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• December 2024
  December Selvage
  
  sitting
  there listening…”
  

• November 2024
  late season roses
  blooming
       and…”
  

• October 2024
  numbers
  tower
       voices…”
  

• September 2024
  a 3 X 7 poem
  
  a sapling
  sprouts…”
  

• August 2024
  The Wheel
  
  although it seems not
  to pass…”
  

• July 2024
  Two Poems
  one with music, one without
  
  i listen to
  symphonies …”
  

• June 2024
  two poems for June
  
  a place holder
       [what…”
  

• May 2024
  we used to have
  a ficus
  
  and two cats…”
  

• April 2024
  so he thought
  maybe
  a poem might…”
  

• March 2024
  i don't wonder
  anymore
  i wait…”
  

• February 2024
  29 Days...
  
  bluejays pecking
  at lawn debris…”
  

• January 2024
  the rest is not silence
  
  the rest
  is an endless cacophany of…”
  

• December 2023
  i noticed
  that i was noticed
       just…”
  

• November 2023
  blue sky
       low tide
  seagulls dropping shellfish…”
  

• October 2023
  a poetry reading
  brownies
  at the break…”
  

• September 2023
  Mid August
  
  the beach is empty
  the ones there staring at their phones…”
  

• August 2023
  standing contrapposto
  in the shower
       waiting…”
  

• July 2023
  i realized
       gradually
  that i had…”
  

• June 2023
  bells stop
  gates rise
  two autos…”
  

• May 2023
  Pioneer 10
  will reach The
  Follower…”
  

• April 2023
  Two poems in March for April
  
  living on fantasy
       old war…”
  

• March 2023
  when you open the windows
  to change the air
  the smell…”
  

• February 2023
  fat squirrel
  lilac bush
  
  too little time…”
  

• January 2023
  this morning
  i had trouble
  getting the shoe…”
  

• December 2022
  spurs to nowhere
  empty interlocks
  
  listening to…”
  

• November 2022
  Like Vronsky's Teeth

  my shoes
  are falling…”
  

• October 2022
  birds
  short hopping
  branch…”
  

• September 2022
  something is wrong
  
  with us
       all of them…”
  

• August 2022
  Two Beach Poems
  
  the bird
  makes its circuit
  …”
  

• July 2022
  a poem entitled "every decade (or so)"
  
  
  the time
  has come…”
  

• June 2022
  the seeds fall out
       of the trees
  spiraling in the wind…”
  

• May Special 2022
  spring rises out of muddy ground
  when only the birds break the silence
  of the morning chill…”
  

• May Special #2 2022
  the portland plater
  has passed
       having…”
  

• May 2022
  spontaneous poetry is not always the best
  
  resting
  watching the rabbits…”
  

• April 2022
  surrounded
  by clouds of
  automation…”
  

• March 2022
  winter
  exposes everything
  the squirrel nests the…”
  

• February 2022
  the joker
  who built my
  house…”
  

• January 2022
  the town is
  patient
  
  three headlights…”
  

• December 2021
  unpleasant
  sounds pigeons
  inside…”
  

• November 2021
  watching the woodpecker
  but listening
  to the stump…”
  

• October 2021
  the leaves are
       turning and
       the morning…”
  

• September 2021
  imagination
  day by day
  succumbs…”
  

• August 2021
  Two poems in the same format (roughly)
  
  watching the
  fat squirrel…”
  

• July 2021
  high bridge low notes
  
  
  choose
  your role but the…”
  

• June 2021
  "two poms about wildlife"
  
  
  the spider lives
  somewhere …”
  

• May 2021
  a poem titled "under the bridge gushing through the rocks the tide rolls in"
  
  frustrated
  frozen in darkest“ …”
  

• April 2021
  with
  a DJ's sense
  of [bad] timing“ …”
  

• March 2021
  the cable box
  times out
  overnight the“ …”
  

• February 2021
  Two February Poems about Time
  
  things i don't
  dare“ …”
  

