poetry and fiction

Books

• Raging for the Exit: A Commonplace Book (poems, with David Breeden). Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2012.
• Turn (poems). Virtual Artists Collective, 2012.
• Aftermath of Storms (with James Hoggard). Timberline Press, 2012. [A handmade limited edition chapbook, printed and bound by R. Schroeder at the Boston Paper Collective.]
• Four Truths. Wipf and Stock, 2011.
• Only Gifts changing Hands (poems). forget gutenberg press, 2011.
• wittgenstein & buber: 33 varieties of what (poems, with ink brush paintings by Debby Sou Vai Keng), S Schroeder and C Newman. forget gutenberg press: living wage editions, 2010.
• a guest giving way like ice melting: thirteen ways of looking at laozi (poems and paintings, with Debby Sou Vai Keng). Temple, TX: Ink Brush Press, 2010.
• a dim sum of the day before (poems). Temple, TX: Ink Brush Press, 2010.
• Six Stops South (poems). Cherry Grove Collections, 2009.
• The Imperfection of the Eye (poems). Virtual Artists Collective, 2007.
• Fallen Prose (poems). Virtual Artists Collective, 2006.
• Revolutionary Patience (poems). Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• Theory of Cats (poems). Johnstown, OH: Pudding House Press, 2003.

Individual Poems

• “every best photo,” After Hours, forthcoming.
• “when salvia bloom,” After Hours, forthcoming.
• “the going not the gone,” nthWORD, forthcoming.
• “epistrophy,” nthWORD, forthcoming.
• “advent,” wonderbookofpoetry.org, 3 January 2013.
• “Seven Sorrows,” Seminary Ridge Review, 15:1, Autumn 2012.
• “Every Step,” Seminary Ridge Review, 15:1, Autumn 2012.
• “bellum omnium contra omnes”, Silent Spring at 50, 14 August 2012.
• “Woody,” Elegant Rage: Woody Guthrie Centennial Anthology, Village Books Press, 2012.
• “St. Louis, Waiting for the Train,” Elegant Rage: Woody Guthrie Centennial Anthology, Village Books Press, 2012.
• “Still Dry,” Texas Poetry Calendar 2013, Dos Gatos Press, June 2012.
• “dance to no end” (audio), Ulysses & You, Borderbend Arts Collective, 2012.
• “portrait,” Mingus at 90, Borderbend Arts Collective, 2012.
• “U,” Bloomsday 2012 and Ulysses’ 90th, Borderbend Arts Collective, 2012.
• “Illinois,” Euphony, Winter 2012, Volume 12, Number 1.
• “dark radiance,” Crosstimbers, Volume 11, Number 2, Fall-Winter 2011.
• “The Right Place to Be Lifted,” Crosstimbers, Volume 11, Number 2, Fall-Winter 2011.
• “Macao, morning,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XXVII, 2011-2012.
• “all the news,” part of “A Flood of Absence,” with Debby Sou Vai Keng, Blue Rock Review, Volume 7, Number 1, 2011-2012.
• “out of water,” part of “A Flood of Absence,” with Debby Sou Vai Keng, Blue Rock Review, Volume 7, Number 1, 2011-2012.
• “all this light,” part of “A Flood of Absence,” with Debby Sou Vai Keng, Blue Rock Review, Volume 7, Number 1, 2011-2012.
• “Tequila Dragons,” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell and Yang Qian), in Agave: A Celebration of Tequila in Story, Song, Poetry, Essay, and Graphic Art, Ink Brush Press, 2011.
• “all my doors are open,” in Agave: A Celebration of Tequila in Story, Song, Poetry, Essay, and Graphic Art, Ink Brush Press, 2011.
• “the possibility,” San Pedro River Review, Special Issue: In Walt McDonald Country, Winter 2011.
• “November, Amarillo,” San Pedro River Review, Special Issue: In Walt McDonald Country, Winter 2011.
• “the way ink thinks,” exhibition catalog for Lazy Days at Black Sand Beach, Ink Paintings on Rice Paper by Sou Vai Keng, 12-27 November 2011.
