Welcome!
I’m an Oregon-based poet-cartoonist and amateur human. I’m on a journey to become my best, weirdest self, and would love to have you along on my journey!
Weirdo Poetry is about using creativity to sharpen our ability to notice the world around us, cultivate a sense of wonder, and live a slow, deeply human life. Here, I share poems, poetry comics, illustrated essays, and graphic essays that explore what it means to be a creative human.
I send out posts at least once a week, and often send out two or three posts each week. Paid subscribers also get physical mail! Standard and annual subscribers get a new haiku comic postcard each season. Ultimate Reader tier members not only get the postcards but they also join the Weirdo Poetry Snail Mail Club and get a physical letter and poetry comic on archival-quality cardstock each month.
I’m the best-selling author of several collections of poetry comics and one book of illustrated essays.
In March, I published How to Create a Life You Love, a collection of illustrated essays that explores ways to make life better without relying on magical thinking.
My most recent haiku comic collection is the best-selling Haiku Comics from the Anthropocene.
Weirdo Poetry is less of a newsletter and more of a digital zine where I share the things that fascinate me and the stuff that’s going into whatever book project I’m working on.
Some of my favorite posts include:
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AI policy
I do not use AI for anything. I come up with my own ideas, do my own writing, and my work is edited by myself and other humans. I make my own visual art and take my own photographs.
AI does not enhance human creativity; it harms it. Our current crop of AI models has been trained on the stolen work of human writers and artists, and they use an unethical amount of resources to further enrich billionaires.
Paid Subscriptions Keep Weirdo Poetry Going!
If you appreciate the work that goes into the poetry comics and everything else that you find in an issue of Weirdo Poetry, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.
As a paid subscriber of Weirdo Poetry, you will get:
A haiku comic postcard is mailed to you each season
Access to free ebook versions of all my books and zines
Access to free courses and workshops (coming soon)
Discounts on services like my custom haiku comics
Discounts on select print books and products in the Weirdo Poetry Shop
When you join the founders tier, or as I call it, the Ultimate Reader tier, you get all of the goodies above, plus a physical letter and poetry comic every single month
I love hearing from readers. Please feel free to drop a comment on my posts! You are also always welcome to forward Weirdo Poetry to your friends and family.
