It is so great to see the shadows of buildings
On the lake
Light from the west peeks through spaces 
Between buildings
Striping others between here and the water

Some like Art Deco towers, cozy tower apartments
Illuminated towers, what goes on in those rooms?
Others modernist paradigms
One of the most famous, black in its narrowing
Close enough to touch

Out there, a sailboat earlier,
Now a more stationary craft
And two approaching lines —
One looked like a tower from this angle —
Are two breakwaters, protecting the beach
With a small space between their reaching arms
For a boat to pass between

10/17/23
Chicago

Poetry Links

Four Poems in Shampoo 40

Poem in Tate Etc. on Jacob Epstein's Jacob and the Angel

Jupiter 88 Allen Ginsberg Edition

Three Poems in Jacket 39

Three Poems in Shampoo 37

"The War Papers III" in Big Bridge

UBU Editions : Publishing The Unpublishable

"Crossing Over (To The Afterlife)" plus two Poems & a Translation in PER CONTRA

"Back From The Dead" in Elaine Equi's Holiday Album in Jacket

"Poems in EOAGH, Issue #3: Queering Language"

"Poem To Accompany a Film by Oliver Katz and Isaac Katz" in On and On Screen

John Moore Portals (2013)

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