An ordinary man covered in a cage of armour, No where could you find a face calmer, Than was his in the face of battle, Nothing and no one could him rattle. And on he marched with sword in hand, A single face in this massive band, Of soldiers and farmers walking side by side, […]
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It’s National Poetry Month, and so many poets I know are churning out a poem-a-day. They are emailing and asking for prompts, for any ideas to trigger inspiration. I don’t have anything to offer them. I feel old, dried up. But every time I am asked, I think of this poem by the brilliant Dante…
I had nearly nothing to do And so much time to do it Rearranged each room for Arc Digest Every drawer is now clean and redone All of my socks and my jockey shorts Passionately ironed and neatly arranged Shined shoes put back alphabetically Clothes closets emptied and rehung Total grooming plus daily mani/pedis Ordering…
________________________________________________________ Ahoy! By the gates of the walled lung we stand circled in the dark. We’ve come through his throat by ship. I say What if he hiccups? I am channeling my grandmom’s fears of common colds and…
Last week I started a series called A Virtual AWP, featuring poets that I would have loved to have met or heard read or lecture, whose books I’d have bought and had signed, had I attended. I felt then as I guess many feel now, that a dark wave was rising up above the planet. But…
People who’ve been grown for decades can surprise themselves and fall in love. By then they know what not to do. Get past rookie errors, then see if love hurts. It shouldn’t. Autumn flames burn purest— we notice it’s getting colder at night. Even summer beats the first run through. The post The Argument against…
_______________________________________________________ Annunciation For my sins I live in the city of Baltimore Immutable as it staggers into the sea its crooked shore Uncertain of any harbor, impure and beautiful Like a cigarette butt in last night’s drink….
