New here? Begin with these three.
What You Came For
The crown of the collection — a long poem in five movements that gathers every stranger in the room into one room, and turns, at the last, to you. If you read one thing here, read this.
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Jesus Smiled
Where the gospel says “Jesus wept,” this poem answers with a smile that appears in every face. A long, generous vision of a love that leaves no one out — restored and re-tuned across five eras of revision.
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The Long Table – America at 250
A civic poem for the country’s 250th year — Whitman’s wide and ordinary “us,” the table that keeps getting longer, and the slow, stubborn widening of the word. A song for everyone still pulling up chairs.
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