Follow a link to the right or scroll down for all of Simmons B. Buntin's new work and old favorites:
 

Poetry

• "Desert Jazz"
  April 2010, shaking like a mountain
   
• "On Considering the Universe, Sweet Acacias Blooming between Sidewalk and Street"
  Spring 2010, Spiral Orb
   
• Poetry appearing in the 30th Anniversary issue of Corridors:
  • "Antler Among Poppies"
  • "Sting"
  • "Thorn"
  • "Amazon.com"
      
• "Flare"
  Spring 2008, Whiskey Island Magazine (also featured on Verse Daily, November 8, 2008)
   
• "In May I Consider My Websites" [listen to Simmons read this poem against a backdrop of his photos]
  Spring/Summer 2008, Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing
   
• "Wild Mint"
  September/October 2007, Orion
   
• Select poetry appearing in Riverfall, including:
  • "Letter from Charles Darwin to His Sister"
    New Mexico Humanities Review
  • "Indigo Bunting"
    Southern Humanities Review
  • "Coyote"
    Sou'wester
    

Prose

• "The Castaway"
  April 2010, High Desert Journal
   
• "Songbird"
  2009, Hawk & Handsaw: The Journal of Creative Sustainability (reprinted in Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments)
   
• "Roundabout"
  Fall 08/Winter 09, r.kv.r.y. quarterly
   
• "Calendars of Sun and Moon"
  Spring/Summer 2007, Weber Studies: Voices and Viewpoints of the Contemporary West (now Weber: The Contemporary West)
   
• "My Neighbor's Bird"
  October 22, 2007, Dark Sky Magazine (reprinted in Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments)
   
• "A Taco Stand in Every Neighborhood"
  Summer/Fall 2007, Terrain.org
    
• "Living by Fire: A Journey through Central Florida's Subtropical Forest"
  Winter/Spring 2004, Terrain.org
    
• "The Good Suburb"
  August 2000, Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
   
• "Ye Olde Mantis Shrimp"
  March 23, 1996, AquaLink

Columns

In addition to the blog for this website, and "The Literal Landscape" column in Terrain.org, Simmons once wrote a biweekly editorial for Next American City magazine. Find Simmons's favorite entries here:

• On Desert Transit, or the Lack Thereof : October 20, 2008
• Denver: America's Great Urban Canvas
  • Part I : August 4, 2008
  • Part II (A Temporary Sidetrack to Decide How I Decide) : August 19, 2008
  • Part III : September 9, 2008
• Is it True that Nobody Walks in L.A.? : July 17, 2008
• Knowing Your Neighbors, Online and Off : July 4, 2008
• Harry Potter and the City of Gold : June 17, 2008
• My Martian City : May 30, 2008
• The Wildflower Wars : May 15, 2008
• Ghosts as Urban Indicators : May 1, 2008
• Beyond the Ballpark: Thwarted Expectations for the Colorado Rockies and the Civano Town Center? : April 17, 2008
• What Rock ‘n Roll and the National Register of Historic Places (Don’t) Have in Common : March 26, 2008
• Designing Beyond the Virtual City : March 18, 2008
• Finding the Sacred in the City : February 27, 2008
• Dark Skies, Bright Future? : February 12, 2008
• "People in New York are the Friendliest People in the World" : February 5, 2008
• A Boy and His Horse and the HOA, Too : January 15, 2008
• Immigration and the Sustainable Urban Economy : January 3, 2008
• Fantasy Urban League : December 25, 2007
• Beer and the Mythos of Place : December 17, 2007
• Who Can Afford to Live in a "Sustainable" Development? : December 11, 2007
• A Jaguar in the Backyard : December 10, 2007

Reviews

• A Certain Harmony, a Definitive Hope: Simmons B. Buntin reviews A Conservationist Manifesto by Scott Russell Sanders
  Fall/Winter 2009, Terrain.org
   
• In Bloom: Simmons B. Buntin reviews Lit Windowpane, poems by Suzanne Frischkorn
  Winter/Spring 2009, Terrain.org
   
• Stories That Sing: Simmons B. Buntin reviews Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound, by David Rothenberg
  Summer/Fall 2008, Terrain.org
   
• Home in All the Lush Senses: Simmons B. Buntin reviews Phantom Limb: Essays by Theresa Kishkan
  Winter/Spring 2008, Terrain.org
   
• Poetry in Context, in Craft: Simmons B. Buntin reviews Murder Ballads, poems by Jake Adam York
  Spring/Summer 2006, Terrain.org
    
• Shifting Perspective: Simmons B. Buntin reviews Various Modes of Departure, poetry by Deborah Fries
  Spring/Summer 2005, Terrain.org
    
• An Obsession with Butterflies—and This Book: Simmons B. Buntin (as Terrain.org staff) reviews An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect by Sharman Apt Russell
  Spring/Summer 2005, Terrain.org
    
• Migration: Simmons B. Buntin reviews R.T. Smith's Split the Lark: Selected Poems
  Spring/Summer 2002, Terrain.org

Interviews

• Our Wisest and Surest Way: Simmons Buntin interviews author Scott Russell Sanders for Terrain.org
  January 2009
   
• Places Wilder and Less Traveled: Simmons Buntin interviews author David Quammen for Terrain.org
  January 2008
   
• Speaking Truth to Power: Simmons Buntin interviews ecologist, author, and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber for Terrain.org
  July 2007
   
• The Roots of Poetry Lead to Music: Simmons Buntin interviews Mvskoke poet and musician Joy Harjo for Terrain.org
  September 2006
   
• We Leave Our Doors Wide Open: Simmons Buntin interviews author, naturalist, and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams for Terrain.org
  September 2005
   
• An Architecture of Place: Simmons Buntin interviews architect and urbanist Stefanos Polyzoides for Terrain.org
  March 2006

See interviews with Simmons Buntin here.

Multimedia

Some of the websites Simmons Buntin has designed and built include:

• Alison Hawthorne Deming : Poet, Essayist, Teacher
  www.AlisonHawthorneDeming.com
   
• Mercado District of Menlo Park
  www.MercadoDistrict.com
    
• Ocotillo Design: Crafting your virtual sense of place
  www.OcotilloDesign.com
   
• Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments
  www.terrain.org