| Date |
Title |
Content |
| 09/07/2010 |
Thinking Alike |
I read a poem last night
written three... |
| 08/23/2010 |
Leaving Wisconsin |
Inside my memory
your name is useless... |
| 08/23/2010 |
Dialogue with Self |
I stand with my back
to the fence, your... |
| 08/11/2010 |
She Said No |
You say you don’t remember
you are in love... |
| 08/10/2010 |
Exposure |
You are no longer hunted;
the beasts of... |
| 07/26/2010 |
My Apology |
I fingered her comb
and traced where her... |
| 07/19/2010 |
The Woman Refused |
There is a silence
about the... |
| 07/13/2010 |
Creating a Woman |
I am writing
at my desk
trying to make
a... |
| 07/09/2010 |
Life in a Northern Town |
It is mid-morning; he is... |
| 07/05/2010 |
Queen of the Night |
She undresses. She
has an... |
| 06/28/2010 |
Needles Underfoot |
To walk before dawn
at the first show of... |
| 06/21/2010 |
Girl in Forest |
Vines from her fingers
and the honey... |
| 06/13/2010 |
4th Street NE |
It’s late and the laundromat
smells of rain... |
| 06/07/2010 |
Open All Night |
It isn’t what you think. It never is.
The... |
| 06/01/2010 |
Migrations |
The chrysanthemums outside my... |
| 05/26/2010 |
Still Life #53 (11:00 pm) |
Lydia Small has been on these stairs
since... |
| 05/23/2010 |
A Question of Premonition |
There is no way to know, really,
the... |
| 05/16/2010 |
Circles |
I’ve heard of people who can’t
let go:... |
| 05/09/2010 |
A Short Play About Kansas City (or not) |
(Scene i)
I wish my father would die
in... |
| 04/26/2010 |
In a Tavern on May 1 (1978) |
The woman at the end looks
like she’s in... |
| 04/25/2010 |
I Found These Thoughts |
Wherever you are
then I will go too
we... |
| 04/20/2010 |
This Morning, God is a Woman |
This morning nothing
more than warm rain;... |
| 04/15/2010 |
The History of History |
The woman is born
with a little fire
in... |
| 04/12/2010 |
The Year Everything Started (1975) |
I remember her,
the older girl with... |
| 04/07/2010 |
Still Life #65 (After the Funeral) |
Behave: you are already drying
out beneath... |
| 03/31/2010 |
Still LIfe #64 (Waterbirth) |
Lydia Small is pregnant
with ideas
They... |
| 03/28/2010 |
It'd Be a Shame |
you look lonely there
in the water, half... |
| 03/18/2010 |
We Back |
Hello,... |
| 04/28/2009 |
On my Bookcase |
On my bookcase is a vase... |
| 04/19/2009 |
Good Bye |
Saying good-bye
is better than imagining... |
| 04/13/2009 |
Thank you, Britt |
I've gone through a few writing phases in my... |
| 04/12/2009 |
My father is John Doe |
I learn the most about you
by what you... |
| 04/09/2009 |
For the Next Hundred Years |
When I look I see only those
people whose... |
| 04/04/2009 |
Flood and Aftermath |
He’s useless
as a lover
what i want
is... |
| 03/29/2009 |
Flood |
So if you can
try and fit
your body,... |
| 03/27/2009 |
That Table. That Light. |
i)
i think of you
when i use my... |
| 03/23/2009 |
One Tale Heard Upon Visiting Nova Scotia |
I’ve heard that sea wives cook
oysters... |
| 03/20/2009 |
Act of Contrition |
a silver bucket
filled with uncracked... |
| 03/15/2009 |
Up on Madison Street Hill |
It is possible more
poets would come
to... |
| 03/08/2009 |
My Youngest Child's Face |
It was never more
beautiful
than when... |
| 03/03/2009 |
A Child's Face of Poverty |
People walk by,
toss you their wishes... |
| 03/01/2009 |
A Child's Face of Divorce |
Last night i pretended i was
a small slice... |
| 02/27/2009 |
The Only Way to End an Affair |
There is this space behind my body
which... |
| 02/26/2009 |
Another Way to End an Affair |
a candle’s dying
makes the candle
live... |
| 02/24/2009 |
One Way to End an Affair |
Woman hears
his voice:
she cannot... |
