Below are poems from manuscripts in progress. They have each appeared previously in various journals.
The Rosters of the Illuminati
The Rosters of the Illuminati is a book about paranoia and conspiracies – the larger arcane conspiracies and the more everyday conspiracies much closer to home. It is about the centrality of imagination, even when imagination goes both comically and tragically wrong. And it looks at the dark and sometimes violent world of power and marginalization in poems that are alternately disturbing and humorous.
The Chief Head Scratcher’s Book Tour (originally appeared in Pemmican)
Hitler’s Birthday (originally appeared in People’s Poetry Newsletter)
How Poetry Goes Bad When Left To Die In the Open Air (originally appeared in The Harpweaver)
Boudica’s Wake
This manuscript consists of a series of 25 dramatic monologues set in the post-rebellion period of Boudica's revolt against the Romans in Britain, ca. 61 A.D.. Each character has their own take on what happened and reveals a little of a world of ancient gender battles, rampant capitalism and global culture clashes.
Seutonius Paulinus, Ex-Governor, Flirts With History (originally appeared in The Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad)
A Mother Survives Verulamium (originally appeared in The Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad)
The Master of the Forge (originally appeared in The Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad)
Miscellaneous Poems
Me, Mom and the Moulin Rouge (Originally appeared in Line By Line, an anthology)
Darwin’s Tao (Originally appeared in The Malahat Review)
The Flash (Originally appeared in The Olive)
