"Judy's Jungle" (2005)
From Opus Seven: Two Small Books in the Major and Minor Modes." Completed 2007; published 2024. A long series of reflections on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, based on the melody from Brian Eno's "Back in Judy's Jungle," on the Taking Tiger Mountain album.
"From the Valley of Shifting Sands" (2013-2016)
From The Emerald Gong (and Other Poems) (2016). The long sequence of 102 25-line cantos that occupies the second half of my 8th book. The two-hour recording consists of 98 of the 102 stanzas and concludes with the book's title poem ("The Emerald Gong").
"Forked Lightning: Ten New Villanelles" (2023)
Villanelle sequence from my ninth book, And Dragons in the Crease (2025).
"And Dragons in the Crease" (2020-2025)
The title poem of my ninth book, And Dragons in the Crease (2025). A long poem in three parts composed in terza rima.
Some Sentences: 170 Sonnets (2025-2026)
[presented below in its entirety]
First Junana (Sonnets 1-17)
Second Junana (Sonnets 18-34)
Third Junana (Sonnets 35-51)
Fourth Junana (Sonnets 52-68)
Fifth Junana (Sonnets 69-85)
Sixth Junana (Sonnets 86-102)
Seventh Junana (Sonnets 103-119)
Eighth Junana (Sonnets 120-136)
Ninth Junana (Sonnets 137-153)
Finale: Our Tenth Junana