| 02/17/2009 |
Contrition |
The red entered her body
as subtly as the... |
| 02/15/2009 |
Still Life 30 (Lydia Small Loses Her Virginity) |
The naked piece
of her art shifted red
on... |
| 02/09/2009 |
Freshman (1971) |
All of us boys heard the stories
about... |
| 02/06/2009 |
Still Life #28 (The Propagation of Lydia Small) |
It has nothing to do with shedding... |
| 02/03/2009 |
Postscripts |
If only his nights would close around... |
| 02/01/2009 |
Ask Them |
Twist your neck like a bird
back to when... |
| 01/25/2009 |
Still Life #24 (Closer) |
Now that I am
there
I realize
I am... |
| 01/22/2009 |
Still Life #23 (Carry On) |
presidents aren’t anything
new
ideas... |
| 01/19/2009 |
Still Life 17 (Obama) |
his black, porcelain
face
his onion... |
| 01/15/2009 |
Still Life 11, 12, 13 |
Still Life #11 (Wake)
A former student... |
| 01/11/2009 |
Still Life 6 & 7 |
Still Life 6
old Scotch never--
I tell... |
| 01/09/2009 |
Still Life 4 & 5 |
Still Life 4
There are stars
out... |
| 01/07/2009 |
Still Life 2 & 3 |
Still Life 2
During the movie
i laughed... |
| 01/05/2009 |
Still Life Through Window |
A woman watches apples
in their wooden... |
| 12/27/2008 |
Christmas With Father |
I bring him a new electric razor today;
his... |
| 12/23/2008 |
In This House |
Gather
the sun before the snow
man... |
| 12/18/2008 |
A Young Martyr |
i)
If there were a God
and he had a... |
| 12/18/2008 |
Tips of my Fingers |
The rhythm and the tapping
of the tips of... |
| 12/12/2008 |
Starchild |
Buddha preaches the world
will blink when... |
| 12/09/2008 |
Lore |
The snow has come with its promise
of... |
| 12/07/2008 |
Can I Help You? |
(for: Crossing the Line)
I picture her... |
| 12/03/2008 |
journal (1971) |
i wouldn’t dream
of writing... |
| 11/29/2008 |
In Blackness, It All Sounds Alike (A Ten Minute Play) |
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| 11/25/2008 |
An Unfinished Story |
Sheep graze
in the back yard,
cats... |
| 11/19/2008 |
One Feeble Attempt to Explain My Death |
This must be what’s it’s like
floating... |
| 11/11/2008 |
A Street to Heaven |
I used to bartend high atop
East Madison... |
| 11/11/2008 |
Showtime |
Now you see it, now
you don’t, says the... |
| 10/31/2008 |
Unbroken |
the real
tragedy
of this... |
| 10/28/2008 |
Natural Theology |
It’s in the blue wind,
next to the blue... |
| 10/26/2008 |
On Behalf of All Ann Hibbins Everywhere |
There’s anger here
but she keeps it
to... |
| 10/21/2008 |
Rae Ann |
You were a lovely
cold sculpture (pretty)... |
| 10/14/2008 |
Nymph West 84 |
Singing is lonely
but it’s what i do
to... |
| 10/12/2008 |
Leaning |
Suddenly thirsty
myself, after
leaning... |
| 10/08/2008 |
Father's Advancing Age of Illness |
“I wished nothing”
Louis Murphy
Father’s... |
| 10/06/2008 |
Instinct Re-visited |
And what is a willow tree
but a weeping... |
| 10/01/2008 |
As Above, So Below |
How a young Marine driving
a tank through... |
| 09/29/2008 |
Instinct |
You never say anything about
the words you... |
| 09/19/2008 |
After the Bell |
She is sixteen and honest and her Luxemburg... |
| 09/16/2008 |
Renaissance Man |
The man is stirred by love and basks
in... |
| 09/15/2008 |
The Uncommonality of War and Geese |
Hundreds of geese have
returned to their... |
| 09/11/2008 |
To My Father on a Trip to Iowa |
It’s impossible to remember everything. We... |
| 09/04/2008 |
In Front of a Convenience Store |
A black ’98 Suburban idles
at a red light... |
| 09/01/2008 |
Conciousness |
A warm southwest
wind blows unsettlingly; ... |
| 08/22/2008 |
In Your Eyes |
The sky resembled something
different last... |
| 08/20/2008 |
Sabbatical |
i know it. i knew it.
