- Diptych, with Rose Hips and Pithy Figs
- Dreamscape (for Double Voice)
- Landscape, with Stygian Field
- Mother & Child
- Two Variations on Virtue Hath Gone Out of Me (1999) by J. Kirk Richards
- Meditations on Fatherhood
- Diptych to a Former Self, Seeking Eden
- Hudson’s Geese: Reprise
After Birth of Venus (c. 1484–86)* by Sandro Botticelli and married (2008) by galen dara.
Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli:
married by galen dara:
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After three significant others (2008) by galen dara.
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After Self Portrait with Eyes Closed (2000) by J. Kirk Richards.
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This poem riffs on the “Adam” section in Michael Hicks’ poem, “Family Tree,” which was published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (vol. 38, no. 4, 2005):
Adam: The wind hissed
in the branches,
green tongues
whispering
a secret I could
never peel open
After Stand of Trees (2006) by J. Kirk Richards
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After Mother and Child [Yellow] (2001) by J. Kirk Richards
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Lines in this section were inspired by J. Kirk Richards’ painting, Annunciation (2001).
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Me reading the poem as originally published:
In line 12, I reference “Jack Butler,” the main character from Stan Dragoti’s 1983 movie Mr. Mom.
I trace the development of “Firstfruits” in this Twitter thread:
“Landscape, with Figures” was inspired by this photograph of my paternal grandparents:
For Leslie Norris
As suggested by the title, in this poem I’m revisiting and extending the imaginative work Leslie Norris does in his 1985 poem, “Hudson’s Geese,” which begins:
Hudson tells us of them,
the two migrating geese,
she hurt in the wing
indomitably walking
the length of a continent,
and he circling above
calling his distress.