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  • Two poems by Muyaka bin Haji, (1776—1840)

    When she lays eggs, they’re not nurtured even if brooding them succeeds.

  • House of Sorrow, Vessel of Anarchy, I Will Not Name It Except to Say, Golem

    Once I made a box to put a man in.

  • Communion

    Yes, I will take home the meeting bread,

  • Why I Started Writing a Novel

    Earlier today I started writing a novel out of the simple

  • Zone 

    This ancient world finally leaves you weary

  • Lamentations

    America    more guns    more    than us

  • Winter Morning and Ceci n’est pas un pot

    I can easily imagine someone always doubting before he opened his front door whether

  • Before Summer Rain

    Then, out of the green of the grove,

  • Chekhov’s Gun

    Atonement means nothing to a cook

  • The Village Crow

    The village crow knew everything—

  • Shakedown, Sleeping Mother and The Touch

    On Main Street, two cops stop me in front of the tire store. One is big and burly and the other is lean

  • On Chanukah

    Isn’t fire itself