• January 2021
  death is not a poem
  (apologies to John Lennon)
  
  no tomorrow
  [no yesterday]“ …”
  

• December 2020
  “he finds himself     
  [never lost but
                          found …”
  

• November 2020
  “Two November Fragments
  
  i keep attempting tomatoes
  and forgetting …”
  

• October 2020
  “Two Stanzas
  (and an observation)
  
  bascule …”
  

• September 2020
  “Two August Poems
   

  the morning doves
  and little black…”
  

• August 2020
  “death is death
  
  teenage suicide or
  geriatric wasting away…”
  

• July 2020
  “dorothy's flowers
  hidden in
  the high…”
  

• June 2020
  “he sits
  on the throne
  like an…”
  

• May 2020
  “The Resurrection of Jacobinia Carnea
  
  
  Judy's split-leaf
  started it all…”
  

• April 2020
  “the steady and
  slow and
  almost…”
  

• March 2020
  “February Weekend 2020
  
  1.
  
  little vessels…”
  

• February 2020
  “the lady from
  Hong Kong
  reads…”
  

• January 2020
  “Three Train Poems
  
  why do
  i pay attention…”
  

• December 2019
  “it's a simple
  game
       [some call it…”
  

• November Special 2019
  “New 3 X 5 Poems
  
  life now
  
  who's…”
  

• November 2019
  “clicking around
  during
  commercials…”
  

• October 2019
  “It's a lot to process
  they say, but it's not.
  Just one thing, well…”
  

• September 2019
  “i listen
  to poetry
  again [as an exercise…”
  

• August 2019
  “the poem
  was there
                  but…”
  

• July 2019
  “whoever heard of
  Pousette-Dart
  or heard the kid's…”
  

• June 2019
  “the king of
  couplets and
  contempt…”
  

• May 2019
  “the late winter dream
  goes to commercial…”
  

• April 2019
  “9/13/53
  
  was he there
       that night…”
  

• March 2019
  “S8 Poem #3
  
  
  searching for
  analogies…”
  

• February 2019
  “a panic
  sinks into
  his dreams…”
  

• January 2019
  “clicking around
  during
  commercials…”
  

• Decemmber 2018
  “the ghost
  of the music
  after the…”
  

• November 2018
  “S8 Poem #2
  
  how everyone
  has questions…”
  

• Sports Special 2018
  “the endgame
  pregame gets
  longer…”
  

• October 2018
  “S8 Poem #1
  
  the shadow
  of a…”
  

• Labor Day Special 2018
  “Labor Day
  (1 through 7)
  
  
  three series…”
  

• September 2018
  “i am
  at a place
  
  at the base…”
  

• August 2018
  “shore bird
  standing on
  the shellfish…”
  

• July 2018
  “the not-so-distant
  music on the
  beach…”
  

• June 2018
  “i learned
  as he went on
  that listening…”
  

• May 2018
  “a poem entitled:
  'There's No Such Thing as a Bad Juxtaposition'
  
  he spends his days…”
  

• April 2018
  “the unloaded curve
  of the flatbed
  
  the deck relaxed…”
  

• March 2018
  “it's all frames
  stop motion
  jumpy…”
  

• February 2018
  “my masterpiece
  was finished a
  few…”
  

• January 2018
  “eclipsed pre
  dictions
  
  crashdump …”
  

• December 2017
  “pedaling through
  the morning
  money…”
  

• November 2017
  “so poetry
  winds its way
  around the…”
  

• October 2017
  “selections from the "Empty Pants" anthology
  
  the cat
  through one…”
  

• September 2017
  “summer movies
  summer tan
  the first fried clam…”
  

• August 2017
  “the clocks all
  read the same
      time…”
  

• July 2017
  “Cape Cod Observations
  
  the way the
  clear clean…”
  

• June 2017
  “Four Fragments from the Future
  
  i.
  
  once again
       waiting…”

• May 2017
  “thickened atmosphere
  surrounds
  
       [he saves…”

• April Special 2017
  “when i saw
  Chuck Berry
  i was…”

