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Poetry

When things go from bad to verse.

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A poem written on the occasion of moving back to Queens after years away and once again riding the N train.

Jan 21, 2022

Mechanisms for transmitting words and thoughts and emotions across the gulfs of time and space are not exclusively recent phenomena.

Oct 7, 2022

This morning I came downstairs to find that you’d thrown out all the pictures of us.

Oct 2, 2022

A few lines in support of the proposition that a little whiskey never hurt a poem.

Sep 9, 2022

You used to be such a sweet boy, tell me everything, ask me all your questions. What happened to you?

Aug 21, 2022

Sometimes it takes a very special terrier to remind us humans that we’re more alike than we may want to think, and to bring out our latent civility.

Jul 29, 2022

A poem written on the occasion of encountering an online news article featuring a close relative.

May 21, 2022

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