Poems

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  • In a Pile of Pictures

    The man—young enough to be my son—
  • Two Poems

    In Vietnam, we rowed an old wooden boat
  • Some Propositions with Children | Changing the Subject

    The child is completely immersed in childhood
  • My Love

    Place your hand, my love, against my heart
  • A Face, A Cup

    The thousand hairline cracks in an aged face
  • The Barricade

    The barricade measures two meters high and twelve meters wide
  • Three poems from Kembang Kertas (Balinese for bougainvillea) in Filipino and Kinaray-a

    Here, we are told
  • Amaryllis

    Like the bell of an old Victrola,
  • Breakfast, the most important poem

    So far, pockets are good
  • Chocolate on my new pajamas

    Spun from a hundred cocoons
  • Hyphen

    Blue-black on my inked page,
  • Dead Ringers

    Millions of miles of celluloid