Sheep in Landscape Issue no. 193 Summer 2010 This is not the Roman Campagna.Arcadian shepherds are absent.The myths here are Icelandic sagas
Self-Portrait in Iceland Issue no. 193 Summer 2010 The face is featureless, As though bound in tight gauze, And therefore presents a mien
Ballad Issue no. 173 Spring 2005 It is true, it is trueSing the whippoorwills slightly off-keyIn the small city park at night.
Grief in Parentheses Issue no. 155 Summer 2000 I stare out the plate glass windowAt sky over the Boston CommonWhere seagulls coast past
What Is the Word for Window? Issue no. 144 Fall 1997 But suppose, Irina, you find yourself asking:What is the word for window?And a voice, your own or someone else's, replies
Geography Lesson Issue no. 70 Summer 1977 “Nebraska and Oklahoma have the longest contiguous borderOf any two states,” you announce.Your hair stands up in corkscrews