Poetry
Autumn 1992
Snow Songs
i. one. now another. one more. some again; then done. though others run down your windshield, when up ahead a sudden swirl and squall comes on like moths, mayflies in […]
Poetry
Spring 1985
The Charges against Cock Robin
(After the paintings of DeLoss McGraw) Speaker: His Honor James T. “Just call me Jim” Crowe. Chorus: Titmouse and Dormouse, Eagle and Sea Gull, Cuckoo and Water Shrew. It is […]
Poems from "The Death of Cock Robin"
Spring 1985
Call for Clues
(After the paintings of DeLoss McGraw) Okay, you leaves up there, come clean; Your turn to sing out: whattaya seen? You can’t just perch there high and mighty Whispering, […]
Poems from "The Death of Cock Robin"
Spring 1985
Auction
(After the paintings of DeLoss McGraw) For the gay tail feathers, say, what’ll you pay?—Red, blue and purple plumes—a bouquet Of heather-spume, or a lit fountain’s spray. Hey! Shave […]
Poetry
Autumn 1979
The Fuehrer Bunker
Double Chorus — 1 April, 1945. (Easter Sunday and April Fool’s Day. The common people of Berlin leave the subway at the Zoo Station near the Bunker, where they have […]
Poetry
Winter 1965
Looking
What was I looking for today? All that poking under the rugs, Peering under the lamps and chairs, Or going from room to room that way, Forever up and down […]
Poetry
Winter 1965
For Adolf Eichmann
And just as you carried out a policy of not wanting to share the earth with the Jewish people . . . (as though you and your superiors had any […]
Poetry
Spring 2004
Troubadour Translations
Original words—Watchman Near the Tower: Anonymous, Provençal, eleventh century; Now the Birds Are Leaving. Bernhart de Ventadorn. Music—Author’s transcription of original melody. Score graphics created by Assistant Professor of Music […]