D. R. James’s latest of ten collections are Mobius Trip and Flip Requiem (Dos Madres Press, 2021, 2020); his online micro-chapbook All Her Jazz is free, fun, and printable-for-folding at Origami Poems Project; and individual poems have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and journals. He lives in the woods near Saugatuck, Michigan.

D. R. James

Leaf Fall, poem by D. R. James at Spillwords.com

Leaf Fall

D. R. James·September 22, 2022

Leaf Fall written by: D. R. James Asymmetric chandeliers instigate their rhapsodic drop, the ruddling scumble- trove...

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Springtide Dity, poem by D. R. James at Spillwords.com

Springtide Dity

D. R. James·June 15, 2022

Springtide Dity written by: D. R. James Mascara’d vegetation bats its green audacity and amplifies the breeze...

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Lakeside Bird Feeder, Wet Snow, poem by D.R. James at Spillwords.com

Lakeside Bird Feeder, Wet Snow

D. R. James·March 15, 2022

Lakeside Bird Feeder, Wet Snow written by: D.R. James Like the trusty railing, the congenial patio table,...

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Entering Winter with a Line from Gwendolyn Brooks, a poem by D.R. James at Spillwords.com

Entering Winter with a Line from Gwendolyn Brooks

D. R. James·December 12, 2021

Entering Winter with a Line from Gwendolyn Brooks written by: D.R. James Horizon’s burst-smear of pink nonchalance...

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Lakeside Bird Feeder, Squirrels, a poem by D.R. James at Spillwords.com

Lakeside Bird Feeder, Squirrels

D. R. James·September 8, 2021

Lakeside Bird Feeder, Squirrels written by: D.R. James Now if I had ambition I’d be this kung...

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Great Lake Shore in Winter, a poem by D.R. James at Spillwords.com

Great Lake Shore in Winter

D. R. James·May 6, 2021

Great Lake Shore in Winter written by: D.R. James The concentric silences of phantom isolation splash unscented...

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Lakeside Bird Feeder, First Day, a poem by D.R. James at Spillwords.com

Lakeside Bird Feeder, First Day

D. R. James·February 12, 2021

Lakeside Bird Feeder, First Day written by: D.R. James It should’ve taken only that scouting, squawking jay...

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