Since my book American Eclipse does indeed use eclipses, both literal and metaphorical, as a motif, I offered to read some poetry at various festivals leading up to the total eclipse on April 8, and a few people took me up on the offer! Check out the Events page for details. And here’s an example of an eclipse poem that appeared in Lightwood, albeit about the moon and not the sun.

Left/above: sun through September morning fog in my backyard in Sheffield, MA.

Right/below: full moon at dawn, Champlain Valley, somewhere between VT and NY, perhaps in the path of the total eclipse.

My poem inspired by an even bigger bear than this one was just reprinted by Verse Daily!

Read “The Night Before the Capitol Is Stormed”

My poetry chapbook, Vernal, is out now from Split Rock Press! Available here. 

My book of poetry, American Eclipse, was released this summer from Three Mile Harbor Press. Available here.

To get you in the mood for winter, read my reflection on the joys of skiing out one’s door, a couple winter issues ago in Northern Woodlands Magazine!