| Date |
Title |
Content |
| 08/23/2010 |
Surrendel |
Yield to me your bones, your song
Sweet... |
| 07/14/2010 |
Hang-over |
A dim light, a small flickering... |
| 04/03/2010 |
Any apostle will do |
As long as he can fish. Knows how to... |
| 04/22/2009 |
Spain would be a good place to die |
My son says, on the way home from school... |
| 04/16/2009 |
On the Day You Lost Track of |
It rained in Pittsburgh. Sunny, but... |
| 04/05/2009 |
the lake tonight |
she is still
so quiet, I stop each... |
| 03/27/2009 |
Before morning sobers (dean fields) |
She will leave the porchlight off... |
| 03/22/2009 |
she tells him |
She tells him she’s in the mood for... |
| 03/02/2009 |
March Forth |
Buried deep under layer of winter
I am... |
| 02/25/2009 |
Hallelujah (Ben Kyle & Romantica) |
Shooting baskets with my brother,
the... |
| 02/20/2009 |
We’re married, Just not to each other |
This bright February morning... |
| 02/17/2009 |
Run the Wire (Brown Bird) |
Tonight, I’m drinking red wine
wondering... |
| 02/16/2009 |
Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) |
The Ojibwa call this
the little sucker... |
| 02/10/2009 |
Lies I Never Told |
When I was eight I read a story about a... |
| 02/03/2009 |
The architecture of language |
We parse morning and coffee, quilt... |
| 01/26/2009 |
Afterwards |
I am washing the last glass, wiping it... |
| 01/21/2009 |
Promising Light |
from here it is hard
to tell land from... |
| 01/14/2009 |
Nothing Else Matters |
Even though I am wearing one, two, three,... |
| 01/11/2009 |
Unsatisified, Take Two |
I am tired of words, tired of their... |
| 01/09/2009 |
Morton, MN |
Morton's never lonely. Not with Marshal and... |
| 01/05/2009 |
Beyond the Horizon |
Let's not talk about the cold
or how long... |
| 12/27/2008 |
Season's Greetings |
The road glistens, snakes its way
through... |
| 12/26/2008 |
Tenderness |
We are opening the one gift
we’ve brought... |
| 12/22/2008 |
Night Plow Man |
Window rolled down
just a few inches, the... |
| 12/22/2008 |
This Is Home |
A sickle moons hangs in the southern... |
| 12/14/2008 |
dictionary: the appendix |
They leave for the end
shards of blue... |
| 12/13/2008 |
Dictionary: Guide to Pronunciation |
I do not remember your voice
only the... |
| 12/11/2008 |
Dictionary |
They sit on the edge of the bed,
with the... |
| 11/20/2008 |
I'd Like to Say |
I’d like to say I don’t remember
taking the... |
| 11/11/2008 |
A Spell for a November Day |
Forget the feel of skin warmed by... |
| 11/03/2008 |
Ring of Fire |
the blue edge of smoke curls and winds... |
| 10/27/2008 |
Secrets the Bird Told the Leaves |
Ride the air as long as you can.
Bliss... |
| 10/24/2008 |
Heaven Blues |
with thanks to Lucinda Williams
We... |
| 10/12/2008 |
Killing the Blues |
(swinging the world by its tail)
Tonight... |
| 10/11/2008 |
The Past and Pending |
I’d tell you to burn, rather than move,... |
| 10/06/2008 |
We Won’t Last Another Year |
the beach grass, low and green
carves... |
| 09/30/2008 |
Keep it Tight |
All you need is one good white... |
| 09/29/2008 |
Come downstairs and say hello: Dusty’s, Saturday Night |
By this time next week
his black eye... |
| 09/28/2008 |
I need |
to tell you that leaves fall deeper into... |
| 09/18/2008 |
Voices Carry |
Somewhere in my body
is a room with a door... |
| 09/11/2008 |
Prime numbers |
2. a memory of a yellow bird in a silver... |
| 09/10/2008 |
To eat |
a peach on this last day of summer
as... |
| 09/02/2008 |
Seventeen |
Somewhere between the color indigo and... |
| 08/29/2008 |
Getting Stoned with Jesus |
A prayer of thanksgiving is what this... |
| 08/26/2008 |
As the crescent moon drifts off to sleep |
You ask me for a cigarette, cup your hand... |
| 08/26/2008 |
Stranded, Part 2 |
5. Each bend towards the horizon hurts... |
| 08/18/2008 |
Stranded in the Middle of August |
1. We write our way into silence until... |
| 06/28/2008 |
And She Knows |
He tells her
i have lost it
she does... |
| 06/28/2008 |
Safe Bets |
Near the track, a guy, in his sixties,... |
| 06/28/2008 |
a moveable feast |
an alex & julia collaboration
In... |
| 06/25/2008 |