• “Saturday, Amarillo, 2009,” Texas Poetry Calendar 2012, Dos Gatos Press, June 2011.
• “Laudate,” Seminary Ridge Review, 13:2, Spring 2011.
• “L’shanah tovah,” Seminary Ridge Review, 13:2, Spring 2011.
• “Veteran’s Day, Fredericksburg, 2009,” Right Hand Pointing, May 2011.
• 六首 (“A History of the Blizzard”; “Early May, Amarillo”; “Summer Tomorrow”; “They Always Do”; “A Profusion of Impossibles”; and “A Composition of Fractions,” translated by Long Xiaoying), New Poetry Appreciation, Volume 3, April 2011.
• “souls falling,” Rhino, 2011.
• “morning meditation on the warm god of the global market,” Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Number 15, Winter 2011.
• “every step,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XXVI, 2010.
• “a sequence of signs,” Blue Rock Review, Volume 6, Number 1, 2010-2011.
• “Sign says nothing,” Blue Rock Review, Volume 6, Number 1, 2010-2011.
• “Missouri, Advent,” Blue Rock Review, Volume 6, Number 1, 2010-2011.
• “blue vanishing,” Wichita Falls Literature & Art Review, Volume 4, Winter 2010.
• “Baba Marta,” Wichita Falls Literature & Art Review, Volume 4, Winter 2010.
• “You Can Smell Roads,” Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, September 2010.
• “one whole mess,” with Debby Sou Vai Keng, After Hours, Summer 2010, Issue No. 20-21.
• “speaking in tongues,” Texas Poetry Calendar 2011, Dos Gatos Press, June 2010.
• “for the ear of the eye,” Rhino, 2010.
• “Early May, Amarillo,” Wichita Falls Literature & Art Review, Volume 3, Winter 2010.
• “a guest giving way like ice melting,” The Cresset, Volume LXXIII, Number 3, February 2010.
• “A Kiss,” The Christian Science Monitor, 21 December 2009.
• “Compulsory Military Exercise,” Writers Connect, 22 November 2009.
• “Dragonflies,” Writers Connect, 22 November 2009.
• “In a flash,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XXV, 2009.
• “a composition of fractions,” Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol 302, No 14, 14 October 2009.
• Yang Qian’s “Red Paper Napkin” and “Fish With No Weight,” Translated with Huichun (Amy) Liang, in Foodscape: A Swiss-Chinese Intercultural Encounter. MCCM Creations, 2009.
• “Shenzhen, Three Times,” Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, August 2009.
• “Eyes on Tennessee,” nibble 8, 2009.
• 为了光 (“For the Light,” translated by Wang Hao and Li Sen), New Poetry Appreciation, Volume 2, January 2009.
• “miles and miles of Texas,” Concho River Review, Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 2009.
• “After an Apocalypse,” TriQuarterly 133, 2009.
• “Qi,” TriQuarterly 133, 2009.
• “No Sign,” The Cresset, Volume LXXII, Number 4, March 2009.
• “Triangle City,” Wichita Falls Literature & Art Review, Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 2009.
• “A Mixed Economy,” San Pedro River Review, Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 2009.
• “a train,” After Hours, Winter 2009.
• “From the Inner Harbour to Taipa,” in I Roll the Dice: Contemporary Macao Poetry, Macau: Association of Stories in Macao, 2008.
• “Local Culture,” (originally published in the 2007 Texas Poetry Calendar), in Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair: Best of the Texas Poetry Calendar’s First Decade, Austin, Texas: Dos Gatos Press, 2008.
• “guidebook says,” Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, November 2008.
• “a water planet,” Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, November 2008.
• “Waiting,” descant, Volume 47, 2008.
• “Following,” The Cresset, Volume LXXII, Number 1, September 2008.
• “zuò chán,” Wichita Falls Literature & Art Review, Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 2008.
• “excavating,” Wichita Falls Literature & Art Review, Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 2008.
• “a sign,” Wichita Falls Literature & Art Review, Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 2008.
