Poems

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  • From the Republic of Sleep and Mercy | The Island to Remind You of Your Childhood

    All night I dreamt death
  • Faust 1972

    This time, Faust was a nursing mother --
  • Better Than Heaven

    So many set asides, you say, intemperate
  • What if Cat Stevens was a dog person? | Thus, always to tryrants | The Seamstress

    Someone offered me an olive branch
  • Desire Corners Me in the Quiet

    On the beach, I take self portraits with my eyes closed,
  • What a Man Wants is the Power to Name the Terms of His Rescue

    If I had that power,
  • Home Life

    I was sitting still in an armchair
  • The Pair

    Here’s how they climbed out of the nights’ custody.
  • Elements and A Streetcar Named Panera

    An abandoned father heals,
  • The Call |Palm

    You and I, we have been here before.
  • white paper #46

    Obama Waffles Mix
  • from Sleeping with Bashō

    Growing out of clouds like a cedar tree—