Essays

“Carter Heyward’s New Book Calls Out Sins of White Christian Nationalism.” Thoughts by one’s of the world’s leading theologians about the dangers of nationalism. I also look at how Carter’s compassionate work in the world reflects her theology. National Catholic Reporter.

“Philadelphia 11 Reunion Recalls Ministry of Pioneering Women Priests.” When Alison Cheek, one of the Philadelphia Eleven, died in 2018, I wrote this essay about her for the National Catholic Reporter.

“A Worn Sole.” My story appeared in Hashtag Queer Creative Anthology, Volume 1, in 2017. You can order the anthology here.

 “Do You Hear What I Hear?” (on the topic of gun violence) appeared in December 2016 when I was a guest columnist for Morgan Guyton’s blog “Mercy Not Sacrifice” (Patheos).

“That Little Blue Boy.” I wrote this essay about my father . . . and his father . . . and how their relationship around cars turned out to represent their relationship around so many other things. It was published in Sugar Mule Literary Magazine in 2013.

Poems 

“sundown,” Contemporary Haibun, August 2023, haiga, Marion Post Wolcott photographer, forthcoming

“spring,” Contemporary Haibun, August 2023, Jack Delano photographer, haiga, forthcoming

“autumn winds,” chosen for inclusion by the North Carolina Haiku Society for the Pittsboro Gallery of Arts’ exhibit “Tandem: Art and Poetry in Motion,” June 2023, haiku

“new year,” chosen as a featured artwork in the Sonic Boom VISPO contest, July 2023, haiga

“final bell,” Contemporary Haibun Online, December 2022, haiga

“nightfall,” Contemporary Haibun Online, December 2022, haiga

“Stripped,” Modern Haiku, Summer 2022 (chosen for publication in Contemporary Haibun 18, best of series for 2022), haibun

“flying,” Contemporary Haibun Online, August 2022 (chosen for publication in Contemporary Haibun 18, best of series for 2022), haiga

“depression,” Contemporary Haibun Online, August 2022, haiga

“chimera,” Cafe Haiku, 2022, Dream issue, haiga

“Godspeed,” Sonic Boom, December 2021 (chosen for publication in Contemporary Haibun 17, best of series for 2021), haibun

“auld lang syne,” failed haiku, January 2022, haiga

“pier,” Frogpond, Winter 2021, haiku

“northern winds,” Presence, 71, November 2021, haiku

“November sun,” Wales Haiku Journal, Winter 2021-2022, haiga

“Celestial Empire,” the museum of americana, Issue 23, found poem

“Evening Primrose,” Under the Basho, July 28, 2020, with Janine Lehane

“after the storm,” Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2020, haiku