i feel it. a... |
| 08/13/2008 |
On the Metro to Andrew Square |
I see her face traveling
in the glass... |
| 08/04/2008 |
A Young Woman |
She sits in the far leather
chair, scars... |
| 08/03/2008 |
Someone or Else |
If love were only a word
rather than a... |
| 07/31/2008 |
Unnoticed |
The silence we don’t hear
makes the most... |
| 07/29/2008 |
A Small Piece |
There’s that certain phase
of morning when... |
| 07/25/2008 |
After the Heat of the Day |
After the heat of the day:
the burning... |
| 07/14/2008 |
A Doll's Life |
Once from her cellophane
box, she was... |
| 07/13/2008 |
My Two Sons |
Are strong. They are two. Their shins
are... |
| 07/09/2008 |
She's Alone in the Kitchen |
Every day is another piece,
a few new... |
| 07/08/2008 |
George Died |
Did he die because
7 dirty words were too... |
| 07/03/2008 |
This-Morning |
i once read the heart grows larger
after... |
| 06/30/2008 |
October 11, 1975 |
Henry Broderick was buried...
his... |
| 06/27/2008 |
Decade |
1.
the body,
a... |
| 06/25/2008 |
Another World is Red |
The hardest color to explore
with its... |
| 06/23/2008 |
Along a Georgia Coast |
The water talks, slow
voiced and early... |
| 06/19/2008 |
In Another World |
People in the village
call them... |
| 06/17/2008 |
The Poet is Fifty |
When his name is called,
he rises, destined... |
| 06/12/2008 |
When the Marriage Ends |
I want you to scatter my ashes
at dusk on... |
| 06/09/2008 |
The Growing Season |
the soft petals of peonies
white, and... |
| 06/07/2008 |
Along the Chippewa |
My world turns into silence
and this... |
| 06/04/2008 |
A Simpler Chaos |
God grass, God trees,
God water, the... |
| 06/02/2008 |
Pitt Street Theory |
You tell me a story
about a story that... |
| 06/01/2008 |
Not on Paper |
Father now writes at night about our... |
| 05/29/2008 |
They Married Young |
She’s a lovely cold
sculpture, pretty... |
| 05/28/2008 |
Thin Things |
Johnson married Johnson
on June 14,... |
| 05/23/2008 |
Two Stories |
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| 05/21/2008 |
The Johnsons |
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| 05/16/2008 |
Shooting the Shit on a Sunday Afternoon |
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| 05/14/2008 |
Seeing Things |
you tell me the night
is nothing more... |
| 05/11/2008 |
Two Glass Birds |
shush. night noise
is waking us and... |
| 05/08/2008 |
One Play after Two (am) |
he doesn’t much care for this... |
| 05/06/2008 |
Another Morning Dove |
one morning dove on
the wire above my... |
| 05/02/2008 |
Parent and Child |
a new world
lit by spring
when all... |
| 04/29/2008 |
Anastasis |
Off-white magnolias
in a crystal... |
| 04/25/2008 |
Ten past Midnight |
the son touches his desk lamp
with a thumb... |
| 04/23/2008 |
There. A Poem. |
in blackberry tea
on a white oak... |
| 04/19/2008 |
Waiting for the Muse |
a clock is ticking—
grandmother’s... |
| 04/16/2008 |
think Dickinson |
think Dickinson
a mentor once told me,
go... |
| 04/15/2008 |
Looking |
once in a blue moon
a poem will begin to... |
| 04/15/2008 |
The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword |
This was my winning essay in "The Great... |
| 04/14/2008 |
First Poems |
What came first
constellations
or those... |
| 04/11/2008 |
Roger Miller - An American Sentence |
A gravel voiced man with short and snapping... |
| 04/10/2008 |
Suburbia |
People live in this house.
