Archive - Dispatches From the Basement

A very short poem

in anticipation of winter

Nov 14, 2024 •

Longest night of the year…

Dec 21, 2024 •

on panic and prayer

Jun 11, 2024 •

Poem from a long train ride

"Lake Shore Limited (New York to Chicago)"

Oct 18, 2024 •

Written After Reading Japanese Death Poems

Nov 20, 2024 •

Jul 8, 2024 •

Three short snow poems

for yesterday's glorious snowstorm

Nov 29, 2024 •

To speak clearly into the dark…

Dec 16, 2024 •

A note to my readers.

Plus two lunes and a haiku.

Sep 20, 2024 •

a poem for the occasion

Nov 2, 2024 •

Poem for the end of summer

Sep 10, 2024 •

"where the dead have gone to dust"

Aug 2, 2024 •

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