What I saw tonight |
what I saw tonight
one man center floor... |
| 06/20/2008 |
Shells |
triggered by Jennifer's poem, written... |
| 06/19/2008 |
How to Wear My Own Shadow |
I don’t know how to wear my own shadow
down... |
| 06/17/2008 |
june |
I see in this june morning light
that... |
| 06/16/2008 |
She wonders if |
She wonders if the backdoor is locked
or if... |
| 06/10/2008 |
with you |
With you the sky blue sky can shift to... |
| 06/09/2008 |
Why this city looks good in gray |
There is rain; tin and aluminum clouds, bark... |
| 06/08/2008 |
soft wood |
He dreams of pine forests--
loves the smell... |
| 06/07/2008 |
she knows |
She knows the empty fireplace could... |
| 06/06/2008 |
Next Time |
The next time you see me
the rain will beat... |
| 06/01/2008 |
Because I Miss You |
This is co-written by Alex Stolis and me,... |
| 05/09/2008 |
Once, upon |
Call me an American myth
a beauty, asleep,... |
| 04/28/2008 |
yesterday |
Two birds on the corner
one a flash of... |
| 04/26/2008 |
and sometimes y |
The sky no longer wants the white of my... |
| 04/16/2008 |
Waiting, For the Next |
Your silent name,
the taste in my... |
| 04/14/2008 |
To My Missing Poem |
Today I wonder if you can hear me
in the... |
| 04/13/2008 |
Poetry |
And you are the reason
the clouds are... |
| 04/11/2008 |
Pi, π |
Constant and irrational, I number and... |
| 04/11/2008 |
American Compound Sentence |
Your mouth, wrists, shoulder blade I find, &... |
| 04/08/2008 |
Stealing From Neruda |
Let’s steal a silver branch, a blossom... |
| 04/07/2008 |
When I Add It All Up |
10
& up a tree, barefoot, hair in... |
| 04/05/2008 |
Hourglass |
I think of a mountain of soft sand
each... |
| 04/05/2008 |
Six Ways of Looking At You |
I.
You are dawn, azul
The alabaster... |
| 04/05/2008 |
The Last Snow |
Happiness requires only this:
A warm wind... |
| 04/03/2008 |
Fishing with My Grandfather |
Rain falls, the surface trembles
with... |
| 04/03/2008 |
Midnight in Barcelona |
Out my bedroom window
clouds cover the... |
| 04/02/2008 |
Without You (title stolen from Alex) |
My face is but a shadow
my lips broken... |
| 04/02/2008 |
Black on Black |
I put the quarters back to back
in the... |
| 03/31/2008 |
This Morning |
I wake
to a hundred different... |
| 03/24/2008 |
Snow White’s Dream before Waking |
She dreams she is a bear, hungry for... |
| 03/23/2008 |
White on White |
A world draped in white, a sky
made of... |
| 03/21/2008 |
How To Fall In Love and Remain Whole |
Watch the sun slant
trip westward and try... |
| 03/21/2008 |
When We Dive |
I take your hand, stand at the edge of the... |
| 03/20/2008 |
He Tells Her |
He tells her he’s taken years
off his life... |
| 03/16/2008 |
Unnamable Days |
You hold the sun in your hand, peel it... |
| 03/14/2008 |
Today |
Today can’t take her eyes off of you. ... |
| 03/06/2008 |
Because |
Because I
feel lost if I don’t
search... |
| 03/04/2008 |
Notice |
Watch a bird in flight
soaring between... |
| 03/03/2008 |
A Secret |
No frost today on my window,
no tumbling... |
| 03/03/2008 |
Traveling with Children |
A small girl the color of coffee with... |
| 02/29/2008 |
This Winter Sky |
I am this winter sky, I want the sun to... |
| 02/26/2008 |
Wanderlust |
Pick a number, we’ll find a road with the... |
| 02/25/2008 |
the same bar |
we are both young, too young to worry... |
| 02/21/2008 |
Collide |
Collide
I’m not going to apologize
for... |
| 02/20/2008 |
The Shape of Everything |
the shape of everything I want
lies... |
| 02/19/2008 |
The Next Blank Page |
I am listening to the quiet of an empty... |
| 02/15/2008 |
This Dog |
This dog caught in the rain
looks even... |
| 02/10/2008 |
Splendor and Gravel |
Splendor and gravel
she carries on the... |
| 02/10/2008 |
Twilight's Confession |
It is night’s seduction
that empties the... |
| 02/05/2008 |
Cleaning Fish |
Near the edge of the pond, stood
the... |
| 01/29/2008 |
Ice |
Tonight I feel like ice, and about to... |
| 01/21/2008 |
The Liver Brothers |
After the morning pancake rush
Maple and... |
| 01/20/2008 |
In Your Cup |
I would like to be the coffee in your cup. ... |
| 12/23/2007 |