The house fits... |
| 04/06/2008 |
Numerology |
Most of us are statistical: two
children,... |
| 04/06/2008 |
And More About Numbers |
in the rear kitchen window
spider webs... |
| 04/06/2008 |
More About Numbers |
Pythagoras believed
all things are... |
| 04/03/2008 |
Once Neighbors |
together they lived
across the street
from... |
| 04/01/2008 |
The Animal Inside |
A One Minute Play
Hotel Room. Dallas is... |
| 03/29/2008 |
Visitations |
i hear them outside
in lonely... |
| 03/27/2008 |
Passing the Egg |
he said please
take it from
my two... |
| 03/25/2008 |
Near a Bridge in 1978 |
once in tossed leaves of yellow
and orange... |
| 03/23/2008 |
Egg in Snow |
sometimes,
he seems lost in... |
| 03/22/2008 |
Off Off-Broadway |
one with glued white hair and twisted
like... |
| 03/16/2008 |
Real Theatre |
Never open a play
with blotchy weather... |
| 03/10/2008 |
Tap Roots |
tell me why
no Tomb of the Unknown... |
| 03/09/2008 |
Listening to Alice Cooper |
an evening
lush with stars
“look at... |
| 03/06/2008 |
At the Root |
the world
has given
me many
things:... |
| 03/04/2008 |
Lines & Leather Pockets 1979 |
even the name has charm: pool
table; and... |
| 03/03/2008 |
Roots |
Years from now our roots will
tell... |
| 02/29/2008 |
Drive-By Cemetery |
in late winter
all the cherries
and... |
| 02/27/2008 |
Drive By 1974 |
Charlene was my prom date in 1974
she asked... |
| 02/25/2008 |
A Drive-By (a two minute play) |
(Late afternoon. Motel room. ... |
| 02/24/2008 |
Drive-By Shooting |
all words are tiny flames
most consumed in... |
| 02/19/2008 |
The View from Over There |
it’s never too late for the bomb
squad,... |
| 02/18/2008 |
No Longer Looking |
the man is in an empty room, a cracked... |
| 02/18/2008 |
Poetry Reading |
the poet speaks
to them from behind
his... |
| 02/17/2008 |
Other woman |
she said, whisper
words, kissed
my... |
| 02/17/2008 |
Comes the Song |
a song comes, an older
song, filtering into... |
| 02/15/2008 |
Between Lines |
so many books
with so many pages
and... |
| 02/12/2008 |
Fat Tuesday |
there has to be grace,
let’s look for it... |
| 02/10/2008 |
Animal Heaven |
After sundown, more toward nightfall,
the... |
| 02/05/2008 |
What Happened |
father never took slow showers.
