John Skelton, 1460-1529
Like most people I found my way to John Skelton because of Robert Graves. Because Skelton wore a gown...
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The Cascadilla Poets
Sometime in 1999 I joined a writing group that subsequently called itself The Cascadilla Poets. Over the...
Civil War Monument
I watch my babies climb across the nameless memories of this public grave their eager fingers burn the...
Endangered Species
“I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey.” -David Bowie, Lady Stardust Finally, Endangered...
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I wrote this poem maybe 12 years ago. At the time I was in a poetry group. They all had problems with it,...
Blake
I have been reading Blake for many years now. When I feel like cheering myself up, when I want to know that...
The Island
This is from Chekhov’s account of Sakhalin Island, a Russian Penal Colony and Place of Exile: Very...
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reading is becoming more and more an academic pursuit. college educated people read ‘serious’...
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