His chapbook, Obviously, Obviously Not What It Seems, was published by pfafours press in 2014. In February 2015, he read as the Sawdust Reading Series' Poem-Off winner, chosen by Monty Reid. Another chapbook, Words for What Happens, was a finalist for the 2016 Vallum Chapbook of the Year Contest. Also in 2016, Rod's poem, Lament of a Bleeding Heart, was published in Arc Poetry Magazine as a runner-up for their Poem of the Year Contest.