Macabre City Hall

Who knew that, shot from the right angles, even Philly City Hall could look macabre?

Still from "Suspiria"

Bam Bam Bigelow

I'm drinking Bigelow Green Tea, with antioxidants.

Hyde Park

I snapped this shot of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park (London) in spring 1990.

"Cheltenham" book cover

I am of the opinion that the cover of "Cheltenham," my '12 print Blazevox book, is the single greatest cover on a poetry book in literary history. In its stark, lurid radiance, it is iconic. I didn't come up with it: Blazevox editor Geoffrey Gatza did. Thanks again, Geoffrey.

"Moody" Kelly Drive

A moody vista, this, which I like very much. I lived in this neighborhood (near Kelly Drive) from late 1999 to 2012. When I moved to 23rd and Arch in 2008, I started to use Kelly Drive to walk and run more frequently. Useful, then, to let off steam. Stark black and white pics of Philly tend to work well. Philly, is, after all, as good an answer to Paris as America's got. Philly photographs "moody."

Ava Gardner

Conshy

This view, taken from the bridge above the Conshohocken Septa station, expresses to me the weirdness of American suburban spaces & sprawl. Many American suburbs can't decide exactly what they are or want to be: pastoral or urban, forest or concrete jungle. Suburban spaces & their weirdness are a fetish for me, and "Conshy" is as weird as the rest. I'll see you on Fayette Street.