• “some green manhattan project,” Wichita Falls Literature & Art Review, Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 2008.
• “a pentecost of wildfires,” Texas Poetry Calendar 2009, Dos Gatos Press, July 2008.
• “A Net of Seven Graces: four poems on some words of Meister Eckhart,” The Cresset, Volume LXII, Number 5, June 2008.
• “Walls flow,” Macao Closer, May 2008.
• “No Ark,” Penwood Review, Volume12, Number 1, Spring 2008.
• “Gateway, Hong Kong,” Left Facing Bird, April 2008.
• Thirteen poems (translated by Liang Huichun), www.zgyspp.com, March 2008.
• “A Sort of Psalm,” Concho River Review, Volume 21, Number 2, Fall 2007.
• “Albuquerque,” New Texas, 2007.
• “almost human,” Mid-America Poetry Review, Volume 8, Number 3, Winter 2007-2008.
• “When I Reach Nebraska,” Mid-America Poetry Review, Volume 8, Number 3, Winter 2007-2008.
• “bu dao zhi dao” (poem), Poetry Macao, Issue 1, November 2007.
• “Mary, Queen of China” (poem), Poetry Macao, Issue 1, November 2007.
• “feichang” (poem), Poetry Macao, Issue 1, November 2007.
• “Between Places” (poem), Poetry Macao, Issue 1, November 2007.
• “Temporal Awareness” (poem), Poetry Macao, Issue 1, November 2007.
• “tao” (poem), Poetry Macao, Issue 1, November 2007.
• “xizi hui” (poem), Poetry Macao, Issue 1, November 2007.
• “On the Eve of National Day, Chicago” (poem), Poetry Macao, Issue 1, November 2007.
• “an idea of north,” Texas Poetry Calendar 2008, Dos Gatos Press, July 2007.
• “The Missing Gospel,” After Hours, Summer 2007.
• “Contra Hegel,” Mid-America Poetry Review, Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2007.
• Li Nan’s “Eleven Line Poem,” Translated with Huichun (Amy) Liang, Rhino, 2007.
• “Indicator Species,” The Cresset, Volume LXX, Number 3, February 2007.
• “Eucharist,” AmarilloBay, Volume 9, Number 1, February 2007.
• “No Song,” Concho River Review, Volume 20, Number 2, Fall 2006.
• “Lost Cities,” Bolts of Silk, 27 October 2006.
• “epic,” Bolts of Silk, 25 August 2006.
• “The Amnesia of the Cosmos,” Bolts of Silk, 25 August 2006.
• “Heatwave,” Bolts of Silk, 13 August 2006.
• “Local Culture,” Texas Poetry Calendar 2007, Dos Gatos Press, July 2006.
• “Every Beginning,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XXII, 2006.
• Li Nan’s “In the Wide World,” “Under Spring Moon Shining,” and “I Have Been in Many Places,” Translated with Huichun (Amy) Liang, The Drunken Boat, Spring/Summer 2006.
• Li Sen’s “In the Air,” “Snowfield,” and “Teachings of the Buddha,” Translated with Wang Hao, The Drunken Boat, Spring/Summer 2006.
• Yang Qian’s “Red Paper Napkin” and “The Man Making Roast Duck Comes,” Translated with Huichun (Amy) Liang, The Drunken Boat, Spring/Summer 2006.
• “Squeezebox,” AmarilloBay, Volume 8, Number 2, May 2006.
• “Li Bai in Pure Light,” “Give Her Time,” “Submission Guidelines: Poetry,” “Full Moon,” “Li Bai’s Blanket,” “December Blue,” “Cold,” “Close,” “Indecision,” and “Beware of Falling Light,” Chinese translations by Zhang Xiaohong, Shichao [Poetry Tide], Vol.128, 2006, pp.80-81.
• Li Nan’s “Falling Leaves,” Translated with Huichun (Amy) Liang, Rhino, 2006.
• “63rd and Cottage,” Mid-America Poetry Review, Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2006.
