JANUARY–SONG IN E MINOR The measured voice of a silver clarinet, insistent repetitions on a jazz pianist’s keys flow out in unseen waves across the air from Maine. Deep blue variations from a distant saxophone insinuate their point and counterpoint probing the amber spaces of this room on this island where friends are gathered to […]

CAROLS The conjured images are changeless over time. In the “little town,” windows are lit beneath slanted roofs, dark streets lined with bare-limbed trees, above them, a clear midnight sky, scissored stars, Orion’s belt. The angels’ breath is visible. All Faithful leave bootprints as they come. And the Family huddled and homeless in their shed, […]