Category Archives: Notes

About Last Night. NYC. 3.29.2016

Central Park Path. NYC Dusk. Instagram.

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NYC Poems. Haiku. 3.29.2016

  Almost tackled by a forceful, feigning trash bag– he kicks at the wind. ~Broadway at 72nd St. Suddenly the dusk an amethyst veil holding this wondrous full moon. ~Central Park, Strawberry Fields. In city treetops wisps of tattered plastic Read More

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NYC. Day/Night Spring. 3.15.2016

You will find art in museums and on street corners, in parks and in theaters. The city writes its poetry everyday on sidewalks, dances its dream in sunlight and on stages. Find your way. Find your beauty. It’s here. Central Read More

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Early Spring. City/Country. 3.15.2016

Last week, the season turned suddenly, winter tipping into an early spring. The icy ponds and creeks melted, and New York City parks and upstate picnic spots brimmed with sun-seekers. These photographs, shot last week, celebrate the end of winter’s Read More

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Quick NYC Notes. Patti Smith at Robert Miller Gallery. 1.4.2016

Photo, Patti Smith’s Writing On The Wall, from my Instagram post last night. She told a couple of us that she decided to write on the gallery wall because she likes to deface public property. Then she smiled. Patti Smith Read More

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Prose Snapshots. Country. 2.25.2016

There had been so much rain. The window screens now woven with spider webs of drops, paths intricate and shining, a splattering made windswept, as if by design. In those first moments of sunrise, the valley pulled at the cuff Read More

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Ice. Drawing and Sculpture. 1.16.2016

While many New Yorkers choose to chase warmer climates, the winters in the Catskill region can be thought-provoking for artists with both stark beauty and an incredible softness of light. On hikes this weekend, I found two ice patches, which Read More

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Bowie Posts. City/Country. 1.13.2016

These are posts I made to social media (with links) after the news broke about David Bowie. While they are fragments, I hope they tell a story. I’m based both in NYC and in the Hudson Valley. January, 11 at Read More

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January. Two Poems. 1.13.2016

In snowfall she finds a proper daydream, the past echoing stillness. *** What pulls us to the mountain sky, prayer flags on night stars—tree tops’ soft spires.

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The New Year. Haiku. 1.4.2016

Encouraging other people to write is part of what I do. Lately, I’ve enjoyed talking about poems. Sometimes I say writing haiku is fishing, just like any creative practice, you sit and watch and wait. Once you feel the tug, Read More

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