Who am I to prune the surging crown?
Richard Schiffman
Richard Schiffman is an environmental journalist, poet and author of two biographies. His poems have appeared in The New York Times, BBC Radio and on the “Writer’s Almanac” podcast. His first poetry collection, What the Dust Doesn't Know, was published in 2017 by Salmon Poetry.
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Bronx River
A sudsy swill once, since restored
and clean enough for waterfowl to roost.
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A Trajectory of Starlings
They blew in fast to the low slung tree hung fat with beachball-orange fruitlets, a bickering gang of starlings– little stars– dining after their own fashion fastidiously, preferring the mash fermenting on the grasses to the firm fruits strung upon the leaf-bare branches. They swilled their modest fill, before flying off on cue, from one […]
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The Entry of Christ Into Brussels: (after a painting by James Ensor)
Smack in the center of this parade