He is author of four collections of poetry published by BOA Editions, Ltd., the Rochester, NY publishing house founded by his colleague and friend, A. Poulin, Jr. His first book, Anchor Dragging, was chosen by Archibald MacLeish for BOA's New Poets of America series.
[1] He earned a doctorate in English from Ohio University in 1969 (his thesis was on the poetry and poetics of Robert Bly) and taught English language and literature and creative writing at the State University of New York College at Brockport from 1970 until his retirement in 1995.
His awards included grants from the Constance Saltonstall Foundation and the State University of New York.
In 2000, he founded Upright Hall, a residence retreat for poets on his farm in the hills near Prattsburgh, New York.
His ashes were buried in a plot close to the farm, where his daughters grew up, in Kendall, NY.