Essays
Essays
Prose on the practice of poetry — why we write, and what the writing asks of us.
LOOK AT HER: BEFORE THE PLAY
The Rule Was Simple: Don't Look Back
29 August 2026
On Love's Reckoning
A record of a love that was real — and the poems written in its light and its silence.
24 August 2026
The Emotional Geography of a Life
Love, Loss, Longing, Desire, Family, Memory, Identity, Reckoning and Hope — different doors into the same house. An essay on the emotional geography behind Love’s Reckoning.
30 August 2026
Why I Write in the Dark
On the discipline of paying attention when attention costs you something.
24 August 2026