The Names
I wrote this poem in 1990 or so. It just all came out at once and has changed very little since then. I had...
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HELL IN A VERY SMALL PLACE
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Why Literature?
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Nocturne
A Midnight Thirst  A midnight thirst comes upon me. The gold held steady between us burns. Water bends to...
Bad Weather
Ten, less, five minutes to go And dim are the days Long and grey And the hours are grim  Rain pours...
Memory
I wrote this when I was living in the city in 1990. I had never lived alone in my adult life. My children...
Imperial Poet: The dumb heart finds no neighbor to kill its rising fever
 A number of weeks ago, I wrote a brief post about Frank O’Hara and included two of my favorite poems. I...
Lorine Niedecker
What I think of Niedecker changes with my mood. This is from the 2002 Collected Works. Before that, as with...
The Perils of Poetry Past
Somehow I revised and posted My Salty Cat without noticing the reference to Times Square as it was, long...
Doctor Drink
This is from Doctor Drink, by JV Cunningham. 4. Epitaph for Someone or Other Naked I came, naked I leave...
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