• “Stop,” Beyond Katrina. Arts Council of Central Louisiana, 2005.
• “Jazz,” Beyond Katrina. Arts Council of Central Louisiana, 2005.
• “it goes on,” Beyond Katrina. Arts Council of Central Louisiana, 2005.
• “an invocation,” Beyond Katrina. Arts Council of Central Louisiana, 2005.
• “Water’s Silence,” “Bodhisattva,” “On the Road to Taos,” “Mountain,” “City Shore,” “New Criticism,” and “Bodhisattva of Compassion,” Chinese translations by Liang Huichun, Sichuan Literature, December 2005.
• “Easter,” New Texas, 2005.
• “Watch for Falling Light,” (with Lithuanian translation by Marius Burokas). Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2005. Vilnius: Vaga, 2005.
• “Factory Music,” (with Lithuanian translation by Marius Burokas). Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2005. Vilnius: Vaga, 2005.
• “Just See This,” (with Lithuanian translation by Marius Burokas). Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2005. Vilnius: Vaga, 2005.
• “Absences,” (with Lithuanian translation by Marius Burokas). Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2005. Vilnius: Vaga, 2005.
• “Theodicy,” (with Lithuanian translation by Marius Burokas). Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2005. Vilnius: Vaga, 2005.
• “Community Garden,” (with Lithuanian translation by Marius Burokas). Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2005. Vilnius: Vaga, 2005.
• “A Bit of Nothing,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Close Books,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Fat Panda,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Light Enough,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “No More,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Nothing Nothing,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Poet Birds,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Rain Falls,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Sitting With Poets,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Small as the World,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Spirit Filled,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2005.
• “Around the Coyote,” Big Tex[t], Volume 1, Issue 3 (Summer 2005).
• “Even in Texas,” Big Tex[t], Volume 1, Issue 3 (Summer 2005).
• “Hope,” Big Tex[t], Volume 1, Issue 3 (Summer 2005).
• “Theologia Crucis,” Big Tex[t], Volume 1, Issue 3 (Summer 2005).
• “Volunteers,” Big Tex[t], Volume 1, Issue 3 (Summer 2005).
• “Ripened to Bewilderrment,” Chicago Poetry Fest Anthology, 2005.
• “Ten Thousand Blessed Virgin Marys,” Karamu, Volume XIX, No. 2, Spring 2005.
• “Invitation,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “The Walk Is,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Silt,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Skyward,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Far Enough,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Time and Again,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “High Places,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Bright,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Fluency,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Where to Strike,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Like This,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Born Old,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Inscribed,” in “A Walk in Shenzhen” (with Mary Ann O’Donnell), Writing Macao 3, 2005.
• “Still,” Mid-America Poetry Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2005.
• “Another War,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XXI, 2004-2005.
• “On the Ocean,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “Sociobiology,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “Laissez-faire,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “Kowloon Park,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “Fountain,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “Out of Season,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “A Possible Poet,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “Waves,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “Spider,” The Secret of Flight. Virtual Artists Collective, 2004.
• “All She Has,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “An Arc in the Flood,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Bend it Like Yao,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Cheshire Cat,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Cities of Conversation,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Containment,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Elegance,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Floating on Summer Heat,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Gone,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Hong Kong Harbor,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Infinite Names,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Parable,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Pearl River, Sunrise,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Tall Enough,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “They Fly,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Today’s Catch,” Moon City Review, Volume 6, Number 1, Autumn 2004.
• “Li Bai’s Blanket,” Dim Sum, Volume 9, Autumn 2004.
• “Opening,” Dim Sum, Volume 9, Autumn 2004.
• “The first time I ordered coffee in Hong Kong,” Dim Sum, Volume 9, Autumn 2004.
• “A Mao for Every Human Presence,” Colere, Issue 4, 2004.
• “How Can I Keep From Singing?” Poetry East, Number 52, Spring 2004.