he never... |
| 02/04/2008 |
She at Piano |
flames flicker
from a back... |
| 02/02/2008 |
Knowing Your Hate |
dragging the night away,
the moon laughing... |
| 01/30/2008 |
Birth Shiver |
a white-out
on the highway
((ice wind... |
| 01/26/2008 |
What I Tell People about turning Fifty |
i tell them i eat red herring,
kipper... |
| 01/24/2008 |
What I'm Thinking When You Said Coffee |
What are saying
with those soft... |
| 01/24/2008 |
Writing a Poem |
i sit between coffee pot & cup... |
| 01/21/2008 |
The History of Coffee |
kona, Jamaican Blue Mountain,... |
| 01/19/2008 |
Cafe |
a true Wisconsin cafe serves late
evening... |
| 01/18/2008 |
Remains in Light Part ii |
there she is again
momentum is her... |
| 01/16/2008 |
Remains in Light |
i pity the moon
each evening she backs... |
| 01/09/2008 |
Welcome |
there’s nothing left to say
even in the... |
| 01/06/2008 |
Man From Worlds Remembered |
Bob Dylan sings
on the black vinyl... |
| 01/03/2008 |
Consolation |
note the necessity
of small hands
the... |
| 01/01/2008 |
ecstasy |
ain’t all
it’s cracked
up to be
*
not... |
| 01/01/2008 |
Captive |
you are breath,
open mouth
inhale... |
| 12/30/2007 |
faces of doubt |
eagles are too large,
love birds too... |
| 12/29/2007 |
Happy New Year! |
Happy New Year to all. Such a wonderful and... |
| 12/27/2007 |
New Year's Days |
these are the days when the sun hides
and... |
| 12/23/2007 |
Christmas |
December. Wisconsin. 1968. I write
the... |
| 12/18/2007 |
One of My Quiet Places |
after closing the tavern on the top of... |
| 12/17/2007 |
late summer 1983 |
the late sun fires
down on the slate... |
| 12/13/2007 |
All the Signs are There |
Drove approximately 4,200 miles between... |
| 12/11/2007 |
Rendezvous |
you are the rustle of leaves as we... |
| 12/10/2007 |
Lean |
inspired by the photo
|
| 12/06/2007 |
Black Gloves |
In response to Wendy's E-mail poem
i do... |
| 12/06/2007 |
In Front of Heaven Years Ago |
We walked. I was in front by step. Can’t... |
| 12/04/2007 |
1st Page of Kellsey Jean Hogan DVD script |
Am posting this because it's a different... |
| 12/04/2007 |
Even the Popcorn was Stale |
My old lovers don’t exist anymore. They were... |
| 12/03/2007 |
American Dreams 2007 |
Before the winter storm one of the last... |
| 12/02/2007 |
ReWrites |
arriving on the hardwood floor this morning,... |
| 11/30/2007 |
Confess |
it’s a cold November evening and the... |
| 11/29/2007 |
Wings & Flight |
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| 11/27/2007 |
Out From the Trees |
This morning
I found a fallen leaf,
a... |
| 11/26/2007 |
Mercy |
Just because i can’t
feel it, doesn’t... |
| 11/22/2007 |
Dancing Shoes, A Thanksgiving Story |
Sam drove one of those crystal nights when... |
| 11/20/2007 |
Loneliness for One, Please |
it opens
your heart
first love
must... |
| 11/19/2007 |
Club Saratoga |
somewhere the night turns
on you
... |
| 11/17/2007 |
Boys' Night Out |
for Bar Fight
emptied pockets: loose... |
| 11/12/2007 |
Like you |
i used to be
like you,
shine
like... |
| 11/10/2007 |
Healer |
once,
in the middle
of the night
the... |
| 11/06/2007 |
Frida Kahlo |
she sits in sunlight,
shadows of... |
| 11/03/2007 |
The Love Embrace of the Universe |
between heaven & hell
so much happens, it’s... |
| 10/30/2007 |
V |
a letter without hands
people dressed in... |
| 10/29/2007 |
Thousands Died and We Pray |
protesters pray
for something... |
| 10/28/2007 |
Army of One |
Not what i expect:
one man among passing... |
| 10/22/2007 |
