Poems

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  • On Brueghel’s Massacre of the Innocents

    He’s switched the scene from Bethlehem
  • Poetry

    In my new room upstairs,
  • Bleeding Hearts

    They do not fit their given name. They glow
  • I Can’t Tell If the Light Is Whispering “Loss” in My Ear or Imprinting Darkness on My Body

    At the last house,
  • Ant Story

    Each ant was given a different part of the message to carry.
  • Two poems by Louis-Philippe Dalembert translated from French by Nancy Naomi Carlson

    dune of a beauty
  • The Stranger

    A quick call
  • Three Poems

    I remember a ditch of cattails, learning their names. How they rose by the bridge
  • Another Morning, Same Mountain

    Enshrouded mountain,
  • First Words

    In the marriage booth at sleep-away camp,
  • Cold Front Coming

    A crescent moon
  • Inauguration Day

    Yes, like thousands of joyful poets today