Welcome
I’m glad you’re here.
These days, I’m mostly writing poetry. I write about memory, faith, doubt, music, grief, place, and the small moments that stay with us.
A poem might begin with a name, a room, a song, a building, a story, or memory. Mostly, I’m trying to pay attention.
What I’m Working On Now
One project I’m working on is about Micajah Burnett.
Burnett was a Shaker brother at Pleasant Hill in Kentucky and one of the major figures behind the design and construction of the village. He has been described as the “principal architect” of Pleasant Hill, and his work helped shape many of the buildings and spaces that still define Shaker Village today.
You can see a timeline on this page that traces some of what I’ve found so far.
The project is part research and part poetry. I’m looking at the built world Burnett helped create — buildings, roads, staircases, rooms, and records — while also writing poems that explore the questions history cannot fully answer.
What I’m Exploring
This project asks questions like:
Who was Micajah Burnett?
What do we actually know about his life and work?
What did he help build at Pleasant Hill?
How did faith, design, labor, and community shape the village?
What can a building remember?
How does a place carry the lives of the people who made it?
How can poetry help us sit with a story that is both historical and unfinished?
How It’s Taking Shape
Right now, I imagine this project as a mix of poems, notes, fragments, and short reflections.
Some pieces may stay close to the historical record. Others may use image, voice, silence, and place to explore what the records leave out.
I expect the work to unfold slowly.
Why It Matters to Me
Writing about Micajah Burnett is a way of listening to a place. It is also a way of asking what remains after a life of work: a road, a room, a staircase, a pattern of light, a community shaped by belief and labor.
I’ll share more as the project develops.
For now, thank you for reading.