For A Thirteenth Birthday
You have read War and Peace. Now here is Sister Carrie, Not up to Tolstoy; still It will second the […]
You have read War and Peace. Now here is Sister Carrie, Not up to Tolstoy; still It will second the […]
In 1936, a child In Hitler’s Germany, What did I know about the war in Spain? Andalusia was a tango […]
1992 1) I was born in a Free City, near the North Sea. 2) In the year of my birth, […]
If an inaudible whistle Blown between our lips Can send him home to us, Then silence is perhaps The sound […]
Such insignificance: a glance At your record on the doctor’s desk Or a letter not meant for you. How could […]
Among rocks, I am the loose one, Among aarows, I am the heart, Among daughters, I am the recluse, Among […]
I. Insomnia The bulb at the front door burns and burns. If it were a white rose it would tire […]
In Sleeping Beauty’s castle The clock strikes one hundred years And the girl in the tower returns to the world. […]
What happened is, we grew lonely Living among the things, So we gave the clock a face, The chair a […]
For Linda Foster I Because we used to have leaves And on damp days Our muscles feel a tug, Painful […]
When the moon was full they came to the water. Some with pitchforks, some with rakes, Some with sieves and […]
The moon lies on the river Like a drop of oil. The children come to the banks to be healed […]
Jenny, your mind commands Kingdoms of black and white: You shoulder the crow on your left, The snowbird on your […]
All night the knot in the shoelace Waits for its liberation, And the match on the table packs its head […]
The laughter of women sets fire To the Halls of Injustice And the false evidence burns To a beautiful white […]