• April 2017
  “sitting in the
  cold
  early …”

• March 2017
  “gold is everywhere
  
  fresh snow
  covers the grime…”

• February 2017
  “the floor
  beneath the
  table…”

• January 2017
  “december
  
  nothing
  but the blade…”

• December 2016
  “sitting around
  the narrative fails
  
  time…”

• November 2016
  “the radio
  in the bathroom
  clock…”

• October 2016
  “i am surrounded
  by my own
  life…”

• September 2016
  “nothing
  to say waiting
  for something…”

• August 2016
  “blanks
  tell
  all…”

• July 2016
  “the two-note
  siren salute fades in
  and out…”

• June 2016
  “Two Fragments of Time
  
  time
  does not…”

• May 2016
  “there are always
  words
  
  lost or found…”

• April 2016
  “the black cat
  young
  chewing assiduously…”

• March 2016
  “he walks by
  the floor sways
  the wine glasses…”

• February 2016
  “each of
  these days
  anticipates…”

• January 2016
  “i find myself looking for the skull behind the mirror
  
  i find myself waiting for my own permission
  
  i find myself lost in real-time wandering in imagination's…”

• December 2015
  “back then
  back when
  
  we distinguished our…”

• November 2015
  “wthe clock is ticking faintly
  (the batteries are low)
  but there is no timetable…”

• November 2015 Alternate
  “welcome to
  enceladus
  
                  please…”

• October 2015
  “walking in
  the morning
  sun…”

• September 2015
  “we concentrate
  hard
  on the past as it…”

• September Special 2015
  “the sleeping dog lies
  stubby
  immaculate…”

• July 2015
  “QUACK-QUACK
  
  a 'rubber stamp in a cheap frame'™
  
  the ink has faded…”

• June 2015
  “i watch this body
  going through the motions
  the brain in the back…”

• May 2015
  “were there christ impersonators
  in palestine
  wearing out-of-date robes and…”

• April 2015
  “there's no season
  lost
        the time…”

• March 2015
  “every minute
  the light
  goes out…”

• February 2015
  “definitive remnant
  of who-can-tell
  not quite finished…”

• January 2015
  “the pelican
  in the foreground
  foreshortened…”

• December 2014
  “until i
  am another
  memorial…”

• Novenber 2014
  “breakdowns
  and changes
  the failing shift…”

• October 2014
  “he stands on the
  edges looking
  down…”

• September 2014
  “AUGUST
  
  longer nights
  as the axis…”

• August 2014
  “rummaging
  through the
  ice box…”

• July 2014
  “he sits
  and sips
  under the sky…”

• June 2014
  “stopped
  still
        protected…”

• May 2014
  “mars is
  watching
      over…”

• April 2014
  “time
  
  long fingers on
  small…”

• March 2014
  “ungrateful
  still
  alive…”

• February 2014
  “no notions
  no motions
  
  silence…”

• January 2014
  “regulations mark
       the milestone
  
  society stamps…”

• December 2013
  “every day's
  an anticlimax
  every night a reverie…”

• November 2013
  “the roses
  shuffle and
  scrape along…”

• October 2013
  “all devices
  change
  all…”

• September 2013
  “walking
  through the early
  day…”

• August 2013
  “the photographs
  are all that's
  left…”

• July 2013
  “the spot
  with
  the best…”

• June 2013
  “last night
  wandering
  in my dreams…”

• May 2013
  “dreaming
  about motion
       [while…”

• April 2013
  “Two Fragments for Spring

  the fountain blossoms
  in the dark&…#148;

• March 2013
  “[starting to]
  dissociate
  
  from the body…”

• February 2013
  “January
  is the longest
  month…”

• January 2013
  “the day
  journeys
  throug&…#148;

• December 2012
  “the year of pain
  small
  injuries that linger…”

• November 2012
  “odious flies
  late october
  sun on the…”

• October 2012
  “he is walking
  too early
  the…”

• September 2012
  “distant thunder
  as
  the morning…”

• August 2012
  “a stop in
  each time zone
  on a…”

