Poems in Journals
“August 28” Poetry at the Market (bookmark) FDL Foot of the Lake Project, October 2010
“Rag and Bone” Verse Wisconsin Online, issue 104, September 2010
“Three-quarter Time” Verse Wisconsin, issue 103, summer 2010
“Crying Lessons” Verse Wisconsin, issue 103, summer 2010
“Mineral Expectations” Your Daily Poem (online) 4/1/10
“The Oven Clock Says 4:44” Wisconsin People & Ideas, vol. 56, no. 1, winter 2010
“Sixty-one” Verse Wisconsin, issue 101, winter 2010
“Artists” Recovering the Self, vol. 1, no. 1, September 2009
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“Flowers at Risk” Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf, 2007
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“December Father” Seems 40, 2006
“August 28” Cup of Poems and a Side of Prose, fall 2006 #13
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“The Climb” WFOP Museletter, fall 2003
“Paz, Usted, y Yo” Free Verse, May/June 2003
“Conversion” Free Verse, May/June 2003
“Give or Take” The Scene (Fox Valley), February 2003
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“Every Needle” Free Verse, November/December 2002
“The Rest of You” The Comstock Review, spring/summer 2002, vol. 16, no.1
“mill pond and forest” (haiku) Centennial Memories Celebrating the Village of Westfield 1902-2002, Westfield (WI) Book Committee, 2002
“The House We Haunt Is Ours” Free Verse, June/July 2002 (nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
“Dance Card” Seems 35, 2002
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“Legerdesmots” (after Louis McKee), Free Verse, October 2001
“We Lie” Free Verse, July 2001
“White Stallions” (“Garanones Blancos”) Free Verse, May 2001
“Attendance Stinks on Snowy Days at the Montello Public Library (a Work in Progress)” Free Verse, February/March 2001
“Please Post” Free Verse, February/March 2001
“Sleeping after Trout Fishing” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 1998; Free Verse, Feb/Mar, 2001
“Attendance Stinks on Snowy Days at the Montello Public Library (a Work in Progress)” Fox Tale Winnefox newsletter, February 2001
“Stalked” Free Verse, January 2001
“Sycamore” Free Verse, January 2001
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“Sticky” Free Verse, November 2000
“Mineral Expectations” Free Verse, October 2000
“No Strings Attached” Free Verse, October 2000
“Rage Walking” Free Verse, October 2000
“She Slept” Free Verse, September 2000
“The Bully Pulpit” The Scene (Fox Valley), vol. 8, no. 2, 9/00
“If the Weather Cooperates” Free Verse, August 2000
“The Bully Pulpit” TMP Irregular, no. 7, 8/00
“The Poetry Teacher” TMP Irregular, no. 7, 8/00
“A Decent Reed” Free Verse, July 2000
“Losing the Car Keys” Hands On! Drumming, vol.3, no. 1, June 2000
“Dumped” Free Verse, June 2000
“Read Aloud”Free Verse, June 2000
“Circulation” Free Verse, April 2000
“Night Sand” Hummingbird, vol.X, no.3, March 2000
“The Penknife” The TMP Irregular, no. 6
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“Read Aloud” Fox Tale, Winnefox Library System newsletter, 10/99
“Monte Carlo” North Coast Review, spring 1999
“Monte Carlo” Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 129th conference, 4/99
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“Fair Territory”The TMP Irregular #1, 11/98
“The Snoring Poet” The TMP Irregular #1, 11/98
“Fair Territory” Hepcat’s Revenge, Issue 15, 10/98
“The Perfect Poem” ByLine , September 1998
“Flickers” Hodge Podge Poetry, summer 1998
“Sewing Clouds” Hodge Podge Poetry, summer 1998
“A Viewer” Hodge Podge Poetry, summer 1998
“Crows Mate for Death” North Coast Review, summer 1998
“Apple” Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, 128th conference, May 1998
“Beware the Spring” Hodge Podge Poetry, spring 1998
“I Call the Wind Myself” Mother Superior “fire & ice” April 1998
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“Wallpaper Faces” Hodge Podge Press, winter 1997
“The Movie” Hodge Podge Poetry, autumn 1997
“The Garden Is Growing Old” Capper’s, 9/9/97
“On the Sill” Wisconsin Game Warden summer/fall 1997, vol. 7, no. 2
“Juggling Haiku” (the eye tells the hand), Juggler’s World, summer 1997
“Astronauts” Beyond Doggerel, vol. 2, no. 1
“1950” Hodge Podge Poetry, spring 1997
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“Cross My Heart” Hodge Podge Poetry, winter 1996
“Divots” Hodge Podge Poetry, winter 1996
“The Board Meeting” Beyond Doggerel (A magazine of Pedagogical Poetry K-12), vol.1, no. 2
