A Review of Billy Collins's "Ballistics"

After a long wait (I thought they'd never run it), the Oregonian has published my review of the new book of poetry from Billy Collins, which you can read here.

Two new poems at elimae

I have two new poems posted at elimae: "Domestic" and "The Diving Bell".

Blogging at Fringe Magazine

I am now blogging for Fringe Magazine, and will be about every two weeks. So far, I've covered two topics of poetry: the ubiquitous Fellowship Award and Fundraising for Poetry.

Read more at the Fringe Blog here and here.

Autumn Touring the McKenzie-Santiam Loop

My latest story for The Oregonian travel section, a piece on leaf-peeping autumn colors in the McKenzie and Santiam Passes of Oregon, is online now.

New Poems online at The Foliate Oak

In an astoundingly fast turnaround, The Foliate Oak has accepted and published two poems: "Montana Ghost Town" and a section from my long poem White River Junction, "Housekeeping".

New Blog at Travel Oregon

My latest blog at the Travel Oregon site is "Just Dune It"--hokey, but effective, and anyway I got it from a business near Florence, Oregon that rents ORV's.

http://blog.traveloregon.com/2008/09/29/just-dune-it-at-the-oregon-dunes-national-recreation-area/

Poems, poems, poems...

A couple more online journals picked up some of my poems--Sawbuck and Word Riot--and when they'll be published is anyone's guest. I meant, guess.

According to Alice Fulton, things like that are the happy accidents that make for great poetry.