Unsaid |
that after hours in a museum are as... |
| 10/21/2007 |
Missing Music |
(part i)
the sunset
acts as backdrop... |
| 10/17/2007 |
Negative Capability |
today i love Keats
tomorrow, maybe... |
| 10/14/2007 |
Middle Aged, Sitting |
guilt arrived
at fifty
with a bad... |
| 10/11/2007 |
Letter to my Father |
a rewrite
i am no longer acquainted with... |
| 10/11/2007 |
Letter to my Father |
i am no longer acquainted with you
there.... |
| 10/08/2007 |
domesticate |
by lightning,
she said,
in bits
and... |
| 10/02/2007 |
Corn |
beautiful is the field
filled with drying... |
| 09/29/2007 |
Choice |
one small choice would be
should door... |
| 09/24/2007 |
I Do |
for photo Bride
when a man beats a... |
| 09/23/2007 |
Visiting my Father in Wisconsin |
for the photo:
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| 09/18/2007 |
Without You This Evening |
the geese are in the empty fairground field.... |
| 09/16/2007 |
Stay-stitching |
no one
ever
told me
the one
about the... |
| 09/11/2007 |
Vacant Eden |
Please see the image
|
| 09/09/2007 |
His Corner Will Be Empty Without Him |
his empty corner opens
into my heart of... |
| 09/06/2007 |
All These Men |
owls, all of them
lacing the lumber
of... |
| 09/03/2007 |
Labor Day Man |
i pay my bills
i smile when... |
| 08/31/2007 |
Exposed |
i shouldn’t have to describe this,
even... |
| 08/29/2007 |
Supporting Faith |
as deep July brews
dried flowers... |
| 08/23/2007 |
Sing, Goddess |
for
|
| 08/21/2007 |
Composition |
my father has learned the terrible... |
| 08/12/2007 |
Fantasia Fair (1974) |
there is never enough
time
for the county... |
| 08/09/2007 |
From Oar to Anchor |
for that older woman
who once rocked... |
| 08/05/2007 |
August 1, 2007 |
Rattlled magpies
fled like... |
| 08/02/2007 |
A Simple Tale |
(for
|
| 07/30/2007 |
In Gratitude |
for years, our man wrote
soft strokes,... |
| 07/24/2007 |
Before It Happens |
rain, then a dangerous happiness
consisting... |
| 07/23/2007 |
Simple Math |
Pythagoras believed in numbers,
that all... |
| 07/20/2007 |
Tomato |
to
|
| 07/17/2007 |
It Trembles to a Lily |
to
|
| 07/11/2007 |
Water might Walk |
(For:
|
| 07/09/2007 |
Secrets (a ten minute play) |
(for the photo: Eternal Home)
(Mallory... |
| 07/05/2007 |
Tether Line |
to
|
| 07/02/2007 |
Of Love by Water |
to
|
| 07/01/2007 |
Deep |
to
|
| 07/01/2007 |
Living Ugly (Portrait of a House - Part III) |
no mail is delivered in the four days i am... |
| 06/28/2007 |
Not Far from Virginia Beach (Self-portrait of a House - Part II) |
Buddy lives there, stoned
& flaccid, near... |
| 06/25/2007 |
A Perfect Color |
a person lived here once i see him
in a... |
| 06/11/2007 |
All Lies |
For the photo,
|
| 06/11/2007 |
Why We Die |
(for the photo:
|
| 06/07/2007 |
tenancy (for: Three Things |
For the photo,
|
| 06/04/2007 |
Later |
For the photo,
|
| 05/28/2007 |
Sunday, May, 11pm |
For the painting
|
| 05/21/2007 |
One past Midnight |
For the work
|
| 05/16/2007 |
Staredown |
the poet
believes
his own
eyes,... |
| 05/14/2007 |
Three Thoughts about Maple for Ansel |
For the photo
|
| 05/08/2007 |
Trinni, Posing in Grass |
For the photo
|
| 05/06/2007 |
In Situ |
For the photo
|
| 05/04/2007 |
Avian |
For the photo
|
| 05/03/2007 |
Neon Russell |
For the photo
|
| 05/02/2007 |
Candra's Beverage |
For the photo
|
| 05/01/2007 |
Kyla |
For the photo
|
| 04/30/2007 |
Always on the Porch, ever Since |
From the photo
|
| 04/23/2007 |
Check-Up |
fear and eroticism are excellent
bed mates... |
