michael-greeneWhisper

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ON BEING BORN AGAINdelivered from that woman / unto another & unto another / delivered and delivered again

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Dec 11, 2012

QUIETWhat lies under / Has no human word. / What can be said

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Dec 11, 2012

Swimming Legsfickle day / leaf-chaser squalls / end-of-summer molt

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Dec 11, 2012

I WON’T BE IN TODAY (a poem about absence)I used to tell / My students / “the best way to call in sick”

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Nov 6, 2012

ORACLE POEMIn the seventh month fire dances. / Flame bakes the sky. / Second month is for winter clothes.

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Oct 5, 2012

THE CREATURES WHO SALTED CARTHAGEOld poisons bake from the soil; / Pluto, underworld god, pitches / Plutonium, god of dirt and death.

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Aug 24, 2011

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