Curriculum Vitae

MCSmall.jpg Milkshakes and Chilidogs, his chapbook of food poems was published in 2017.Available at Amazon.com for $4.95, e-book for $1.99.Email him if you’d like a signed copy.
Wednesday Night Regular Cover Wednesday Night Regular, his poetry book written in and about strip clubs was published in 2013.Available at Lulu.com for $9.95.Email him if you’d like a signed copy.

He has published over a hundred poems in over fifty journals and anthologies. Here are some highlights:

He also received the following honors:

  • His poem “They’ll Say They Didn’t Know” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2025.
  • His poem “Overnight at the Downs” was nominated for the Best of the Net 2024.
  • His poem “Limitless” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021.
  • He was one of the winners of the Flapper Press Poetry Café 2023 Summer Ekphrastic Poetry Contest for Overnight at the Downs, Summer 2023.
  • Last Straw” made the top 10 on Day 25 of the Poetic Asides blog 2014 April Poem-a-Day Challenge.
  • “I am an early bird and I am late” made the top 25 in the Poetic Asides blog 2013 April Poem-a-Day Challenge.
  • “A World Without Eyes” named #10 in the Poetic Asides blog 2011 April Poem-a-Day Challenge.

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