• “Aesthetics of Decay,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Atlas,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Guangdonghua, Macao,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Kun Iam,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “One Sigh,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Red Guards,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Starting Here,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Sweeping,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “The Tree in Guimiao Village,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Three Stones,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Traffic Safety,” Writing Macao 2, 2004.
• “Death’s As Companionable As A Cat,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XX, 2003-2004.
• “The End Is,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XX, 2003-2004.
• “Learning to Bow,” Mid-America Poetry Review, Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 2004.
• “A Meditation on Ecclesiastes,” AmarilloBay, Volume 6, Number 1, February 2004.
• “A Seminar on Heart Surgery,” Emily Dickinson Award in Poetry Anthology, Flagstaff, AZ: Universities West Press, 2003.
• “Prophecy,” Mid-America Poetry Review, Volume 4, Number 2, Summer-Autumn 2003.
• “Two Tang Poems” (Translated with Liu Yingkai), AmarilloBay, Volume 5, Number 2, May 2003.
  • Li Bai, “A Flash of Thought on a Quiet Night”
  • Liu Fangping, “A Moonlit Night”
• “Buddhist Cats,” The Cresset, Volume LXVI, Number 4, March 2003.
• “South From Sweetwater,” Valparaiso Poetry Review, Volume IV, Number 2, 2003.
• “Krispy Kreme,” Rhino, 2003.
• “No Birches,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XIX, 2002-2003.
• “Last Days,” The Cresset, Volume LXV, No. 9, December 2002.
• “Wilderness,” Mid-America Poetry Review, Volume 3, Number 3, Winter 2002-2003.
• “Older Than Mountains,” Texas Review, Volume 23 (1-2), Spring/Summer 2002.
• “New World Order,” AmarilloBay, Volume 4, Number 4, November 2002.
• “How Thyme Cures Anthrax” AmarilloBay, Volume 4, Number 2, May 2002.
• “Listen to Light” AmarilloBay, Volume 4, Number 2, May 2002.
• “Turning” AmarilloBay, Volume 4, Number 2, May 2002.
• “Icons,” The Cresset, Volume LXV, Nos. 2&3, December 2001.
• “To know the sea…,” Rhino, 2001.
• “Utah is a map of the world,” Petroglyph, Fall 2000.
• “Miami River,” Mother of Invention, Fall 1999.
• “Job’s Cat,” (short story) Mother of Invention, Fall 1999.
• “April 1999,” Mother of Invention, Fall 1999.
• “Dusk (Allegheny Forest, May 1999),” Mother of Invention, Fall 1999.
• “Dallas,” Halcyon 21, Community in the American West. Reno: Nevada Humanities Committee, 1999.
• “Mockingbird,” Halcyon 21, Community in the American West. Reno: Nevada Humanities Committee, 1999.
• “San Antonio,” Halcyon 21, Community in the American West. Reno: Nevada Humanities Committee, 1999.
• “Elk City Dialogue,” Halcyon 21, Community in the American West. Reno: Nevada Humanities Committee, 1999.
• “Talk Radio,” Detours 2, 1998.
• “Transfixed,” Detours 2, 1998.
• “nuclear explosion,” Detours 2, 1998.
• “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie,” (short story) Detours 2, 1998.
• “They’ll try to tell you…,” Emily Dickinson Award in Poetry Anthology, Flagstaff, AZ: Universities West Press, 1997.
• “weather report,” Georgetown Review, Volume 4, No. 2, Fall 1996.
• “a story about a man I think in New Jersey,”Rambunctious Review, Volume XIII, 1996-97.
• “Presence of Mind/Body of Thought,”Rambunctious Review, Volume XIII, 1996-97.
• “River of My Childhood,” Rambunctious Review, Volume XII, 1995-96.
• “Good Faith (One Cannot Be Present Alone),” Rhino, 1995.
• “Why Sarah Laughed,” (short story) Rambunctious Review, Volume XI, 1994-95.
• “It is Good for My Heart,” Mosaic, Spring 1994.
• “On Measuring Coastlines,” Mosaic, Spring 1994.
• “Memo Re: God,” Rambunctious Review, Volume X, 1993.