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  • On Either Side of the Word Lie

    The letters that must be taken away

  • ON EMPATHY

    Wary of the verb  “empathize”—together with its noun “empathy” and adjective

  • ON EVERY HAND A GREAT PLAIN By Henry Israeli

    Two bears tearing at a tent

  • On Friendship, Haiku, Lust, and Blame

    Eye of hurricane,

  • ON HANDSHAKES

    There are firm ones.  Soft, almost boneless ones.  Hardy/hearty ones.  Two-handed ones, cocooning.  Congratulatory

  • On Lust

    I've outlived lust, or think I have.

  • On My Diagnosis of Pulsatile Tinnitus

    Ever since I started hearing my heart

  • On Not Translating Polish Poets

    Were it not

  • ON PAINTING THE SISTINE CHAPEL: MICHELANGELO TO GIOVANNI DA PISTOIA

    This damn job’s given me a goiter –

  • On Psalm 91 and Maestro Says

    And daily, I read:

  • ON RETREAT | POLAND SPRING MANDARIN ORANGE

    The way you reconstructed the dream was telling –

  • On Sadness | On Beauty

    I noticed something strange and beautiful about the word “sad.”