Poems

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  • Blind Trust

    In the nod of a cow as, stiff-legged,
  • Security: A Q & A

    What was your favorite part-time job? What do you
  • From Pendant que Perceval tombait, by Tania Langlais, translated from French by Jessica Cuello

    you don’t know how to write with lightness
  • That ancient Egyptian poem

    Carved on a pillar—
  • cedar top goddesses from phil’s sawmill | ozark sonnet  

    The cedar goddesses lie down on saw-horses
  • The Latch

    One sound, the click of the latch on the gate,
  • Old Tunes, Politics, Karma & Career

    Took the afternoon off from the dozen things I’m supposed to repair, respond to, or maintain around the yard, and
  • (Blessed Are) They Who Preserve

    These glass jars are houses for little Human Acts.
  • Storm Song, Monarch, Sultry Night and Galveston, 1900

    Last night heat
  • Without Apology

    Things happen. We’ve been promised
  • Poetry: A Mirror, a Pencil and an Envelope. Seven Minutes with D. Nurkse and Nancy Mitchell

    In this candid interview, D. Nurkse reflects on a long life in poetry and political activism
  • Canine Elegy

    All over town, dogs are lying down