2004 "Living by Corn," Iowa River Corridor Book II, forthcoming Winter (poem)

2002-2003 "Summer," reprinted in Directory of Grinnell Area Food Producers, (poem)

1999-2000 "Summer," Flyway Literary Review, Vol. 5.1-5.2, Fall 1999/Winter 2000 (poem) * peer reviewed

1999 "The Tallgrass on Fire," "The Grassland," "Rhizomes," The Land Report 65, Fall (poems)

1996 "Rhizomes," text for choral composition Broken Ground by Jonathan Chenette. Collaborative project commissioned by the Iowa Humanities Board and performed at various sites in the United States by the Des Moines Symphony and the Grinnell Singers during Iowa's Sesquicentennial Year "Out of the Land," text for choral composition by Jonathan Chenette, commissioned by Grinnell College for performance during the inauguration of President