A poem about Skee-Ball, chasing impossible scores, and wondering what exactly we win when we win.
The Rite of Skee-Ball
The Last Lesson Plan
Part lesson plan, part poem, part farewell, "The Last Lesson Plan" considers what might remain after a lifetime of teaching and the final class.
“An S/A/B/C/D/F Tier-Based Ranking of Theories, Principles, and ‘Laws’ Explaining Human Behavior, Decision-Making, Interpersonal Relationships, and Lived Experience: A Subjective Arrangement of Perceived Explanatory Utility”
A poem that ranks the theories, principles, and “laws” used to explain why people think, behave, and connect. Part taxonomy, part reflection.
The Daughter of Coalescence
An experimental embedded poem borrowing from Emmanuel Umeji’s “Bifurcation.”
The Itinerant
A playful poem on travel, connection, and a life lived across places
Dear Vacation Self,
A poem written before traveling over the summer.
Sonnet for Ronald Wallace
A poem and reflection on poet and professor Ronald Wallace, whose teaching shaped my love of formal poetry.
Expat Advice before the Red Setting Sun
A meditation about the nature of expat life in Doha.
Reading Whitman on the Eve of a Fragile Ceasefire
A Whitmanesque meditation on crisis from a life made in the Gulf.
Another Night (Reversed)
A poem about a night out, inspired by the Sator Square.
