“Strands,” “The Relationship Will Not Be Resumed,” and “At the Marriage Counselor’s Office”
Strands Strands of hair led me to find you in your bedroom--- small and seeming smaller for your invisible body, burrowed head in an array of……
“From the Wolf,” “We Will Just Love You,” “Rain-Side,” and “Keeping My Body Parts to Myself These Days”
From the Wolf Your pack is so civilized. You broil pork for your just-whelped pups. Your prey is this thing called “the good life" but you don't…
“The Coming Generation,” “Peggy,” “Drive-By Shooting on Pine,” and Other Poems
The Coming Generation As children we embrace the early stages of infinity, not anchored by responsibility, or old age, that penultimate resting…
“Dear Heptathlete,” “To an Asthmatic Son,” and “A Brief Disturbance”
Dear Heptathlete What haven’t you done, around the quarter-mile cinder track, at the pits for high and long jump, or before the field events……
“Regarding the Poem About the End of the World,” “At the Birth of My Tragedy,” and “The Shopping Cure”
Regarding the Poem About the End of the World This started out as a poem of my prediction for the end of the world. It was full of good intentions…
“On Bullet Night,” “Summer Camp,” and “You Never Know”
On Bullet Night she keeps ranting cussing every bullet that shatters a parlor window thuds into the wall – she doesn’t try to protect herself figures…
