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— from “Carpe Diem in the Backyard” | Here we are, I say to my dog, / who inclines his boxy head / then lowers himself to the unmown grass, / pointed tawny leaves scattered in heaps.
October 2010For Madeleine, In Another June
I was wrong: a day came / when I didn’t think of you.
September 2010Cold Solace
When my mother died, / one of her honey cakes remained in the freezer.
September 2010The Wall
Joan and I were in Raleigh together / for the first time to take the tour / for new VISTA volunteers / at North Carolina’s Central Prison
August 2010Selected Poems
— from “The Second Letter of Lazarus to His Sisters” | Beloveds, I don’t think we are quite communicating clearly here. / What I said was that I think there are two sides to every miracle
August 2010Portraits
Mother came to visit today. We / hadn’t seen each other in years. Why didn’t / you call? I asked. Your windows are filthy, she said.
July 2010What About God
The rabbi is coming to talk about the wedding. We lay out cookies, tamari almonds, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, crackers, and strips of sweet red peppers.
June 2010Lost Keys
Holding a black wire coat hanger in his hand, / bending a loop in the tip with a pair of pliers, / my neighbor Mr. Alvarado is walking down his drive
June 2010Three Days Before My Mother’s Birthday
I run into a young woman almost staggering across / the street. I’m surprised to see it’s someone I / know. She seems pale.
May 2010
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