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  • Tails | On the Other Side

    When our tails fell off, we had nothing to wag or wave behind us, nothing to curl up or

  • Ever Wish We’d Gone Beyond Being Friends? and My Auto Dealership

    You asked. I’m remembering the vacation island

  • It’s Not Your Fault

    The brass lamp in your window,

  • THE LIGHTS ON THE BOATS

    I didn’t start this to break anyone’s heart.

  • The gift of putting something down…

    The gift of putting something down, he had yet to discover it--letting it slide from his grip.

  • The Definition of Postmodernism & If

    I was in David Lehman’s Modern Poetry class when I first heard the term “postmodernism.”

  • The Water Returns

    The water returns. The pools teem with newborn fish.

  • Leopard Goes Through Hell Villanelle

    When I am sober my brain calls me names. 


  • To Isabella Franconati

    After your husband died and the cypress trees,

  • This Could Happen

    If you kept walking you would eventually step out of yourself.

  • Night Rising

    Silence falls in tiny waves, women shutting

  • Here at the Scene

    How will I tell her particular tale