POEMS
“From There to Here”
—Cleveland Review of Books, Spring 2026
“The Long Now”
—The Slowdown, Winter 2026
“Holdfast”
—Poem-a-Day, Academy of American Poets, Spring 2019
“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
"Messenger" a poem illustrated by artist Leslie Baum
—Guernica, Spring 2015
Excerpt from "Messenger" by leslie Baum & robin beth schaer