October 1, 2012
Grandfather on the George Washington Bridge 1 From this height seedpodsfallen from naked cliffhanging treesspeckle the palisades.Water wrangles the shore,deliberates, decides, controls.From this height the Hudson’sfalse promisescurdle her edges, milk… READ MORE
January 1, 2010
1 She Who Scrubs on Hands and Knees the Floors � on a usual day�sets her canvas sack between her legs�and waits. �But today her three-year-old �tucks in the handle-straps,… READ MORE
December 1, 2008
Found: the proper distance�Handprints the wind wiped away�Small cone piles where a bird claw raked the tension loose�Like crumbs � From a swath of sand, preimagined�History’s sputter, or granules of… READ MORE
September 1, 2006
Photo Postcards: Island Woman (late 1800s) Look what he thinks he captured to hold in his palm,show-off like a tropical frogand send back home,souvenir in a square white box women,… READ MORE
December 1, 2005
Let not those who deny thee to us, �make of thee a graven image and invite us�to bow down to it � writes Saum Song Bo. He says, graven, an… READ MORE
December 1, 2005
Disassembled wonder: crates and a box of jangling bolts,�instructions: how to build a liberty � Longshore cousins of a Polish leatherworker, Irish farmer,�olive presser from Spain queued since daybreak�(thermos of… READ MORE