• July 2012
  “sorting
  slides
  
  on the box…”

• June 2012
  “life is running
  on at the mouth my
  time is running out with…”

• May 2012
  “the nuts from the
  walnetto
  caught…”

• April 2012
  “20th century is the old stuff
  and the history gets older as
  you walk…”

• March 2012
  “peeps and
  flashing redbreast
  
  echinopsis and…”

• February 2012
  “now that i'm here
  time has caught
  up and passed the…”

• January 2012
  “after the
  fall
  
  after the…”

• December 2011
  “the partings
  do not
  set…”

• November 2011
  “swinging
  between the
  blue and…”

• October 2011
  “some assembly required
  
  the gulls waddle
  fat and happy…”

• September 2011
  “[tuesday's 67]
  
  how many wilburys
  are with us…”

• August 2011
  “two fragments
  1.
  
  early morning thunder…”

• July Special 2011
  “July special (an editorial poem)
  
  i.
  
  flap the flaps…”

• July 2011
  “june sunshine
  still cool
               to the…”

• June 2011
  "2"

  too many
  repetitions…”

• May 2011
  “IRONY IN THE SHADOWS
  (or, The Hidden View)
  
  the nails…”

• April 2011
  “the solstice
  the
  act the…”

• March 2011
  “the March
  of the mechanical
  house…”

• February Specials 2011
  “in 1968
  it was like
  he knew…”

• February 2011
  “the morning spider
  in the bathroom
  disturbed…”

• January 2011
  “resurfacing
  during
  the second…”

• December 2010
  “listening
  leaning
  into…”

• November 2010
  “trying to cut and
  paste a poem out of
  the early morning…”

• October 2010
  ONE POEM INSIDE TWO OTHERS

  "the warm
  smell of…”

• September 2010
  A PLANNED EVENT
  
  “he wakes
                 to the…”

• August 2010
  “It's the dog days of the All-Star
  game: Fourth of July gone by;
  summer heat in full fury, and not…”

• July 2010
  “now and then
  the grass
  in the…”

• June 2010
  “dawn doesn't
  break…”

• May 2010
  “standing
  in the shower
  looking out the…”

• April 2010
  “it comes
  in again through
  area 25…”

• March Special 2010
  “we all
  heard it
  then…”

• March 2010
  in the cellar
  swept
           with
  the cobwebs…”

• February 2010
  “the house is
  alive
  
  when i was…”

• January 2010
  “it's winter
  i can see
  through my…”

• December 2009
  “slow
  planning for
  late…”

• November 2009
  “with his
  gray gabby hayes
  beard…”

• October 2009
  “who died
  in August
       he…”

• September 2009
  “the busy spider
  at rest
  its labors aimed…”

• August 2009
  “it moves on the
  pad shimmering
  in the afternoon…”

• July 2009
  “white butterfly
  mangled
              a little…”

• June 2009
  “the last waltz
  begins
  
  random transitions…”

• May 2009
  “electricity
  tap-dancing down
  the catenary…”

• April 2009
  “for every
  'free year'
  in his book …”

• March 2009
  “i know i
  wrote a
  poem …”

• February 2009
  “ceremonies
  and initiations
  death walking …”

• January 2009
  “More notes from two pilgrimages - 2008
  
  chaises on the
  outer terrace …”

• December 2008
  "the assyrians on
  the avenue beckon
  urging us to …”

• November Special 2008
  “through Italy
  
  dragging around time
  and it's baggage…”

• October 2008
  “every night
  through
  another…”

• September 2008
  “projection
  on a chain link fence
  moving…”

• August 2008
  “August Doubleheader
  
  i was just
  thinking about…”

• July 2008
  “you're sitting on a
  train staring
  at a rain-wet window…”

• Special 2008
  “how to explain the
  laugh that's not
  laughter the gulped…”

• June 2008
  “gray shadows in my
  vision mottled
  like the background…”

• May 2008
  “they run down
  the platform with
  their odd gaits…”

• April 2008
  “when i look
  down in the
  morning i can see…”

