Across the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the mummery of their letters, wearing quaint caps of squares and cubes.

                                      — James Joyce



Grateful acknowledgement is made to Oana Cambrea for the use of her digital art, Autumn (2007).



a w a r d s


» Living Without Water [read]
2nd place, 2009 Oboh Prize sponsored by Boxcar Poetry Review

» Anima Nera
» Like Blue Light Inside the Man with a Missing Arm
2008 Juked Poetry Prize

» Raindrop Prelude
Runner-up in Biscuit International Poetry Prize 2008 (UK)

» In Memoriam
Commended in Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2007 (UK)

» After the Fire [read]
» Sonnenizio on a Line from Sarah Law [read]
1st & 3rd place, "Picture Worth 500 Words" contest
Tattoo Highway #14, Winter/Spring 2007

» The 23rd Secret Love Poem [read]
Winning poem in The Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2006

» Sandals [read]
Shortlisted in The Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2006

» Franklin in the Garden
2nd place, Orbis 135 Readers Award

» Doing Time
3rd place, October 2005
InterBoard Poetry Competition

finalist, Poetry Imago's 2005 Robert Graves Award

» The Seduction of Andrew By a Bisexual Simian
1st place, Defenestration Sonnet Contest

» The Summer Postwoman
Editor David Shapiro's Pick
flashquake, Volume 4, Issue 3, Spring 2005

» The Trip to San Severia
1st place, "Picture Worth 500 Words" contest
Tattoo Highway #10, Winter 2004/ 2005

Recession Period
3rd place, October 2004
Poetry Board League Contest

Incidental & On the Prowl
2nd place (tie), "Picture Worth 500 Words" contest
Tattoo Highway #9, Fall 2004

The Eastern Philosophy of Sex
2nd place, Clean Sheets 2003 Poetry Contest

Insect Reflection
honorable mention, "Picture Worth 500 Words" contest
Tattoo Highway #8, Winter 2003/ 2004

Your Dadaist Lover
Monandry
Aubade
End of the Road
1st place, 2002 Eros & Thanatos Contest
Absinthe Literary Review