MAY TWELFTH

After the muggers don’t kill me I go to the all-night diner and order eggs. I order chocolate chip pancakes. … More

PRAYER FOR THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN

once upon a time you shoved the girls you shoved the other boys / you shoved the dreamer in the … More

RAIN PSALM

take your shoes off go outside tip your face toward the sky feel the cold clean droplets streak your chin … More

HERMIT PSALM

I keep thinking how if I were a hermit-monk I wouldn’t know a thing had changed not unless an angel … More

IN PRAISE OF HIDEOUSNESS

All praise the lepers, praise the boars praise mud and dust and filth, the flies, metal buildings with metal doors. … More

Reflections on the Woodshed Year

For so much of the year I was laid up with an inexplicable knee injury, followed by a cancer scare. I suffered choking anxiety and severe depression. It seemed like nothing was happening. Certainly nothing good.

DIA DE MUERTOS

The Dead now make their pilgrimage Back to their homes, back to our side. I hear their laughter on the … More