There are moments in our lives which, threaded, give us heaven — noon, for instance, or all the single victories of gravity, or the kudzu vine, most delicate of manias, which has pressed its luck this far this season. It shines a gloating green.


The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems, 1974-1994 (ed. Carcanet Press Limited, 1996)


There are moments in our lives which, threaded, give us heaven — noon, for instance, or all the single victories of gravity, or the kudzu vine,...

There are moments in our lives which, threaded, give us heaven — noon, for instance, or all the single victories of gravity, or the kudzu vine,...

There are moments in our lives which, threaded, give us heaven — noon, for instance, or all the single victories of gravity, or the kudzu vine,...

There are moments in our lives which, threaded, give us heaven — noon, for instance, or all the single victories of gravity, or the kudzu vine,...