Poems

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  • Ars Poetica

    The dark night caught Jerome by surprise

  • FOR MATS AND LAILA

    The Date Line lies motionless between Samoa and Tonga, but the Midnight Line glides across the ocean and islands and rooftops of huts.

  • Observatory at the Prison

    The day is warm, so we take chips and pop from the visitation-room vending machines to a

  • Milkweed Lullaby and Radio Lullaby

    The days were endless,

  • Cicada’s Courtship, Origin Story and Clean Houses

    The dissipation of freshly harvested leeks, wilted,

  • Value and Reverie

    The dog dreams on the rug

  • Dolls

    The dolls wait for the children  

  • Cardinal

    The drill of its song    the whoop whoop whoop

  • Ashes of Roses and Blue Chair

    The early 19th Century rolls over

  • Abramovic

    The eyes are the edge of the central nervous system.

  • On the Grounds of the Zendo

    The face of the Buddha’s so smooth, she whispered,

  • THE ABDUCTION | INSIGHT | THE FOUNTAIN

    The falcon, which he’s just bought, at his cheek,