Steerage

For
Ethan and Jamie,
“Lichtig” and “Hartzig,”
Bright Light, Great Heart,
here is part of the story,
with love.

CONTENTS


GRANDMA POEMS

Immigrant Woman
Untitled
Untitled
"A Walker In The City"
Untitled
Birthday Greetings

FRAGMENTS FROM AN UNHAPPY TIME

Psyche
Fragments
Oy! A Happy New Year

PLANTS I'VE KNOWN

Two Poems To My Plants
Winter '81
Moment Of Truth

PLACES I'VE BEEN

Basketball Celebration
To A Student's Photograph
An Apology to My Students
Back To Basics
The Dax
Twilight Zone
Promised Land
Scare Blue!
Places I've Been: I
Places I've Been: II

FAMILY

Mom
Thoughts While Sewing A Button
Sweet Huddy
Sorry Pop Bop
Intensive Caring
Morning Star
The 5:45 A.M. Express
For Ethan
Nor'easter
Welcome
Harvest-Time
Haircut
Ka-Boom
Uh Oh He Said

MEDITATION ON HISTORY AND OTHER NEW POEMS

Oral Historian
Remembering Daniel Shays
Portent
Seven Van Cortlandt Place
Jury Duty
Chance Encounter
A Meditation On Modern History
Sudbury 350
Brook St., Brookline
Commuting
"Sexing" At Seven
Ashland State Park
Barbecue
Please Stand And Repeat After Me...
An Ode To Sociology And Art
An Nintendo Kind Of Day


HOLY LITANY

Dreamers
Shrapnel Of Shock And Grief
Untitled
Please...
Holy Litany
Witness
The Poet Vs. The State
A Visit With My Mother

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