Poems

Poem (Old man in the crystal morning after snow) Old man in the crystal morning after snow, Your throat swathed in a muffler, your bent Figure […]

Poem (Remember midsummer: the fragrance of box) Remember midsummer: the fragrance of box, of white roses And of phlox. And upon a honeysuckle branch Three snails […]

Poem (You, my photographer, you, most aware) You, my photographer, you, most aware, Who climbed to the bridge when the iceberg struck, Climbed with your camera […]

Prothalamion “little soul, little flirting, little perverse one where are you off to now? little wan one, firm one little exposed one… and never make fun […]

Saint, Revolutionist Saint, revolutionist, God and sage know well, That there is a place Where that much-rung bell, The well-beloved body, And its sensitive face Must […]

Socrates Ghost Must Haunt Me Now Socrates ghost must haunt me now, Notorious death has let him go, He comes to me with a clumsy bow, […]

Someone Is Harshly Coughing As Before Someone is harshly coughing on the next floor, Sudden excitement catching the flesh of his throat: Who is the sick […]

Sonnet On Famous And Familiar Sonnets And Experiences Shall I compare her to a summer play? She is too clever, too devious, too subtle, too dark: […]

Sonnet Suggested By Homer, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Vakzy, Ja Let me not, ever, to the marriage in Cana Of Galilee admit the slightest […]

Sonnet: O City, City To live between terms, to live where death has his loud picture in the subway ride, Being amid six million souls, their […]