Poems

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  • The Triumphs of 1974 & A Self-Guided Tour of Machu Picchu, OR Please, Sir/Madam, Step Away from the Edge of the Abyss

    Moneyless, we moved to Cali,
  • Three Poems

    All things counter, original, spare strange
  • Without You

    I was doing just fine, a job, a home,
  • Three Dances | Early Warning System

    In North Carolina
  • Who Will Plant the Seeds of Svalbard and Orchard Fruit: Grafting

    as far north you go     as night you go night 
  • The Ant’s Plunder

    When I stuck out my hand to grab the iron door handle, a hidden ant attacked my right
  • From AfterTalk

    Dumuzi spoke: “My sister, I would go with you to my garden
  • Bending Truth to Advantage

    From Robert Lowell’s poem “Those Before Us,” these final lines: “Pardon them for existing.
  • A Brief Portfolio

    What goes with you, cured meats,
  • Photographs, 1949 | Retiree

    In one, they pose, grinning straight at the Kodak,
  • Hostile Takeover

    Cheeks puffed, she’s looking up at a horizontal
  • Stone Arabia

    The horses bisect the field