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THOMAS M. DISCH


Poems found: 294

BOWLING HAS BEEN THE GREAT SPIRIT

EXCUSE THE LANGUAGE

GOTTA GET MY ACT TOGETHER

HAVE YOU EVER GONE UP TO THE ROOF

HEY EVERYONE LOOK AT WHAT'S HERE

I AM JUST A PLAIN POET

I WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE GAMUT

MINOR POETS ARE HUMAN TOO

MY ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK IS A SONNET

SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE

TODAY I WAS ALMOST PUT IN JAIL

WHEN I AM SICK SCIENCE FICTION

WHEN YOUR EYES MEET, WHEN YOUR HAND SHAKES

WHEN YOUR HAND SHAKES, WHEN YOUR EYE'S MEAT

SURPRISE'

1793

BOOKMARK

CALL TO LOST MEMBERS

CANINE IN RECOVERY

CAPE MENDOCINO ROSE

CATALOGUE

CONCISE HISTORY OF MUSIC

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BE

COW OF OUR TIME

FUNERAL ODE ON THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA

GIRL AND HER HORSE

GRAVEDIGGER'S SOLILOQUY

MODEL PRISON

NEW COVENANT

NOTE TO ROMEO

QUESTIONNAIRE

SESTINA FOR SUSAN SONTAG

STROLL THROUGH MOSCOW

TREE IN THE DARK

VACATION ON EARTH

ABEECDARY

ADJECTIVES

ADVERBS

ADVICE TO YOUNG COOKS

AFTER DONNE

AFTER OSTADE

AFTER PEGUY

ALCOHOL ISLAND: A CHRONICLE

ALLEGORY

ANCIENT HERO

ANNIVERSARY VALENTINE

APARTMENT HUNTING

ARS POETICA

AT THE GRAVE OF AMY CLAMPITT

AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN PRESIDENT

ATTRACTIVE OPPOSITES

AUBADE: IT'S DAWN AND

AUXILIARY VERBS

BACK HERE

BALLADE OF THE NEW GOD

BIRD FEEDER

BIRTH OF A PILLOW

BOURGEOIS IDYLL

BUYING A USED CAR

CALABOOSE AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

CAUSES AND EFFECTS

CHRISTMAS GUILT

CLOSE YOUR EYES NOW

COAL MINERS

COME, PLEASANT DEATH

COMING OF AGE

COMPOUND OBJECT PRONOUNS

CONTENTS

CONTRACTIONS

CONVALESCING IN LONDON

D.W. RICHMOND GIVES DIRECTIONS TO THE ARCHITECT OF HIS TOMB

DEATH ROW VILLANELLE

DEATH WISH IV

DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES

DELETE 'STARS

DREAMS: A DARWINIAN VIEW

DUELING PLATITUDES

EITHER/OR

ELYSIUM

ENTROPIC VILLANELLE

EPISTLE

EPITAPH

EPITAPH FOR THE PAST TENSES

EROSION

ETERNITY

EVENTS OF THE DAY

EVERYTHING CLOSES AFTER MIDNIGHT: A LONDON LAMENT

EYEBALL TO EYEBALL

FAIRY SONG

FIN DE SIECLE

FLYING HOME

FOOL'S MATE

FOR A DERELICT

FOR MARILYN HACKER

GARAGE SALE

GILDA: AN ENTR'ACTE

GOD'S CRIME POLICY

HANDS AND MOUTH

HANSEL, A RETROSPECT OR, THE DANGER OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY

HE, SHE, AND IT

HIGH PURPOSE IN POETRY: A PRIMER

HOMAGE TO THE CARRACCI

HOMONYMS

HOMOPHONES

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD

HOW TO BEHAVE WHEN DEAD

HOW TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN A CROWD

HYMN TO VENUS

IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

IF/THEN

IN AND OUT

IN DEFENSE OF FOREST LAWN

IN MEMORIAM

IN PRAISE OF HISTORY

IN PRAISE OF NEW YORK

IN THE NEWS

IN THE PICTURE

INSOMNIA

INVICTUS

JUST BEFORE THE COPS ARRIVE

KINDERGARTEN SONGS

KING'S BIRTHDAY

LA VENGANZA DE LA LOS MUERTOS VEVIENTES

LA VENGANZA DE LOS MUERTOS VIVIENTES

LA, LA, LA

LE TOMBEAU DE BACH (RICHARD)

LEARNING TO CROSS THE STREET

LIE AND LAY

LIGHT VERSES FOR THE VIET NAM DEAD

LIKE AND AS

LISTENING TO THE NEWS

LITANY

LIVES OF GREAT MEN ALL REMIND US

LOVE AND CLOVER: A WHITE PAPER

LUXE, CALME, ET DESESPOIR

MAKING IT YOURS

MARCH

MARKING TIME

MAY

MAYBE

MCMLXXXIV

MEDUSA AT HER VANITY

MEMOIRS OF A PRIMROSE

MISSISSIPPI SLEIGH RIDE

MORE GOOD ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG

MY MOTHER: A DISCUSSION

MY WILLOUGHBY PERSONALITY SCHEDULE

NEW YORK COUNTING RHYME

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

NO FORM, NO CONTENT

NOT

NOUNS

NUTS IN MAY

ODE ON THE SOURCE OF THE CLITUMNUS

ODE ON THE SOURCE OF THE FOUX

ODE TO EQUANIMITY

ODIOUS COMPARISONS

OLD FRIENDS

ON DEPOSITING THE CHECK FOR A LEGACY

ON GEORGE W.

