Poems

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  • Alexandru (1904 – 1984)

    You cross the hill by wagon to Românești. Airplanes stretch ropes of milk in our way not unlike the wire you’d
  • The Deposition

    I get to school early, take down the crucifix.
  • The Night Was Born

    This night was born in an old and dust-filled pantry, and yesterday’s – in the
  • Three Poems

    All things counter, original, spare strange
  • America

    America, I have a friend for whom everything went south
  • A Brief Portfolio

    Theatre people who know suppose them to bring good luck.
  • Hagstrom

    I examine my scarred torso
  • Phone Call: Lesson in Style and The Story of Civilization

    “Everything feels all swollen and puffy, like my brain
  • Two Poems

    War catches a man with a shopping bag
  • CONGREGATION | AT LAST

    We are six strangers gathered
  • Rondeau and Song

    She would have yawned to see a Pharaoh’s fall,
  • ANTIGONE CONSIDERS HER FAMILY: Father and Mother

    He was always unhappy—