“The finest collection of poetry I’ve read in a very long time.”
—Ron Hansen
From my birth mother
I took my melancholy disposition
and from my father
the ability to get through life
with a bullet in one arm.
—from Genetics No Hurryis a book of poems for the aging in body but youthful in spirit, for those interested in continuing to ask most meaningful questions as they head “downhill”: What does it mean to be alive? What shall we make of this journey from birth to death? How can we find meaning and joy amid our mortality and suffering?
Author has established credentials in Central Europe as a frequent translator from the German, French, and Hungarian
Author has been awarded prizes and awards from a wealth of organizations including The National Endowment for the Arts, Council for the International Exchange of Ideas, the Associated Writing Programs, and The Danforth Center for the Study of Teaching and LearningNo Hurry
I. Mixed Blessings
Atelier Rheingold
The Rabbi Writes a Marriage Poem
A Photo of Terezin
Lilac Nostalgia
Because Marriage is Not for Romantics
Le Choix
Habitations Sadness
In A Time of Economic Downturn, I Gaze Up at the Sky
The Human Condition
And the Fish Swim in the Lake, And Do Not Even Own Clothing
Gratitude Genetics
Everybody Is Wonderful when Theyre Wonderful
Nostalgia for Paris Poetry Love Blessed
II. Not the Soul
Not the Soul
Homage to Hugh Hefner
Samizdats Muse
Civic Leaders The Germans
Song of the Dow
Virtue Self-Containment
Autobiography of a Face
Desire Existential Couplets Moles
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