“Preamble to the Compost Station”Hodge Podge Poetry, autumn 1996
“Hubble Photographs the Beginning of Time” Hodge Podge Poetry, summer 1996
“onions blossom” and “moon spurts blue cream cheese” (haiku) A Wise Woman’s Garden, 6/96, carol 2, verse 6
“mulberry twig bobs” (haiku) A Wise Woman’s Garden, 4/96, carol 2, verse 4
“The Opening Days” Hodge Podge Poetry, spring 1996
“Winter Houseplant Haiku” (asparagus fern, spider plant, wandering jew) A Wise Woman’s Garden, 1/96, carol 2, verse 1
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“Bridge of Suns” Hodge Podge Poetry, winter 1995
“The Garden Is Growing Old” A Wise Woman’s Garden, 11/95, carol 1, verse 2 (under Nike Apteros)
“Apples” Apples, Apples, Apples 1995, Mrs. Leklem’s third grade class, Humke Elementary School, Nekoosa, WI
“garden rows at dusk” A Wise Woman’s Garden, 10/95, carol 1, verse 10
“At the Starting Gate” Hodge Podge Poetry, autumn 1995
“Preamble to the Compost Station” A Wise Woman’s Garden, 7/95, carol 1, verse 7
“With My Feet Grounded Firmly” A Wise Woman’s Garden carol 1, verse 7
“Nursing Home Driver” Hodge Podge Poetry, summer 1995
“I Lived Outside Myself” Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Art, and Letters, 125th Conference, Edgewood College, Madison, WI 4-22-95
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“Death of My Friend” 1993/94 Nekoosa H.S. yearbook
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“As the River Thaws” Yahara Prairie Review, summer 1993
Poems on the Radio
“Suicide Aside” The Writer’s Almanac (public radio) 3/30/09
“When Somebody Calls after 10 p.m. The Writer’s Almanac (public radio) 3/30/09
Poems in Anthologies
“First Day for Shorts” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2012
“Hillview Care Center” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2011
“Autumn” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2010
“Artists” Hope Whispers (anthology) (Whispering Angel Books, 2009)
“When Somebody Calls after 10 p.m.” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2007
“violet cardinal” (haiku) Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2006
“june full moon rises” (haiku) Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2005
“Rock My Fishing Buddy” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2004
“Breather” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2003
“Spring Grounding” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2002
“Fingernail Moon” Between the Sheets, Perma Press, April 2002
“The House We Haunt Is Ours” Between the Sheets, Perma Press, April 2002
“The Red Feeder” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2001
“I Call the Wind Myself” Naked Verses (nudist anthology, Bern Loibl, 2000)
“Behind the Davenport” Ring Them Bells, (New Past Press, Inc., 2000)
“I’ll Take the Moon” Ring Them Bells, (New Past Press, Inc., 2000)
“Lake Fanny Hooe” Ring Them Bells, (New Past Press, Inc., 2000)
“A Practice Life” Ring Them Bells, (New Past Press, Inc., 2000)
“Outskirts” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2000
“The Bear” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 1999
“Sleeping after Trout Fishing” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 1998
“I Call the Wind Myself” Sycamore Roots, (Ice Cube Press, 1997)
“On the Sill” the poetry of the cold (Home Brew Press, 1997)
“Madeline Island” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 1997
“Lawton Otter” Kathrynn’s Hearth, Hodge Podge Press, June 1996
Poems in Bruce's Books
In Breather (Fireweed Press, 2009)
“Accident”
“August 28” Cup of Poems and a Side of Prose, fall 2006 #13; Poetry at the Market (bookmark) FDL Foot of the Lake Project, October 2010
“Before the Accident”
“Behind the Davenport” Ring Them Bells, (New Past Press, Inc., 2000)
“Bolt Cutters”
“Breather” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2003
“Business Trip”
“Catching Her Breath”
“Comeback” Free Verse, issue #91, June 2007
“Constellation”
“County Fair”
“Cry Me” Free Verse, issue 99/100, March 2009; Quill and Parchment (e-magazine) June 2009
“Cutting the String”
“Emotional Cookies” Free Verse, #91, June 2007
“Footlights”
“For the Time Being” Quill and Parchment (e-magazine) June 2009 (nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
“Forgive Me River”
“He Wore a Gray Fedora”
“Hoarfrost”
“The Hot Dog Man” Quill and Parchment (e-magazine) May 2009
“I Heard the Word”
“In the Living Room”
“Jitterbugs”
