Sometimes Open, Sometimes Closed
Lucky Lanes, Wishek, North Dakota, USA
A Meditation on the “Approach”
Cadillac Ranch, Seven Magic Mountains, Dinosaurs on the Prairie
Another Sloppy Attempt to Cultivate Serenity
Chrysalis Institute Outdoor Labyrinth, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Walking the Labyrinth Among Glass Shards
Cactus Joe’s Nursery, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
While We W(h)et Our Whistles
Able Baker Brewing, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Rule of Sum
Four Corners Monument, 597 NM-597, Teec Nos Pos, Arizona
Spirals Versus Curves
Red Rover, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA
An Open Letter to Josh Thrower
Eagle Scout Project, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
At a Rest Stop With The Poet
Milepost 231, a Rest Stop One Mile South of the Virginia State Line on I-85
The Scene That Isn’t There Is Amazing
The Red Bridge, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
A Hero, A Mascot, A Work of Art?
“Sir Walter Raleigh,” a sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
She Adds a Little Cinnamon
Park Lane Tavern, Short Pump, Virginia
Oh, Clown! You Give Me Hope!
Sharing, a sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi, Sarasota, Florida, USA
The Pungent Odor of Horseradish
Central Market, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Ratified to Go Beyond or Slip Away
Golden Weeping Willow at Boston Common Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Waiting for the Train (ASH to RVA)
Amtrak Station, Ashland, Virginia, USA
The Child and His Penny
Earth-Moon, The “Grand Kugel”, Richmond, Virginia, USA
When the Clock Strikes the Hour
Frank E. Brown Fountain Plaza, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, USA
On a Bench at the Low Line
Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia
Who Is Le Doux?
Starbucks off Route 1, Stuart Crossing Mall at Virginia Center, Glen Allen, Virginia
An Odd Exhibit at Odds With—
Dinosaurs on the Prairie, Napolean, North Dakota, USA
A Giant in the Flesh
Robert Pershing Wadlow Statue, Alton, Illinois, USA
An Invisible Shivering Takes Place During Transformation
Stone Brewing, Richmond, Virginia
A Fraction of the Conversations the Poet Remembers Having at Sin City Brewing
Sin City Brewing Co., The Shops at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Cow Without a Smile
The Turkey Hill Experience, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
An Early Morning Hike
Chickies Rock County Park, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
The Word for “Made-Up” Time
The National Watch and Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
Courting the Imagination
Bube’s Brewery, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, USA
Tranquility, War, Winter, Guilt, Tranquility
“A War Memorial for the 21st Century,” a sculpture by Linda Cunningham, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Penn., USA.
A Tour of James Buchanan’s Wheatland
James Buchanan’s Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Baja Brewing and the Intervention of San Lucas
Along one of the courtyard walls is a shrine to San Lucas, including a tall statue of the apostle himself. In Roman Catholic tradition, Saint Luke is a patron saint of bachelors and brewers.
A Poem for Sam’s Man Cave, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
I interviewed the owner for an article I was pitching magazines, but ended up writing a poem instead.
A Yearning for Wild Yeast at the Arrowood Farms Brewery
Collecting yeast isn’t like tracking a wild animal. If anything, the process is less about capturing the yeast than receiving it.
A Room Where It Always Rains
A Room Where It Always Rains, Barcelona, Spain