Poetry
Spring 2005
from “Blue Front”
He was five. He sold fruit on the street in front He sold fruit. People came He made change came to see him make change ____ in front of the […]
Poetry
Spring 1995
Lets
He let her in, he let her out, and then he let her down. She let him, though, or so she said, but maybe she was letting on (remember how […]
Poetry
Spring 1995
Means
But what does it mean, and when does it mean it? Meaning’s mean: somewhere between What? and Oh! But meaning’s mean, I mean look it’s only a means to an […]
Poetry
Spring 1995
Points
Knife, sword, gun, we meet at some point or other, yours, you designate, I’m point- less, zero, blank, having neither length nor breadth, no part, not even as in hair, […]
Poetry
Summer 1991
Exposure
Exposed roots, pond, swamp, somebody’sbeen to Mississippi, vines, limbsdangle, dance, Where were you, did you ridethat bus? No, I was young, I had a husband, thoughtsof a child, And what […]
Poetry
Summer 1991
Her Mother Said
We heard it at dinner, chicken marsala, rice, I remember the wine left in the glasses, it had been in the papers the day before, the mother’s story, her picture, […]