New Poetry Collection

I’m not much more than a back-yard naturalist, but I do frequently get out of my chaise lounge and take trips - spiritual and physical - into the bigger world. The poems in this collection are a record of those trips. Grouped into sections, they bear witness from my deck, wander through the yard and the woods nearby, explore the shore, imagine the ocean, survey environmental damage, and honor home (in the several senses of the word). I’m especially interested in how humans and nature interact, for better and for worse. Humans are the only species that willfully foul our own nests and consciously refrain from doing so. My poems mourn how we grind away at precious things, while celebrating the beauty that exists in spite of us and among us.

Praise from reviewers

“I read Man Afield in one sitting… clear-eyed, not romantic… mesmerized.”

— Gibson Fay-LeBlanc

“A satisfying and uplifting ride… poems of earned grace.”

— Bruce Willard

“Graceful, accessible language… a glass pane through which to view the

natural world.”

— Brian Schulz

“Echoing the luminous attentiveness of Mary Oliver… poignant eco-poetry.”

— Munmun Samanta

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