Poems

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  • Perspective and Chosen by the Lion

    In the bedroom, the man disentangles his limbs from those of another.
  • Raccoon in a Trap

    The kidskin of his clever paws
  • The Angels’ Share and Poem Without a Title

    Over distilleries’ rooftops, angels tipple
  • Apologetics

    A host of angels or a compass of cherubim
  • Faust 1972

    This time, Faust was a nursing mother --
  • The Book of Forgotten Geniuses

    I can understand why the Egyptians
  • The Insurgency of Tears is to Eradicate Sadness and Hold Joy as Close as the Moon

    Mike’s at The Whitney.
  • The gift of putting something down…

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

    Someone has spilled the moon
  • Kneeling in a Pile of Leaves

    Kneeling in a pile of leaves
  • A Brief Portfolio

    Both before and after our marriage,
  • Two Poems translated from the Faroese by Randi Ward

    The first time I was in London,