A woman’s tribute to Kevorkian—a tattoo of one of his paintings. He was a committed nihilist who said that the worst moment of his life was when he was born. I don’t know the woman, but tattooing that painting on your back for the rest of your life…well that’s a pretty nihilistic thing to do, too.
We do live in very bizarre times. I wonder if she wanted to be experimented on?
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…