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The poem "The Mystery of Sound in Recanati" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: I look across an unhelpful distance; Last Line: tells you they are there and nothing more.

The poem "Rome" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: Eternal surfaces, writing on stone, skin, and trains, Last Line: Walls and men are not simply objects for each other.

The poem "Distance to Siena" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: Dante's death mask thirty minutes before closing, Last Line: precisely in kilometers the distance to Siena.

The poem "Memoir" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: Who would write mine; Last Line: In Memory of W.S. Merwin

The poem "On the Wine Lasting Longer Than Questions" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: A daughter and her father let the rain look at them; Last Line: There is still some wine left in his glass.

The poem "TEMPLE OF APOLLO, ORTIGIA" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: The least compelling fact about the temple of Apollo: Last Line: disappearance as it grows on the temple's fading form.

The poem "House of the Virgin Mary, Loreto" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: I would have liked to be a pilgrim, or at least; Last Line: of a holy house for the needs of my various past tenses.

The poem "Keat's Grave" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: Graveyard for non-Catholics, therefore exiles. Last Line: strangers walled in and also out.

The poem "On Poetry" by Joshua Lollar is presented. First line: A bird is in the terminal in Paris, Last Line: motion straining towards pure flight: no journey.