To the Grandfather I Never Met
For John Dos Passos (1896-1970) I long to see your face. The wrinkles mapping your odyssey.
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The Marsh That King Tobacco Made
Detritus, natural and manufactured, congests the marsh near my farm in Tidewater Virginia: beer bottles, birthday
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Peace in Bassano del Grappa
Rainclouds, dressed in royal blue, drift south from the alpine glaciersand replenish the brio of the
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Watching the Classic Air Show with Dad
Dad opens a second pair of aviators and hands them to me in a silent paternal
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Teach Me About Brazil
Teach me vowels as airy and lengthy as flute concertos, I asked my Brazilian Portuguese teacher.
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Tesla Vs. Edison
Last night the star I named Tesla twinkled at midnight and all my baroque proposals and
The New Television Tyrant
Only a fool would seek his likeness in history. Seek not this clown in Machiavelli’s folios—this
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