• February 2008
  “the fine white
  hairs of my
  dead cat…”

• January 2008
  “coincidence of music     
  like the fabled
                       monkeys …”

• December 2007
  "where is poetry
  
  the light
  is failing the…”

• November 2007
  “November Reminiscences
  1.
  tear a sheet of
      cut-rite…”

• October 2007
  “i come
  to contemplate
  the detrious surrounding…”

• September 2007
  “twice
  last night a
  couplet…”

• August 2007
  “broken segues
  timing my tan
  closeups of the…”

• July 2007
  the Dead in
  ‘73 "subliminal
  beneath the…”

• June 2007
  “TWO REUNION POEMS
  one with quotations and one without
  
  Callas is…”

• May 2007
  “out in
  Libra
  around…”

• April 2007
  “because i listen to
          Monk
                    on the…”

• March 2007
  “the jaw conspires with the
  day’s routine
  the unmedicated night gives way…”

• February 2007
  “tap winter
  done
  
  tending…”

• January 2007
  “1. Morning
  
  listening
  walking through…”

• December 2006
  "i watch and wonder in the
  morning light
                      [the fog lifting…”

• November 2006
  “keeping in mind
  as he drives
  
  slipping round…”

• October 2006
  “For Leo Sternback
  
  some people
  don't know the…”

• September 2006
  “Two Poems on the Nature of Space/Time
  
  is an
  unexamined…”

• August 2006
  “if not for the
  monads
  then spinoza…”

• July 2006
  “Two Back Window Poems
  
  the ducks
  plow…”

• June 2006
  “wrong window seat
  no moving gazes to contain
  my thoughts…”

• May 2006
  “acid yellow forsythia spiking
  in the sun i
  fly by on the highway…”

• April 2006
  “i am not aware
      [awareness is
      i know]…”

• March 2006
  “a winter
  haiku in the window track
  repeating…”

• February 2006
  “thunder marks
      midnight
  
  the dubious day…”

• January 2006
  “Looking Forward to February
  
  the
  november…”

• December 2005
  "GLIMPSES
  (by which poetry is defined as)
  
  two Decembers…”

• November 2005
  “is it a
  web or a string
  that binds…”

• October 2005
  “he wore the
  wrong glasses
  out…”

• September 2005
  “my cat
  sits tall in
  the kitchen…”

• August 2005
  “soft
  silk
  still…”

• July 2005
  “connections
  
  cold
  the winter…”

• June 2005
  “are we the
      only ones looking
          at the shapes…”

• May 2005
  “there are the people that you recognize but do not know
  you see them every day
  on the train, on the street, shaking their cup, hawking their paper…”

• April 2005
  “there's no
  difference playing
  kick the stone…”

• March 2005
  “obligations
  much
          obliged…”

• February Special 2005
  “a dionysian companion
  to his appolonian
  defecations…”

  ---

  February 2005
  “Three Poems in December
  
  the tracks packed
  with snow cannot…”

  ---

  January 2005
  “if time is
  exorable and
  space is round…”

• December 2004
  "the wailing of
  the distant home
  town radio…”

• November 2004
  “finally
  
  the doppler
  kicks…”

  ---

• October 2004
  “the half moon
  presides over
  late …”

• September 2004
  “dark August
  
  (on) shore winds
  moaning under…”

• August 2004
  “lawnmower silence
  lets go of the morning
  white butterflies of…”

  ---

  Astronomy Special
  “cassini loiters
  past the
  division…”

• July 2004
  “nowhere
  to run
      (my
      trains)…”

• June 2004
  “thinking
  of the red-tail
  hawk…”

• May 2004
  “listening to
  the furnace late
  at night…”

• April 2004
  “April Fragments
  
  rapid conversation
  pains…”

• March 2004
  “the story
  is built
  by pieces…”

• February 2004
  “the sleeping dog lies
  stubby
  immaculate…”

• January 2004
  “anyone
  know
  any…”

• December 2003
  "JAMMERING COUPLETS
  (or, Two Poems in One)
  
  sunshine…”

