Two years ago today, I had the incredible honor of officiating the wedding of two of the most wonderful people. There is so much I want to say, but for once, words fail me. Luckily, there is the poem. I found this piece by Greg Delanty in the anthology Bright Wings, and it just seemed…
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Two Moon Poems
Erin, a former coworker of mine, sent an Instagram message to me this week. It was a photo of my first chapbook, open beside a cup of hot cocoa or maybe coffee. Ah, an Insta-share! Be still, my heart. She told me how, after settling into her new home in Philadelphia, she ordered my book…
Poems for Stuart
Two years ago I got the chance to finally meet an old friend face-to-face. Stuart and I had been talking online since the days of the Gay Fatherhood dot-com website that I used to run, even back to when it was an MSN group. Does anyone else remember those MSN groups? I kind of miss…
Poem Covered by Seth Pennington
Have you ever had moments when you realized that the big, scary, beautiful world is smaller and more intricately connected than you thought? Unless this is your first visit here (and if so, welcome!), you know that I recently landed a second chapbook publication. Angels & Adultery was selected by Nickole Brown for the Robin Becker…
Love Poems You Wish You Had Written #3: Readings by Ygor Raduy
For today’s edition of Love Poems You Wish You Had Written we have as a guest reader, Ygor Raduy who will be reading selections from both E. E. Cummings and Rainer Maria Rilke. Some days I simply cannot help but be grateful that our god in her infinite wisdom inspired Al Gore to create the…
Grateful Slideshow
Well, it was a busy day for me, but I’m home. Called my dad. Going to call my boys. I hope wherever you are, your Thursday was good to you. And if you live in the United States, I wish you a happy Thanksgiving. There are a lot of great people in my life that…
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