POEMS

Holdfast” 
Poem-a-Day, Academy of American Poets, Spring 2019

The Long Now” 
Territory, Summer 2018

Nomad” 
Poem-a-Day, Academy of American Poets, Fall 2015 

"Wreck
Verse Daily, Fall 2015 

Middle Flight” 
The Awl, Fall 2015 

"Aphelion," "Earthquake" & "Endangerment Finding
Brooklyn Quarterly, Fall 2015 

Fathom” 
The Awl, Spring 2015 

Natural History” 
At Length, Spring 2015

“White Matter” 
Southeast Review, Winter 2014

Messenger” 
Guernica, Winter 2014

“At Home” & “At Sea” 
Drunken Boat, Winter 2013

Breakfast” 
Everyday Genius, Fall 2012 

“Fear” & “Yellowjackets” 
Tin House, Spring 2011

Flight Distance,” “Tornado” & “Wildfire” 
The Awl, Fall 2010

Contrition” 
Painted Bride Quarterly, Spring 2010

Restraint” 
Painted Bride Quarterly, Spring 2006


ESSAYS & INTERVIEWS

Provisions” on reading Neruda during quarantine —Jewish Currents, Summer 2020   

24 Hours in Ohio” a post-election day diary
Good, Fall 2016 

First Books After Forty” a conversation with poet Michael Morse
The Rumpus, Spring 2016 

Falling Overboard” on the sinking of the Tall Ship Bounty in Hurricane Sandy
Paris Review, Fall 2012 

Misfit & Starlet” a conversation with poet Tina Chang
Bomb, Winter 2012


COLLABORATION

Holdfast” a commissioned musical adaption composed by Matthew Recio of Robin Beth Schaer's poem “Holdfast”
—performed by Stare at the Sun, Chicago, IL, Fall 2021

EXCERPT OF MATTHEW RECIO’S SCORE FOR “HOLDFAST”

"All Things Are Number" a collaboration with artist Leslie Baum for her "Night Brings Day / Day Brings Night" collection
—Heaven Gallery, Chicago, Spring 2018
—Spertus Institute, Chicago, Summer 2018

LESLie Baum installing "All Things Are Number" at heaven gallery, chicago

LESLie Baum installing "All Things Are Number" at heaven gallery, chicago

"Messenger" a poem illustrated by artist Leslie Baum
Guernica, Spring 2015

Excerpt from "Messenger" by leslie Baum & robin beth schaer

Excerpt from "Messenger" by leslie Baum & robin beth schaer