• November 2003
  “AGENDA
  
  obsessed about
  symmetry…”

• October 2003
  “the sea does
  sometimes
  glitter like…”

• September 2003
  “like
  the high bridge
  the…”

• August 2003
  “ CATNAP
  no season
  no summer…”

• August Alternative 2003
  “CATNAP REVISITED 1
  nobody won
  nobody lost…”

• July 2003
  “THE GOLDEN SIDEWALK - PART 2
  
  watching it fade…”

• June 2003
  “once i
  left it was like
  i …”

• May 2003
  “every now
    [every now]
  and then…”

• April 2003
  “by March
  you’re
  used to…”

• March 2003
  “just a few
  minutes ago
  really [i was]…”

• February 2003
  “two cameras
  looking east
  
  one sees forest…”

• January 2003
  “seagulls perched
  on the roof
  waiting for…”

• December 2002
  "direct
  sunlight
  through…”

• November 2002
  “The Golden Sidewalk
  
  the silent
  passing…”

• October 2002
  “hearing myself
  think not
  wanting to…”

• September 2002
  “the murmurs of
  life
  
  the weeping of time…”

• August 2002
  “welding smoke
  rising
  through the…”

• July 2002
  “i need to
  separate
  dis…”

• June 2002
  “perugia and the morning of remembered dreams
  
  lead pencil
  dead weight the…”

• May 2002
  “sea birds
  bill boards the
  girders of a…”

• April 2002
  “like the woman
  wearing black gloves
  typing in the…”

• March 2002
  “the ocean lure
  three dollar
                     trek…”

• February 2002
  “she slips into
  bed beside
  me late her…”

• Extra February 2002
  “how can i
  explain
  the surface…”

• January 2002
  “i step out of
  the shower i
  wrap my head…”

• January Special, 2002
  “high above
  filene's basement
  the bronze lions…”

• December 2001
  “i'm sitting here
  on the train
  trying…”

• November Special 2001
  “no memorial
  no past
  the present…”

• November 2001
  “OCTOBER ENDS
  
  the deepening
  distant…”

• October 2001
  “ short poem and two fragments, one of which needs no explanation
  
  the brain pan
  full of crackling…”

• September 2001
  “my cat
  resting on a wicker
  rocker…”

• August 2001
  “transfixed by
  the morning sky
  he turns away…”

• July 2001
  “A POEM IN TWO PARTS
  
  “the locomotive
  line on track…”

• July Special 2001
  “John Hartford
  died yesterday
  the paper said…”

• June 2001
  “at some point
  you realize
  the next year has…”

• May 2001
  “The Tate Modern
  
  “the suspended piano
  by turbine hall…”

• April 2001
  “Leaving Florida
  3/6/01
  thank you for observing rule 90…”

• April Special
  “a sweet white
  dog
  under a packing…”

• March 2001
  “he wakes in a fever
  half a poem in his
  mind…”

• February 2001
  “FRAGMENT
  
  "my death
                  has begun…”

• January 2001
  “Engineering
  (a poem)
  
  “sunday morning…”

• December 2000
  "November Observations
  “the keyed monte carlo
  
  the skeleton of giotto…”

• November 2000
  “towards back
  bay    
        station…”

• October 2000
  “the waves
  [in standing
  oscillation…”

• September 2000
  “depending on
  the four ducks
      grazing…”

• August 2000
  “what do other
  people see
  when they…”

• July 2000
  “the sun sets
  behind the
  hancock…”

• June 2000
  “reflections in
  sub
  way win…”

• May 2000
  “riding on the
  Haight Street bus
  with Trevor…”

• April 2000
  “what is it
  about a
  saxophone…”

• March 2000
  “a poem in several parts
  
  “ some days i think
  'this is madness'…”

• February 2000
  “icicles
  grown down
  the chain link…”

• January 2000
  “Christmas Influenza
  
  “incontrovertible proof
  that reality and…”

• December 1999
  two poems about autumn
  1.
  “leaf piles rotting…”

• November 1999
  “past days
  now
  in the future…”

• October 1999
  “no pot
  memories of
  seventies…”

• September 1999
  “ two poems on the John Singer Sargent exhibition
  1. whining and whimpering
  the sunday crowd finds..."