| 04/18/2007 |
Lilith in Virginia |
Lilith reposes yet again,
acquiring her... |
| 04/15/2007 |
Wishing in Eau Claire County (1971) |
June, and a boy watches the woman, her body... |
| 04/09/2007 |
Deciduous |
we heal, simply, others,
like leaves... |
| 04/08/2007 |
Taproot |
i fear
i have dutch elm... |
| 04/03/2007 |
Mary, Mother |
your boy is perfect
in every way,... |
| 04/02/2007 |
Among Fifty White Stones |
blue sky blends
into a somber fog,
soon... |
| 03/30/2007 |
the Disappearing bust of Voltaire |
so, Voltaire’s lost his head again,
has he?... |
| 03/29/2007 |
Midnight on the Rooftop Studio |
everyone, at some point in their lives,... |
| 03/27/2007 |
Reply to Red |
red is, not god:
the color... |
| 03/25/2007 |
Events Occurring Outside the Box: |
Chocolates are delivered
to small... |
| 03/20/2007 |
Bending of Trees |
wind is not your friend,
it is an annoying... |
| 03/18/2007 |
fasting |
the debate rages
for forty days,
nine... |
| 03/13/2007 |
the sameness of things |
surely the water
we step into
was there,... |
| 03/08/2007 |
On sleepless nights |
i’d love to sing to you at night, lightly
... |
| 03/05/2007 |
Line of Separation |
tonight,
no phone
calls,... |
| 03/02/2007 |
Learning Curve (a one minute play) |
Setting: Apartment / Cold. Parent is... |
| 02/28/2007 |
spawning |
this is a secret
place
this is black... |
| 02/26/2007 |
Food Chain |
The dorsal fin of the white crappie
has six... |
| 02/19/2007 |
1951 says the Voice |
this is a poem
about missing
*
about... |
| 02/19/2007 |
torso of Apollo |
(i)
this only means
i love you & your... |
| 02/12/2007 |
demise |
at the end of our
relationship
i... |
| 02/06/2007 |
Poise in Smooth Dancing |
it’s your life now, hold it close—
like an... |
| 02/05/2007 |
Lesson |
Some of us gaze into our dance
partner’s... |
| 01/30/2007 |
Edvard's Ashes |
(i)
If this woman be avian,
up... |
| 01/25/2007 |
Lesson in photography |
Best to pose in a double bed
singles are... |
| 01/22/2007 |
The Day After / Edvard Munch |
(i)
she is not ordinary—
even as she... |
| 01/18/2007 |
Fried Noodles |
The egg noodles were boiled for eleven... |
| 01/15/2007 |
Here |
dreams mean a little less,
Boreas trains... |
| 01/07/2007 |
In my Hands |
it’s always my hands which push
my face... |
| 01/03/2007 |
The age of Contextual Smallness |
A real education may be nothing
more than... |
| 01/01/2007 |
Shy words |
sometimes it seems
even the most... |
| 01/01/2007 |
shy words |
sometimes it seems,
even the most... |
| 12/28/2006 |
Untitled red |
i peer into redness,
... |
| 12/26/2006 |
five Different looks |
december elm, dry ravined bark
like the... |
| 12/26/2006 |
haiku |
thousands of children,
confined to fields... |
| 12/20/2006 |
worship |
the cold gray metal of the center... |
| 12/18/2006 |
Tomorrow, the body |
i am convinced heaven will reward
those who... |
| 12/13/2006 |
In There (re-write) |
for forty-seven years of marriage
mother... |
| 12/11/2006 |
In there |
for forty-seven years of marriage
mother... |
| 12/05/2006 |
secret places |
in a different poem i was afraid
of my... |
| 12/04/2006 |
including everything |
an infinite word,
like a person’s... |
| 11/29/2006 |
Should tell you |
I saw you this morning, rising
as you... |
| 11/27/2006 |
Gong fu |
under foreign tea leaves
we lie, far from... |
| 11/21/2006 |
need theories |
(i) i’m lucky the box
has no cover & i... |
| 11/20/2006 |
old time music |
sometimes it only seems,
the Everly... |
| 11/13/2006 |
Emmet County |
i) it’s Halloween afternoon
