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• 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…"

• 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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