WALLACE
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL The Malay Archipelago; The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel With Studies of Man and Nature. 2 volumes....
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Small Nouns
This a poem of George Oppen’s, a favorite of my friend Randy. I had read Oppen and not had much sympathy for him until Randy showed me this one, in The New...
Read MoreRomantic Epigramme
I am an empty Universe A mirror flashing in the sky Your light my love and mine And then we die
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A journal from DC called Big Cigars published this one in 1990. I have no idea when I first wrote it. Maybe 1986 or ’85. I’m right now rooting around for...
Read MoreThe Machine Will Not Stop
THE MACHINE WILL NOT STOP lifting nor the light wilt new things the crank case full of speed is black with grease jaw piston locked to the street restless...
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