creative Collective

making a set
making a set

a sweet reader shows off the new booty.

making my flight
making my flight

even when against all odds.

making necessary connections
making necessary connections

creating ties in hard times.

making shapeshift of form
making shapeshift of form

Printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp for Poetry Press Week F/W 2014.

Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)
Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)

Poems created in collaboration with Alison Saar for this piece, Hades D.W.P. 2016, first exhibited at LA Louver Gallery, 2016 as a part of SILT, SOOT, SMUT.

making letterpress live-tweets with Tracy Schlapp.
making letterpress live-tweets with Tracy Schlapp.

**every printer needs a poet.** Museum of Contemporary Craft (2015)

making the essence of the thing shine
making the essence of the thing shine

In collaboration with Tracy Schlapp, Museum of Contemporary Craft, 2015.

making letterpress live-tweets with Tracy Schlapp.
making letterpress live-tweets with Tracy Schlapp.

**every printer needs a poet.** Museum of Contemporary Craft (2015)

making work in progress
making work in progress

In collaboration with Victor Cazares for Poetry Press Week F/W 2014.

"Second Law"
"Second Law"

Read the poem in POETRY.

making shapeshift form
making shapeshift form

Poetry Press Week F/W 2014.

making shapeshift form
making shapeshift form

Printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp for Poetry Press Week F/W 2014.

making shapeshift form
making shapeshift form

Printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp for Poetry Press Week F/W 2014.

making us stunned
making us stunned

Ask, by Wong Mae @ Mother Foucault Books, December 2014.

Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)
Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)

Poems created in collaboration with Alison Saar for this piece, Hades D.W.P. 2016, first exhibited at LA Louver Gallery, 2016 as a part of SILT, SOOT, SMUT.

"Carnot Cycle"
"Carnot Cycle"

Read the poem in POETRY.

black [genus, genesis, genius]
black [genus, genesis, genius]

In collaboration with Black Creative Collective (BCC): Brownhall for a group exhibition @ the Collins Gallery / Multnomah County Central Library (2014).

black [genus, genesis, genius]
black [genus, genesis, genius]

In collaboration with Black Creative Collective (BCC): Brownhall for a group exhibition @ the Collins Gallery / Multnomah County Central Library (2014).

M A P S :: a cartographer in progress
M A P S :: a cartographer in progress

sketching out a collaborative artists book with cumbersome multiples.

M A P S :: a cartography in progress
M A P S :: a cartography in progress

An excerpt from an artist book designed, handmade and printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples of a moment in M A P S :: a cartography in progress for Intersecciones: Havana/Portland, February 2016.

M A P S :: a cartography in progress
M A P S :: a cartography in progress

An excerpt from an artist book designed, handmade and printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples of a moment in M A P S :: a cartography in progress for Intersecciones: Havana/Portland, February 2016.

M A P S :: a cartography in progress
M A P S :: a cartography in progress

An excerpt from an artist book designed, handmade and printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples of a moment in M A P S :: a cartography in progress for Intersecciones: Havana/Portland, February 2016.

M A P S :: a cartography in progress
M A P S :: a cartography in progress

An excerpt from an artist book designed, handmade and printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples of a moment in M A P S :: a cartography in progress for Intersecciones: Havana/Portland, February 2016.

M A P S :: a cartography in progress
M A P S :: a cartography in progress

An excerpt from an artist book designed, handmade and printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples of a moment in M A P S :: a cartography in progress for Intersecciones: Havana/Portland, February 2016.

making cross-continental cultural connections
making cross-continental cultural connections

Yari Yari Ntoaso: Continuing the Dialogue, Accra, Ghana, West Africa (2013)

An excerpt from an artist book designed, handmade and printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples of a moment in M A P S :: a cartography in progress for Intersecciones: Havana/Portland, February 2016.

An excerpt from an artist book designed, handmade and printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples of a moment in M A P S :: a cartography in progress for Intersecciones: Havana/Portland, February 2016.

M A P S :: a cartography in progress
M A P S :: a cartography in progress

An excerpt from an artist book designed, handmade and printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples of a moment in M A P S :: a cartography in progress for Intersecciones: Havana/Portland, February 2016.

"Blackbody curve"
"Blackbody curve"

Read the poem at Cascadia Review.

Penz (it's pronounced pants) -- An Art Year (2008)
Penz (it's pronounced pants) -- An Art Year (2008)

Penz (it's pronounced pants) || An Art Year (2008)

Penz (it's pronounced pants) -- An Art Year (2008)
Penz (it's pronounced pants) -- An Art Year (2008)

Penz (it's pronounced pants) || An Art Year (2008)

Pënz (it's pronounced pants)
Pënz (it's pronounced pants)

This Pënz for June (2008)

by Adrienne Torf, Charlotte Lagarde, Stefanie Kelly and Aarin Burch | San Francisco, CA 

Third law
Third law

Originally published in The Offing Magazine, 2015

"Manistee Light"
"Manistee Light"

Read the poem at POETRY.

**every printer needs a poet.**
**every printer needs a poet.**

Museum of Contemporary Craft | Portland, OR | 2015

** every person needs a poet **
** every person needs a poet **

Museum of Contemporary Craft | Portland, OR | 2015

** every printer needs a poet **
** every printer needs a poet **

Museum of Contemporary Craft | Portland, OR | 2015

making shapeshift form
making shapeshift form

Printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp for Poetry Press Week F/W 2014.

Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)
Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)

Poems created in collaboration with Alison Saar for this piece, Hades D.W.P. 2016, first exhibited at LA Louver Gallery, 2016 as a part of SILT, SOOT, SMUT.

Poets on Broadway
Poets on Broadway

with Kevin Craft | PDX | 2015

making meaning
making meaning

Ask, by Wong Mae @ Mother Foucault Books, December 2014.

Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)
Hades D.W.P. (Detail, 2016)

Poems created in collaboration with Alison Saar for this piece, Hades D.W.P. 2016, first exhibited at LA Louver Gallery, 2016 as a part of SILT, SOOT, SMUT.

making students rethink materials & verse
making students rethink materials & verse

This sonnet was written by Sage Freeburg, a student in my Considering & Making Multimedia Poetries course. Spring 2015 @ Reed College

making shapeshift form
making shapeshift form

Printed in collaboration with Tracy Schlapp for Poetry Press Week F/W 2014.

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