“Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote
so many years ago; to tame the savageness of man
and make gentle the life of this world…”
Robert Kennedy’s response to the assassination
of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Indictments
“Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago; to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world…”
Robert Kennedy’s response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Poems In Four Counts
(Click on Poem Title)
COUNT ONE
“The establishment is made of little men –
very frightened”
– Bella Absug
The Offices At Twenty-One West Tenth
Neighborhoods Of Shady Streets
A Brief Analysis Of The Situation
“Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam”
COUNT TWO
Sing me a dirge of the lost mother,
of the childhood never lived…
COUNT THREE
“All the brave soldiers that cannot get older
have been asking after you…”
– “Daylight Again”, Crosby, Stills & Nash
A Belated Letter To My Draft Board
Bunker Line Songs
A Cicada Shell
COUNT FOUR
“Consideration of particle emission from black holes would seem to suggest that God not only plays dice, but also throws them where they cannot be seen.”
Stephen Hawking
Dying As Another Science Project
Under Leaves
A Breach Of Nature
Driftwood
The Malice Of Snow
Organic
Murderous Thoughts
Time On Earth
The Man In The Window By The Sea