About
American Poet
A nonprofit literary brand, built on one idea: that anyone can learn to see their own city the way a poet does.
Twenty-three years in the making
The story
San Francisco Is My Home is American Poet's debut. What began as an impromptu love letter to the city that shaped my heart and soul slowly blossomed into the collection you can hold in your hands. AmericanPoet.com was registered November 1, 2003. The book is published November 1, 2026 — twenty-three years, to the day, in the making.
How the book works
The Method
The collection is built to be read, then practiced. You read the poems, learn the tools behind them, see exactly how each tool was used, try them yourself — and then look at the city again with new eyes.
Read
Begin with the poems themselves — the city rendered in verse.
Learn the tools
A clear guide to the craft: the techniques that make a poem work.
See the breakdown
A poem-by-poem analysis showing which tools were used, and where.
Practice
Use the tools yourself to shape your own lines, phrases, and images.
See like a poet
Visit San Francisco and look again — until you, too, can call it home.