Archive - Conversant

Touching grass, catching bass

June sundries & a poem.

Jun 30 •

How (Not) to Name a Mountain

Harney, Black Elk & conflicting visions of the center of the earth.

Jun 5 •

May 2025

Some blank verse about my days as a metalhead 🤘🏼

May 14 •

The Labor of Perfection

Art, vocation & the obedience of love.

May 7 •

April 2025

The Fire at the Shore

A sonnet for Resurrection Sunday.

Apr 20 •

The Embers and the Stars

On the moral sense of nature à la Erazim Kohák. Plus a poem.

Apr 3 •

March 2025

I Saved Kathleen Norris and Kathleen Norris Saved Me

How "Forbearance" came to be.

Mar 13 •

My Debut Book of Poems Is Out Now

It's only $11 — thank you for reading and sharing with a friend.

Mar 3 •

February 2025

January 2025

New Book, New Poem, New Song

Hang on to your hat, pardner. I've got a lot to share.

Jan 15 •

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