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R E C E N T   P O E M S
FIRE SAFETY
Poetry (Nov. 2010)
THE SMOKESTACK
The New Republic (Aug. 12, 2010)
THE CROSSROADS
Poetry (Feb. 2010)
THE POLLING PLACE
The New York Times (Nov. 5, 2008)
FATHER BIRMINGHAM
Parnassus: Poetry in Review (Vol. 30, Nos. 1/2, 2008)
THE SPONGE
Poetry (June 2006)
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F R O M   T H E   O P T I M I S T

THE OPTIMIST
First appeared in Poetry (Apr. 2000)

A QUESTIONABLE MOTHER
First appeared in The Chattahoochee Review (Fall 2002)

THE UMBRELLA MAN
The New York Times (Apr. 16, 2005)

PROMENADE
Verse Daily
(May 30, 2004)
First appeared in Dogwood (Spring 2004)

RABBIT’S FOOT     VIDEO
YouTube (Carmine St. Series , Feb. 21, 2010)

E T   C E T E R A
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DARKNESS, BY LORD BYRON     VIDEO
YouTube (Carmine St. Series, Feb. 21, 2010
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