You became In many acts and quiet observances A body and soul, entire. I cannot tell What time your life became mine:…

is an enchanted thing     like the glaze on a katydid-wing         subdivided by sun         till the nettings are legion. Like Gieseking playing Scarlatti;…

My father used to say, “Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellow’s grave nor the glass flowers at…

(From ‘Two Songs’) Ever since observation taught me temptation Is a matter of timing, I’ve tried To clothe my fiction in up-to-date…