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Poems in response to Frank O’Hara’s “Poem”, 1956**Reading “Poem” While Waiting for her in Peet’s Coffee** / Lukewarm coffee with nothing special / i
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Sep 17, 2011
It leaves like youThey’re here again. / That auburn that gold / the occasional surprise burst / of green or blue and p
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Sep 17, 2011
Onethousand droplets hang / from the tip of each bare branch / of the ginkgo tree. / Each orb holds the
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Sep 17, 2011
l'hypnagogiqueBefore my eyes / (an african woman rising from the ground / crying streams of sand infinite her wail
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Sep 17, 2011
TinnitusIt seems that as soon as I forget you’re here / I close my eyes / and you come back / *sonnerie Acou
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Sep 17, 2011
A Musician's EnlightenmentOn nights like this one / he’s shouted at the empty sky / His good ear has looked upward / for years
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Sep 17, 2011
Polaroid FilmI. / Buy the film / and let it sit. / Buy the film / develop it / in the dark / dark dark box. / Buy
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Jul 14, 2010
Song for my FamilyBut even butterflies of sunset colors / still flutter in the wind. / Despite a heavy metamorphosis /
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May 2, 2010
Upon Your Leaving (Just for the night)In a desperate hug / we brace our spines / for what feels to me / like one last time, / me and my de
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May 2, 2010
SurviveIn the dark / time shows no sign / forward backward or up / the diligent digital clock / tacitly tic
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May 2, 2010
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