Poetry and Prose

Writing from the right side of my brain

Poetry

“Sponge (Porifera)“ (2021). Pages 152-153 in becoming—Feral: a Bestiarum Vocabulum (edited by Josh Armstrong, Alexandra Lakind, Chessa Adsit-Morris, & Rebekka Sæter). Glasgow: Objet-a Creative Studio.

“Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock)“ (2019). Pages 112-114 in becoming—Botanical: a post-modern liber herbalis (edited by Josh Armstrong & Alexandra Lakind). Glasgow: Objet-a Creative Studio.

“Contested landscape” (2018) Pages 24-25 in Weathering Change: An Art Anthology in Response to Climate Change (edited by Devin Jacobsen). Cambridge (Massachusetts): Harvard University, Office for Sustainability.

Vanishing Point (2017) Poetry and prose with associated photographs from the Pacific northwest.

  • Background material and early versions of the poems and essays collected in Vanishing Point are here.

Prose


“Into Earth” (2026) To appear in Earth Anthology (edited by Irene Lee & Rachel TonThat. Oreades Press. [with Eric Zeigler]

“instability” (2025) Pages 122-127 in Dark Mountain: Issue 28. [with Eric Zeigler]

“DoubleTake: Visions of Instability” Pages 20–23 in Turbulence: New Media Art 2025 (edited by Leejin Kim, Yoosang Erin Kim, & Dongeun Wie). Gimpo: CICA Press. [with Eric Zeigler]

“After the fire” (2023) The Dark Mountain Project (online only). [with Eric Zeigler]

“Chasing Odysseus through deep time: contextualizing climate change” (2023) DePICTions 3, Critical Ecologies (online only). Paris: Paris Institute for Critical Thinking. [with Eric Zeigler]

“Death for some is life for others: a biophilic exploration” (2021) Pages 42-46 in Life Goes On: New Media Art 2022. Gimpo: CICA Press. [with Eric Zeigler]

“Introduction” (2018) Pages 2-3 in Weathering Change: An Art Anthology in Response to Climate Change (edited by Devin Jacobsen). Cambridge (Massachusetts): Harvard University, Office for Sustainability.

“Decomposition and memory” (2016) Pages 77-83 in Forest Under Story: Creative Inquiry in an Old-growth Forest (edited by Nathaniel Brodie, Charles Goodrich, & Frederick J. Swanson). Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Science Fiction

“EvoSoap” (2009) Nature 458 (7240): 938. [with Elizabeth J. Farnsworth & Nicholas J. Gotelli]