| Where I Live is vertical |
| On Living Living is no laughing matter: |
| Difficult Body A story: There was a cow in the road, struck by a semi-- |
| Coda Maybe it was jet lag, maybe not |
| The Layers I have walked through many lives |
| Insomnia But it's really fear you want to talk about |
| One Train May Hide Another In a poem, one line may hide another line, |
| The Secret Two girls discover |
| Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus [excerpt] Praise the wet snow |
| Yellow Beak A man owns a green parrot with a yellow beak |
| How to Uproot a Tree Stupidity helps |
| Tear It Down We find out the heart only by dismantling what |
| Thrown as if Fierce & Wild You don’t have a clue, says the power drill |
| What Wild-Eyed Murderer We shouldn't worship suffering |
| First Things to Hand In the skull kept on the desk |
| Ashes of Life Love has gone and left me and the days are all alike |
| Samurai Song When I had no roof I made |
| August, 1953 A nurse gathers up the afterbirth. My mother |
| Daily Life A parrot of irritation sits |
| Elegy in Joy [excerpt] We tell beginnings: for the flesh and the answer |
| Little Night Prayer Lord, I'm tired |
| What the Living Do Johnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days, some utensil probably fell down there |
| Frozen I have seen a life laid to waste |
| Life is Fine I went down to the river, |
| Characteristics of Life Ask me if I speak for the snail and I will tell you |
| won't you celebrate with me won't you celebrate with me |
| far memory my knees recall the pockets |
| Life When I stop and think about what it's all about I do come up with some answers, but they don’t help very much |
| The Pain Like the human brain, which organizes |
| Lost and Found Man has lost his gods. |
| Primitive State [excerpt] Thingitation righteousness for pre-avail to drive away the mighty kraken |
| Another Elegy To believe in God is to love |
| Living in Numbers Sunday, August 22, 2010: |
| Spent Late August morning I go out to cut |
| "I'm afraid of death" I’m afraid of death |
| sugar is smoking it’s amazing how death |
| Variation on a Theme Thank you my life long afternoon |
| Summer in Winter in Summer The bottom teeth of summer |
| Meditation 29 How mutable is every thing that here |