• August 1999
  “ TWO TRAVELING POEMS
  1. smiling at moments that
  never happened he..."

• June-July 1999
  “ planning not
  to be in a hurry
  he forgets..."

• May 1999
  “ ah poetry
  
  the ides of April pass
  without a..."

• April 1999
  “ the tunnel jackers
  freeze the ground
  
  before them…”

• March 1999
  “ i read to pass
  the time
  
  my vitality…”

• February 1999
  “ pen poised
  motionless
  
  for no man…”

• January 1999
  “the clock
  will last ten
  thousand years…”

• December 1998
  “at the wedding
  two women
  in suits one brown…”

  ---

  November 1998
  “the pollock
  between
  ellsworth…”

• October 1998
  “short February
  no Snow moon to
  call its own…”

• September 1998
  “'lonely and
  companionless' grey
  pebbles dot…”

• August 1998
  “parked on
  the Williamsburg
  bridge the subway…”

• July 1998
  “thunder
  out of nowhere
  
  silence…”

• June 1998
  “at 5 thirty on a spring
  morning the buses
  leapfrog down the…”

• May 1998
  “Prelude
  
  so we take the measure
  and the universe may split in revulsion…”

• April 1998
  “however wishful, the
  brown melt runs past
  new concrete, the sawdust…”

• March 1998
  “greeted by an
  ancient acquaintance
  warmed by friends…”

• v

• February 1998
  “the grey man
  on stage
  tuning the steel guitar…”

• January 1998
  Two Travelling Poems
  
  and a Landing Poem…

• December 1997
  “cold fingers
  fighting
  shallow breaths…”

• November 1997
  “small poetic
  moments
       watching…”

• October 1997
  THE DUMP'S ON FIRE
  
  “the muffled sound
  of batteries…”

• September 1997
  the year of dead beatniks
  
  “bill and al
  len caught up
  to jack…”

• August 1997
  'frame of reference'
  
  “he gazes on the waters
  that move at a pace…”

• July 1997
  QUIET & SURPRISE
  
  “i had a poem
  in the shower…”

• June 1997
  “ the jets echoing off the
  low spread of clouds…”

• May 1997
  “ that was Alan Ginsberg
  he's dying…”

• April 1997
  “ he talks
  i write
  we listen…”

• March 1997
  “ i've always wondered
  about women who
  line their lips…”

• February 1997
  “ deliberate chocolate
  elaborate
  symphony…”

• January 1997
  “ the iron crystal
  at the heart of it
  all…”

• December 1996
  “ the woman in
  black now
  blonde her…”

• November 1996
  “ life is menu
  planning what
  to eat when…”

• October 1996
  “ no time to
  write the subjects
  are unpleasant…”

• September 1996
  “ most meat
  still
  sweet…”

• August Extra 1996
  “ The computer simulates
  death quite
  nicely the hidden…”

• August 1996
  “there was extra time
  last night.
               I woke at…”

• July 1996
  “ the pain
  replaced by a
  filled-in hollow…”

• June 1996
  “ i'm cooking my breakfast
  listening to the radio
  [watching the yard through..."

• May 1996
  “what's the right
                             scale
  cosmic..."

• April 1996
  “the microwave
  makes
  this busy white noise…”

• March 1996
  Two Visions of a November Dream
  
  “i had a dream
  back at Amherst…”

• February 1996
  POETRY ON THE WEB
  
  “it's like radio
  late night…”

• January 1996
  “like my father
  
  like the yellow
  man…”

• December 1995
  “another fifty passes
  and dorothy wonders at me
  about the silences…”

• November 1995
  “sitting
  screened in
  the street passing…”

• October 1995
  “trapped in time
  swimming against the current…”

• September 1995
  “writing dreams
  about having poetry…”

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