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The Fool's Tale
Poem from April, 2013
In Heaven
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Walking Around Retired in Ohio
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Winter Remembered
Poem from January, 2013
After Fujiwara no Teika
Poem from December, 2012
Black Labrador
Poem from November, 2012
Late November: The Wolves at the Cleveland Zoo
Poem from October, 2012
The Language Question
Poem from September, 2012
Occasional Sonnets
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The Lemon
Poem from July, 2012
At the White Window
Poem from June, 2012
Old
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In Exile
Poem from April, 2012
Poem from Earthshine (1988)
Poem from March, 2012
Poem for Adlai Stevenson and Yellow Jackets
Poem from February, 2012
The House Was Quiete on a Winter Afternoon
Poem from January, 2012
Piano Practice
from Rainer Mria Rilke
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from Six Ghosts
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from Leopardi: L'Infinito
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from Four by Bashio
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from My Little 9-11 Poem
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from Stevens Ghazal
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from Thunder in the Marsh
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from June 17, 2003
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from Sonnels to Orpheus (II, 25)
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More Basho Translations
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Mirror Ghazal
Poem from February, 2011
Pelee Island, Lake Erie
Poem from January, 2011
Five Winter Haiku by Basho
Poem from December, 2010
In the Afternoon
Poem from November, 2010
Fall Day
Poem from October, 2010
Kitchen Ruckus
Poem from September, 2010
Visiting the Fengxian Monastery
Poem from August, 2010
David Young Meets the Ghost of Wallace Stevens
on an August Night in His Back Yard
Poem from July, 2010
from A Painting of a Falcon
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from Thoughts of Chairman Mao
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from Henry Vaughan
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from The Light Show
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from Whichever Stone You Pick Up
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from 'Water Diary'
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January 3, 2003
Poem from December, 2009
Basho
Poem from November, 2009
Oh Salmon-Colored Edsel, Run Us Down
Poem from October, 2009
Hearing You Read
Poem from September, 2009
A Country Postcard
Poem from August, 2009
Mother
Poem from July, 2009
The Day Nabokov Died
Poem from June, 2009
June 17, 2003
Poem from May, 2009
Kohoutek
Poem from April, 2009
Root Vegetable Ghazal
Poem from March, 2009
Poem for Wrists
Poem from February, 2009
Blake's 'Dante and Virgil Penetrating the Forest' (1824)