Poems

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  • Ancestors

    Farther back than my grandmother
  • Centerfold of the Year | Centerfold of the Month: Rabbit Season | Centerfold of the Month: Judgment

    Full frontal I stand, knee-high socks and white heels,
  • CROYLAND ABBEY

    irrigation or exit
  • The Remaining Breast

    I was showing my sister something about my breasts.
  • Let the Dead Bury the Dead

    Surely she would want to hear one final song, something from the Carpathians, something folkloric about flying
  • The Elms | For the Collection

    Workers were cut; had to be done for . . . corporations
  • Untitled

    it's harder to be patient when you're helpless
  • I’ll Hang Around as Long as You Will Let Me

    John Prine is dead on TV in the season before trees bear peaches
  • A Love Letter from Larkin | Chemotherapy

    Dearest, while waiting for my cheese to melt
  • Ever Wish We’d Gone Beyond Being Friends? and My Auto Dealership

    You asked. I’m remembering the vacation island
  • Story of My Species

    first she was in the ocean
  • CALLING BACK | CHARITY

    My daughter sings in snow falling through the scent of red oak or ash, some of the flakes large enough to contain passages from Emily Dickinson’s letters.