a s e l e c t i o n o f o n l i n e p o e m s

- "Meditation on Absence" in Tupelo Quarterly (Thank you Kristina Marie Darling and Jeffrey Levine)
- "Meditation on Transmission," a poem responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, in The San Francisco Chronicle. (Thank you John Diaz).
- "Meditation on Vulnerability" in Harvard Review. (Thank you Major Jackson & Chloe Garcia Roberts).
- Two poems about two different kinds of war at Terrain.org. (Thank you Simmons Bunting, Derek Sheffield, and Elizabeth Dodd).
- "Troubled by Thoughts About Infinity and Oblivion, I Exit the Twombly Retrospective at Dusk and Walk the High Line with the Ghost of My Father," a new poem featured at The New England Review. (Thank you, Rick Barot).
- "History" selected for inclusion in the Best of the Net anthology. Thank you Kenyon Review and Sundress Publications. (Thank you Kirsten Reach, Kenyon Review & Sundress).
- Rita Dove discusses Dean's poem "Frost on Fire" and Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry in The New York Times Magazine. (Thank you Ms. Dove).
- "Poem Begun on the Day of My Father's Funeral and Completed on the First Day of the New Year" featured in the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day series. (Thank you Victoria Chang).
- Four new poems in Waxwing, including "Nocturne" (featured at the San Francisco Public Library) and "Unending Octet," a poem from a larger series that enters into conversation with the work of Cy Twombly. (Thank you Todd Kaneko).
- "Elegy Pantoum," a poem for Dean's late father, in the inaugural issue of Palette; "Special Mention" in the 2019 Pushcart Prizes.
- "Still Life with Cacography," featuring Dean's son, the word "fart," and Donald Trump in Zyzzyva. (Thank you Laura Cogan and Oscar Villalon).
- "History," a poem about race, slavery, parenting, and Charlottesville, in Kenyon Review. (Thank you Kirsten Reach).
- Three new poems, including an homage to W. S. Merwin, featured in The Rumpus. (Thank you Tiffany Midge).
- "American Self-Portrait IV" featured at the fabulous Poetry Daily
- "Self-Portrait with Reader," the opening poem from Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry, is featured for World Poetry Day and on Page One of Poets & Writers. Thanks Copper Canyon Press & Poets & Writers Magazine.
- "America, I Do Not Call Your Name Without Hope" ran in The San Francisco Chronicle three days after the November 8 presidential election. (Thank you John McMurtrie).
- Poem about Prince's death, Dean's father, and flight at The AWL. (Thank you Mark Bibbins).
- "Self-Portrait in Charleston, Orlando," a Poem-a-Day, from the Academy of American Poets, September 14, 2016
- Portfolio of new poems from Narrative Magazine, including the ghazal about Oklahoma, "Geographic Self-Portrait"
- "Alternate Self-Portrait" a Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets, December 30, 2015.
- "Sphere of Influence or Praise Song for the Warriors" - original poem commissioned by The San Francisco Chronicle
- "American Self-Portrait" on the Poetry Society of America Website
- Listen to Dean read his poem "The Dissection" from The Southern Review while looking at a ginormous photo of him in glasses and a tie
- "Relational Self-Portrait" in Kenyon Review Online (with audio)
- "American Psalm" in Boston Review
- "Paul Klee's Winter Journey at the Beginning of Summer" in Kestrel
- "Forecast" in TriQuarterly
- "Self Portrait as Wikipedia Entry" in Zyzzyva
- "Swimming with the Mishibizhiw: Three Dreams" in Wake: Great Lakes Thought and Culture
- Two new poems in the inaugural issue of Jet Fuel Review
- Three poems, an interview, and a brief bio on Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum's
Poem of the Week site - "Twilight at Ocean Beach: 14" featured in Verse Daily
- four poems featured in Sharkforum
- two poems from DMQ Review
- a poem about Wallace Stevens featured in the British blog Eyewear
- four poems in POOL
- three poems (with audio) from the Borderlands Web Audio Project
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t w o b r o a d s i d e s
![]() "Ocean Beach at Twilight: 14." Limited edition by the Soybean Press, University of Illinois. 48 signed and numbered letterpress editions.
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![]() "The First Poem." Winner, 2013 Red Berry Editions Spring Broadside Contest.
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For the FRANKENSTEIN SONNETS (with Simone Muench) go here
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