Recent Poetry, October 2025

To the Priests of the Orthodox Church

To all guys I with whom I read,

(At least the ones who are not dead).

Who studied theology, from their perch,

Of th’Eastern Orthodox Church.

My Boss

A good publisher knows how to use people, and, I suppose that my former boss’s original Buddhist teacher saw that quality in him. Knowledge that it was a business, after all. No romantic ideas. No notion of editors who sit around reading all the time, making publishing decisions based solely on a work’s value.