“The Knot” One Trick Pony, no. 11, August 2005
“Last Will” Breather (Fireweed Press, 2009)
“Miscarriage”
“No Strings Attached” Free Verse, October 2000
“November Lake” Free Verse #85, 2005
“On Moving”
“On the Thirty-first”
“Osculation”
“Paso del Norte”
“Paz, Usted, y Yo” Free Verse, May/June 2003
“Playing the Field” Quill and Parchment (e-magazine) June 2009
“Playing the Morning Tapes”
“Plaza de los Legartos”
“Poniente”
“Read Aloud” Fox Tale, Winnefox Library System newsletter, 10-99; Free Verse, June 2000
“Retirement” Cool Plums (e-magazine) November 2007; Rosebud, issue 40, winter 2007
“Rose You Always Were”
“Rumors” Free Verse, issue #91, June 2007
“Sawmill” Free Verse, issue #91, June 2007
“The Side that Won” Anthills V (Centennial Press, 2009)
“Spring Comes Around”
“The Story”
“Suicide Aside” The Writer’s Almanac (public radio) 3/30/09
“Switched at Birth”
“Tiptoes” Free Verse, issue 99/100, March 2009
“Two Kleenexes”
“Untitled”
“We Rise”
“When Somebody Calls after 10 P.M.” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2007; The Writer’s Almanac (public radio) 3/30/09
“When They Saw Me” Free Verse, Feb/Mar 2004
“Whirlawheel”
“Wishbone” Breather (Fireweed Press, 2009)
“You First” One Trick Pony, no. 11, August 2005
In Something Near the Dance
Floor (Marsh
River Editions, 2003)
“After a Year of Being Missing”
“The Bone“
“The Car Salesman Hits His Stride at Fifity-five”
“Dance Card” Seems 35, 2002
“Dumped” Free Verse, June 2000
“Evening Wear”
“Every Needle” Free Verse, November/December 2002
“Fair Territory” Hepcat’s Revenge, Issue 15, 10-98; The TMP Irregular #1, 11/98
“Fingernail Moon” Between the Sheets, Perma Press, April 2002
“First Light”
“Flickers” Hodge Podge Poetry, summer 1998
“The House We Haunt Is Ours” Between the Sheets, Perma Press, April 2002; Free Verse, June/July 2002 (nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
“I’ll Take the Moon” Ring Them Bells, (New Past Press, Inc., 2000)
“Losing the Car Keys” Hands On! Drumming, vol.3, no. 1, June 2000
“Lover’s Notes”
“A Man of the World”
“Mineral Expectations” Free Verse, October 2000; Your Daily Poem (on-line) 4/1/10
“Monte Carlo” Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 129th conference, 4/99; North Coast Review, spring 1999
“Mountain Dreams”
“Night Sand” Hummingbird, vol.X, no.3, March 2000
“The Penknife” The TMP Irregular, no. 6
“Rage Walking” Free Verse, October 2000
“The Rest of You” The Comstock Review, spring/summer 2002, vol. 16, no.1
“Shebang”
“Sulaco Night”
“Table for One”
“To Bees or Not”
“The Tree Story”
“A Vacant Lot in Guatemala”
“White Stallions” (“Garanones Blancos”) Free Verse, May 2001
In A Decent Reed (Tamafyhr Mountain
Press, 1998)
“1950” Hodge Podge Poetry, spring 1997
“Apple” Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, 128th conference, May 1998
“Astronauts” Beyond Doggerel, vol. 2, no. 1
“The Bear” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 1999
“Beware the Spring” Hodge Podge Poetry, spring 1998
“Cross My Heart” Hodge Podge Poetry, winter 1996
“Crows Mate for Death” North Coast Review, summer 1998
“Death of My Friend” 1993/94 Nekoosa H.S. yearbook
“A Decent Reed” Free Verse, July 2000
“Flowers at Risk” Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf, 2007
“The Garden Is Growing Old” A Wise Woman’s Garden, 11-95, carol 1, verse 2 (under Nike Apteros); Capper’s, 9/9/97
“Hummingbirds”
“How I Hang On”
“How I Touch My Sons”
“I Call the Wind Myself” Sycamore Roots, (Ice Cube Press, 1997); Mother Superior “fire & ice” April 1998; Naked Verses (nudist anthology, Bern Loibl, 2000)
“I Lived Outside Myself” Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Art, and Letters, 125th Conference, Edgewood College, Madison, WI 4/22/95
“june full moon rises” (haiku) Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2005
“Lily Pads”
“Mane Man”
“Marrying Myself”
“The Movie” Hodge Podge Poetry, autumn 1997
“On the Sill” the poetry of the cold (Home Brew Press, 1997); Wisconsin Game Warden summer/fall 1997, vol. 7, no. 2
“The Opening Days” Hodge Podge Poetry, spring 1996
“Preamble to the Compost Station” A Wise Woman’s Garden, carol 1, verse 7; Hodge Podge Poetry, autumn 1996
“Rotmantel”
“Scales”
“Sewing Clouds” Hodge Podge Press, summer 1998
“Sleeping after Trout Fishing” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 1998; Free Verse, Feb/Mar, 2001
“The Snoring Poet” The TMP Irregular, 11/98
“Tapestry (The Poets at St. Joe’s)”
“Wallpaper Faces” Hodge Podge Press, winter 1997