in small town... |
| 11/07/2006 |
Outtakes |
my hand (1980
my hand held itself up... |
| 11/06/2006 |
old movies & glass bears |
(i)
i refuse to trace metaphors
drink... |
| 11/03/2006 |
every night |
the grave digger comes away
from his last... |
| 10/30/2006 |
the rest years |
years have passed--almost 50--
now and... |
| 10/30/2006 |
Oct 30) an aesthetic letter to myself |
there are certain times
when i look at my... |
| 10/25/2006 |
one basic element |
find words that taste of salt,
pass them to... |
| 10/23/2006 |
proprietorship |
it is impossible to own
a moment or a... |
| 10/17/2006 |
tenure |
i still see them when
i look in student... |
| 10/12/2006 |
scribbles |
little children can
not, leave instead... |
| 10/09/2006 |
instinct |
Once, a long time ago,
when i thought the... |
| 10/06/2006 |
violence of the birch |
(i)
the body on the ground,
the kicks to... |
| 10/03/2006 |
october girl of ten |
in my upstairs bedroom, on the west
side of... |
| 09/30/2006 |
one behind the other |
they say behind
every great man
is a... |
| 09/29/2006 |
natural penance |
from the south end, almost Christlike, the... |
| 09/27/2006 |
lost girls |
you sleep Nazi
dreams on metal
clouds &... |
| 09/26/2006 |
thirty-fifth & Nicholas |
stomach is for
hunger, silence
is wall... |
| 09/25/2006 |
Snips and snails and.... |
i am learning my father--again
once,... |
| 09/24/2006 |
wordage |
what if all our words ever said
were still... |
| 09/23/2006 |
8th hour lit |
students in desks, interior
of bedlam,... |
| 09/22/2006 |
portal |
when i see my father, no matter
how... |
| 09/21/2006 |
vanitas |
sometimes, even in my own home,
a need... |
| 09/20/2006 |
choices |
just words passing
between two people: ... |
| 09/19/2006 |
Beyond the Sea (ii) |
with empty belly, adam
reaches for purple... |
| 09/18/2006 |
under construction |
i will be writing you soon
as to who i am,... |
| 09/17/2006 |
space |
an open window nuns
in shadows ... |
| 09/15/2006 |
wind speed |
i reside very slowly
these days in... |
| 09/14/2006 |
glimpse |
(i)
a night full of rain, my... |
| 09/13/2006 |
...thousand one, ...thousand two |
at
long
last
came
a man
who... |
| 09/12/2006 |
script |
father sits, seemingly
abandoned in his... |
| 09/11/2006 |
the other night |
you were talking
from across the room
i... |
| 09/10/2006 |
ellipse |
there are other women
out there in this... |
| 09/09/2006 |
water dipping |
a child is pushed
from the confines
of... |
| 09/08/2006 |
anthem |
be the last empty glass,
be the roof tops... |
| 09/07/2006 |
How the Leopard got its Spots |
a familiar night
voice spoke to me
with... |
| 09/06/2006 |
the girls of summer |
i need not search
for the girls of... |
| 09/05/2006 |
instructions |
i want to not want
certain belongings:... |
| 09/04/2006 |
beyond the sea |
saline hazelnut eyes, female
burning,... |
| 09/03/2006 |
balcony scene |
It was raining. The grass felt like walking... |
| 09/02/2006 |
out of art |
not oil painting
not still portrait,
nor... |
| 09/01/2006 |
delaying certain death |
written on night sweat
thick thoughts... |
| 08/15/2006 |
Dreams at Ten, Twelve & Sixteen |
i like dreams
where everything
is... |
| 08/07/2006 |
slow poison (a haiku) |
ladder man absent
after she stopped loving... |
| 07/17/2006 |
primitive art |
father at table
this moon
day's dim light... |
| 07/05/2006 |
(for Michelle 1972 |
in the northeast corner
of the city, near... |
| 06/26/2006 |
a good day to die |
(i)
is more than wood
burning, is... |
