 He is the author of eight collections of poetry, including "The Inside of an Apple" (which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award), "Take It", "Shake", and "Things Are Happening", which won the first annual Honickman-APR book award.He has collaborated with Matthew Rohrer on live improvised poems, collected in the book "Nice Hat.Thanks" and the audio CD "Adventures While Preaching The Gospel of Beauty" (which was recorded while on a twenty-five city tour).