Poems

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  • Ophelia

    Where stars sleep on the calm black waters,
  • from “From Nothing”

    One note, another, in the parlor’s angled light,
  • A Wedding in the Hotel

    Sorry, the dining room’s closed:
  • Could Someone Please Check on My Mother?

    When the young man thought about the history of poetry
  • To a New Chair | Bounty

    To a New Chair
  • Butchery

    They do it right here in the front yard in Wellsville,
  • For Those Whose Lives Have Seen Themselves

    Welcome all who have traveled the long road
  • Going Out Staying In

    I’ve done the math of staying in bed,
  • Brothers

    Who eats with a jaw half-cranked with counterweight
  • I open the windows.

    What I wanted
  • The gift of putting something down…

    The gift of putting something down, he had yet to discover it--letting it slide from his grip.
  • All the time I pray to Buddha…

    Issa, I killed 8 gophers this fall, held