The Plum Flower Dance/ poems 1985 to 2005 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008), Multitudes (Sarabande Books, 2000), Sandy Point (The Press of Appletree Alley, 2000), The Ten Lights of God (Bucknell University Press, 2000), Talisman (Tia Chucha Press, 1998), Timber & Prayer (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995), Stations in a Dream (Dolphin-Moon Press, 1993), My Father's Geography (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992), Some Days It's a Slow Walk to Evening (Paradigm Press, 1989), Water Song (University of Virginia Press, 1985)

These Hands I Know (Sarabande Books, 2002)

5 A.M., African American Review, American Poetry Review, Callaloo, Calliope, Cream City Review, Kenyon Review, Long Shot, Obsidian, One Trick Pony, Pequod, Plum Review, Poetry, Solo