A New Layer |
A new layer of snow coats every... |
| 12/18/2007 |
Home |
Sun breaks through tangled branches of... |
| 12/18/2007 |
As I Skate |
Tonight the moon’s half full, circled by a... |
| 12/15/2007 |
What We Carry, for Lean |
What we cook, we carry, from market to... |
| 12/12/2007 |
A Prayer for Ella |
inspired by
|
| 12/11/2007 |
To my Lake |
I love the view from where you are--
a... |
| 12/09/2007 |
Birch |
Been thin and supple,
been here for a... |
| 12/04/2007 |
First One to Fall |
The day you left for China I drove to work... |
| 12/02/2007 |
American Dreams: Summer 1973 |
He woke me round midnight, told me to pull... |
| 12/02/2007 |
Take Away (In Response to Alex's poems) |
Take away the church bells,
their constant... |
| 12/01/2007 |
Summer in America, 1976 |
The summer before my father died
he sat at... |
| 11/29/2007 |
Purgatory |
There is no seat you want to sit in, no... |
| 11/25/2007 |
Confession |
Number 1. Original and actual sin may be... |
| 11/19/2007 |
We Are The Stellas |
for
|
| 11/09/2007 |
Things We Were Too Young to Know |
That words would not help us,
that skin... |
| 11/05/2007 |
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird |
to the
|
| 10/27/2007 |
Conversation At Daybreak on the Last Day my Son is Six Years Old |
As the sun broke the sill he said
the first... |
| 10/07/2007 |
Trail |
She thought about leaving breadcrumbs,
but... |
| 10/04/2007 |
The Disbelievers |
for
|
| 10/04/2007 |
He Tells Me |
for
|
| 10/02/2007 |
Choice |
He will surely
deny it, but
it was his... |
| 09/27/2007 |
Wingspan |
He tells me about his grandmother
who had... |
| 09/24/2007 |
Open Books |
They are books, she and he
They lounge side... |
| 09/24/2007 |
Iron |
It is the taste in my mouth when I think of... |
| 09/23/2007 |
Temptation |
for
|
| 09/23/2007 |
Aqueduct |
for
|
| 09/19/2007 |
Loring Station |
He asked me if there was anything... |
| 09/16/2007 |
Brooklyn Bridge |
I’ve always admired your arches
how tall... |
| 09/16/2007 |
Crossing Over |
It is a small thing, crossing over,
steps... |
| 09/13/2007 |
It Was a Hard Summer for Living Things |
Each day the same, brings anything but rain,... |
| 09/02/2007 |
Closing Time |
She sits in the park on a bench
lost to... |
| 08/20/2007 |
Of Recklessness and Water |
If the Tiber River should wash me away,... |
| 08/06/2007 |
That Night |
The phone first rang at 6:15,
a friend... |
| 08/02/2007 |
Get Up |
for:
|
| 07/31/2007 |
Rain Falls for the Third Day Running |
for:
|
| 07/24/2007 |
What I Want From You |
for:
|
| 07/23/2007 |
Trout Never Use Doors |
for
|
| 07/21/2007 |
From Dragonfly, to Lily |
I am ancient
fly on glassine wings
from... |
| 07/13/2007 |
It's Happy Hour |
The stone pillars of the porch frame a... |
| 07/04/2007 |
Pieces and Shards |
Tonight it is the sound of breaking... |
| 06/19/2007 |
Where the Tiber River and I Meet |
I was once a vessel
filled with knowledge... |
| 06/07/2007 |
Atop Vernal Falls |
For the photo,
|
| 06/05/2007 |
Grave |
We stopped on the way to the beach
to see... |
| 06/05/2007 |
Three Things |
For
|
| 05/31/2007 |
Eraser/Untitled |
The tumor they removed this time
was the... |
| 05/08/2007 |
How Simple |
For the photo
|
| 05/04/2007 |
Isis: Tug |
For the photo
|
| 04/30/2007 |
Eyes Closed |
For the photo of
|
| 04/10/2007 |
The Old Elm |
In the corner of our front yard there was... |
| 03/05/2007 |
Genealogy |
My grandparents
left no footprints, only... |
| 02/26/2007 |
Where He is Now |
Where is he now
as the rain falls heavy... |
| 02/19/2007 |
My Father: 1975 |
Watching my father square up to home plate,... |
| 01/22/2007 |
She Thought |
Love was like waves
building and endless,... |
| 01/15/2007 |
This Place on Earth |
That birds leave
that snow erases all... |
| 12/26/2006 |
poppies |
Paper thin
the color of passion
like... |
| 12/20/2006 |
This Poem Wants |
Communion of skin and fire
sips of blood... |
| 12/04/2006 |
At Forty-Three |
I am an odd number
the square root of... |
| 11/28/2006 |
After You Leave |
Like night, you slip out before dawn.
the... |
| 11/06/2006 |
Some Words |
Some words leave me wasted.
