About Me

Welcome! I am a thirty-six year old poet living in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. I’m father to a ten-year-old daughter, fiance to a beautiful woman, a grad student pursuing my MFA in Creative Writing, a published poet (four collections, most recently Allow the Stars to Catch Me When I Fall, from Salmon Poetry, and Deep Cries Out to Deep, from Aldrich Press).

Just under two years ago, I decided to take up the sport of rugby. I was thirty-four, chronically skinny, a type-one diabetic, generally pain and effort averse, and suffering from a general lack of follow through in all areas of life. What could go wrong?

This blog is my depository for writing. My musings as a poet, my journey as an amateur rugby player, my experience as a father, a divorcee, a new fiance, a soon-to-be step dad, a wrestler with God. All stirred into a soup, the carrots and onions and celery that hopefully make life palatable and sustaining.

Thank you for being here. These words are not just for me, but for you. As we say in rugby, I’m with you, running alongside, keeping up, ready to support.