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  • Sonnet for a Tall Flower Blooming at Dinnertime

    Southern Flower, I want to quote the bard,

  • My Obituary

    Will it merit a full column in The Post or The Times

  • Happy Hour

    I wasn’t supposed to touch the two glazed ceramic turtles

  • I Dreamed of Obama on the Night of His First Election

    He stirred the coals of my dwindling campfire. We were alone. Blue tendrils of smoke punctuated the Mesozoic haze

  • Two Poems translated from Swedish by Robert Hedin

    We met Ogden Armour’s yacht

  • Two Poems translated from the Faroese by Randi Ward

    The first time I was in London,

  • Apology to My Husband’s Snore

    You goosehonk, one-note oboe or contrabassoon.

  • The Mercies of Noah’s Wife

    Among the most measly of beasts, she has her pets,

  • Book of Dolls

    The psychoanalyst has left the building

  • THE HARVARD CLASSICS

    My grandfather bought a set for his living room,

  • Meditation on a Shower Rod at the Super 8

    You and I are snake bit. Can we postpone?

  • Embroidered Eyebrows of Eve

    Eve as reflection, Eve