Poet. Editor. Husband. Dad. Professor. Occupational therapist. Poems in Baltimore Review, JAKE, word west revue, & elsewhere. Poetry chapbook: LAYERS (2024).

Joined August 2014
Happy Tiered Rejection Saturday to those poets who celebrate.
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Winnow Literary is also informally open to original cover art/photography submissions for Issue 3. Please submit a brief inquiry note to winnowliterary[at]gmail[dot]com
Winnow Literary is accepting poetry submissions for its third issue, guest edited by Karen Jacobs, until October 15! Submissions are free: clmp.org/members/open-submis…
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Winnow Literary is accepting poetry submissions for its third issue, guest edited by Karen Jacobs, until October 15! Submissions are free: clmp.org/members/open-submis…
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This poem arose out of a writing prompt: “write about the river”
Please welcome to Michigan City Daniel Rortvedt with a beautiful river poem for your Thursday mcrb.neocities.org/theriverr…
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Found poem @ the grocery store: “Out of helium—sorry for the inconvenience”
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Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.
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The inaugural print version of Camp Hiawatha is out in the world! Poems & short stories to be read around the campfire. Lean & light enough to carry in your hiking pack. 🏕️
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Coffee shop poem.
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Writing surrealist nonsense poems & revising a textbook chapter in the same day what a wild life!
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Thank you @michigancityrev for featuring my new poem “The River Runs”. Proud to be included in this wonderful journal!
Please welcome to Michigan City Daniel Rortvedt with a beautiful river poem for your Thursday mcrb.neocities.org/theriverr…
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Happy camping season to those who celebrate.
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Meanwhile, in between poems…
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write about a keyboard write about adolescence write about the brain write about a digital photo album write about sea glass write about sand write about a light switch write about a garage door write about a can of paint write about a mason jar write about salmon
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Be sure to check out the latest issue of Winnow Literary: A Journal of Poetry & Occupational Therapy, along with all the great magazines mentioned in this CLMP list. Thank you to our authors and editorial team!
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Issue Eight of Vilas Avenue is now live! Thank you to our amazing contributors. Check out the issue & be sure to like (or share) this post once you figure out why we linked this photo 🎨 Get at some poetry this week! vilasavenue.com/8
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Writing poems again. Must be Spring.
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We are open for submissions to our first-ever print contest! Deadline April 15th, 2026. Up to 3 poems or 3 pieces of micro-fiction. $5 submission fee. Details @ vilasavenue.com/camp #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #AuthorLife #OutdoorLife
Your words—read from a pocket-sized book—around the campfire. Camp Hiawatha season 2026 is open! Submit up to 3 poems / 3 pieces of micro-fiction. $5 submission fee. $100 top prize. Contributor copy for all accepted authors. Deadline April 15. vilasavenue.com/camp
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treasure hunt through the university library stacks to track down these beautiful & humbly bound Arthur Sze books. “To feel, at thirty, you have come this far— / to see a bell over a door as a bell / over a door, to feel the care and precision / of this violin is no mistake,”
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Welp.
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With poetry comes range, contradiction, confusion, & thus clarity.
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