Used, they line... |
| 11/06/2006 |
Stimulate |
Begin with nothing but this:
Something to... |
| 10/31/2006 |
Sabine |
She gave us a ride back to the hostel
In... |
| 10/24/2006 |
Epoch |
There is
this moment in time
that... |
| 10/16/2006 |
Nowhere |
Rolling hills, harvesters
followed by a... |
| 10/12/2006 |
Life During Wartime, Take Two |
See borders I want to cross.
Will not go... |
| 10/09/2006 |
Woman |
She’s just selling you kindling.
You will... |
| 10/07/2006 |
A Simple Solution |
Choose agony, mix it with woe
then settle... |
| 10/05/2006 |
To Go |
I stand here, with the sun on my face,
eyes... |
| 10/02/2006 |
Danae |
In a bronze room
locked away
passion finds... |
| 10/01/2006 |
A Delectable Dish |
Start fresh. Hand-picked
berries wooed by... |
| 09/30/2006 |
Leaving |
Leaving this place
of granite, pine and... |
| 09/29/2006 |
A Brief History of Outhouses in my Family |
When my grandma Lydia divorced Grandpa Fred,... |
| 09/29/2006 |
Love and a Prayer |
Stoney, steep, rugid, & rocky
words love... |
| 09/29/2006 |
One By One |
Sometimes words come to me
like a good... |
| 09/28/2006 |
What I'd Like |
I’d like to tie my love to a string
watch... |
| 09/28/2006 |
Watch |
In a hostel in East Berlin
we watched the... |
| 09/28/2006 |
Sideshows |
What more could mummy want, but the gin... |
| 09/28/2006 |
Beer |
Beer, amber and pale
Thick, heady and... |
| 09/27/2006 |
The World In Black and White |
Gunmetal and steel
are the color of their... |
| 09/27/2006 |
All Without Words Are Lost |
All without words are lost
A frost-lined... |
| 09/26/2006 |
Body of Evidence |
Start at my ankle
feel the scar cross the... |
| 09/25/2006 |
Underneath It All |
Somehow he always
knew what she... |
| 09/24/2006 |
Indian Summer Day |
The house is hot.
The earth, dusty and... |
| 09/23/2006 |
Burn |
To be a feather of a crow
sleek and light,... |
| 09/22/2006 |
Let me In |
In is where I want to be
through the doors... |
| 09/21/2006 |
All Hope |
I remember the circles, how each was more... |
| 09/20/2006 |
Bread |
After my father died
my mom baked... |
| 09/19/2006 |
Swimming In Lake Superior |
I have never seen anything darker, felt... |
| 09/18/2006 |
When I Knew Him |
On the brick patio he built outside
my... |
| 09/17/2006 |
Pearl |
Think luster. Think pearl. Think
how... |
| 09/15/2006 |
Division |
I want to divide blue
the way you do. Be... |
| 09/14/2006 |
You, Lucky You |
I know it’s you he’s looking at, you... |
| 09/13/2006 |
Places and Names |
We arrived in Warsaw at dusk, on the... |
| 09/12/2006 |
Abandon |
I want to walk with abandon
see through the... |
| 09/11/2006 |
Friday Sept 28th, 2001 |
The leg bones of the World Trade Towers
are... |
| 09/10/2006 |
1977: What I Wore |
One piece bathing suit
made of heavy double... |
| 09/09/2006 |
Lift |
Sitting on the beach
the boys wading... |
| 09/08/2006 |
BLue Bricks |
The room hasn’t changed—still a black hole,... |
| 09/07/2006 |
Change of Address |
You asked for a forwarding address so I... |
| 09/06/2006 |
In My Blood |
Veins weave, cross tendons and bones
head... |
| 09/05/2006 |
Hum |
His eyebrows are harvest gold
from... |
| 09/04/2006 |
The Garden of Eden is Shaped like a Triangle |
She often found herself in just such a... |
| 09/03/2006 |
An Old Memory, Man |
This is an old memory, man. One I thought I... |
| 09/02/2006 |
An Image of an Idea |
Give me a maple tree
encircled by its... |
| 09/01/2006 |
Some Days |
Some days I want to take the paper
I’m... |
| 08/24/2006 |
North of Escanaba, West of Lake Michigan |
The first sensation was heat. A thick air... |
