April 2013

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Poem

From the magazine:
For Jane

I know that rarity precedes extinction,
Like that of the purple orchid in my garden,
Whose sudden disappearance rattled me.

Jane, in her way, is also beautiful.
And therefore near extinction, I suppose.
She is certainly rare and fragile of bone.

She insists she is dying,...

Poem

From the magazine:
Revolutionaries, 1929

Revolutionaries [Alois Lindner, Erich Mühsam, Guido Kopp], 1929 by August Sander

Twelve years on, the beard that Lenin wore
Still sharpens revolutionary chins
To dagger-points held ready for the war
In which the outgunned proletarians
Will triumph thanks to these, their generals,
Whose rounded shoulders and...

Poem

From the magazine:
Big Country

Fiddle no further, Führer. Rome is built.
It took all day. Now let us so
love the world. I’m just thinking out loud.
My stigmata bring out my eyes.

The smallpox uses every part of the blanket,
and the forest is a lady’s purse.
The Indian...

April 2013

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poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:For Jane

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Revolutionaries, 1929

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Big Country

Table of Contents

From the magazine:
For Jane

From the magazine:
Revolutionaries, 1929

From the magazine:
Big Country