ON RE-READING GEORGE MACBETH'S PENGUIN BOOK OF SICK VERSE (1963)

ONE'S GENDER PROBLEMS

ORIENTING MR. BLANK

PAINTING 1/11/80

PAINTING 1/13/80

PAINTING 1/8/80

POEM FROM THE PEN

POEMS

PORTRAIT OF A TOURIST

PRAISE

PRAYER TO PLEASURE

PRONOUNS

PRONOUNS

PROPER NOUNS

PSALMS OF A TAX ACCOUNTANT

QUESTIONS YOUR CHILDREN ARE CERTAIN TO ASK

QUOTATION MARKS

RED TULIPS IN 1947

REMAINDERED TITLES AT BARNES & NOBLE

REMARKS CONCERNING THE FITNESS OF ALL THINGS

RICHARD ANDSOFORTH

RIDDLE

RIDDLE WITH GUESSES

RIMBAUD 2000

ROSE, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RED?

RULES OF ORDER FOR NEW CONSERVATIVES

SELECTED QUIRKS

SHORT FLIGHT

SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS

SIGNS OF SPRING IN A DEPRESSED ECONOMY

SIN AND PUNISHMENT

SISTER'S DAY

SKYDIVER

SLIDES

SMASHING CHINA

SO GROWS THE TREE

SPLIT INFINITIVES

STARS AS THOUGHT

STAYING HOME

STRANGE PLURALS

SUNDAY AT HOME

SWEET TRIOLETS: A TRIOLET FOR PASSION SUNDAY

SWEET TRIOLETS: A TRIOLET WITH MAYONNAISE

SWEET TRIOLETS: IL PENSEROSO

SWEET TRIOLETS: L'ALLEGRO

SWEET TRIOLETS: THE BOUTONNIERE

SWEET TRIOLETS: THE WISDOM OF THE TRIOLET

SWEET TRIOLETS: THE YAWNING BRIDEGROOM

SWIMMING

SYMBOLS OF LOVE AND DEATH

TALES OF THE FOREBEARS

TEMPS PERDU

AGREEMENT OF PREDICATE PRONOUNS

ARGUMENT RESUMED; OR UP THROUGH TRIBECA

ART OF DYING

BLINDMAN'S SIGN

BRIDE OF BARON DEATH

CARDINAL DETOXES: A PLAY IN ONE ACT

CHILDHOOD OF LANGUAGE

CLOUDS

COLOR BLUE

CRUBLING INFRASTRUCTURE

DECAYING SWAN

DIRT AND THE WILLOW

DOPPELGANGER

EIGHTFOLD WAY: A MASQUE IN FIVE TABLEAUX

FETISHIST'S LAMENT

FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE

FIRST CUCKOO

FRIENDS OF LONG AGO

FUTURE TENSE

GARAGE SALE AS A SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

HAUNTED BIRDHOUSE

INDIRECT OBJECT

JOYCELIN SHRAGER POEMS

JOYCELIN SHRAGER STORY

LIBRARY OF AMERICA

LIPSTICK ON THE MIRROR

LORE OF THE JUNGLE

MAD GOVERNESS

MADNESS OF UNIFORMS, THE SADNESS OF LAUNDROMATS

NEW FASHIONS

OBJECT

OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

OGRE'S MANIFESTO

PICTURE AND THE MIRROR

PRESENT TENSE

PRISONERS OF WAR

PROSPECT BEHIND US

RAPIST'S VILLANELLE

SELF AS PRODUCT

SHELF

SIZE OF THE WORLD

SMOKE IN THE MANGER: A CHRISTMAS LEGEND

SUBJECT

THREE LITTLE PIGS

VIEWERS AND THE VIEW: EURAILPASS VERSES, 1985

THERE IS AN INDEX BY FIRST LINES

THESEUS TO HIPPOLYTA

THOU, THEE, AND THINE

THREE BOXES

THREE GREETING CARDS

THREE PEOPLE AND THEIR FEELINGS: 1

THREE PEOPLE AND THEIR FEELINGS: 2

THREE PEOPLE AND THEIR FEELINGS: 3

TO A TREE

TO AN ELDER BROTHER, ABORTED

TO AN UNREPENTANT PLAGIARIST

TO ANTHEA

TO FAME

TO GOETHE

TO JEAN-ANN

TO THE SUN

TURNER JIGSAW

VERBS

VILLANELL FOR CHARLES OLSON

VILLONESQUE

WAITING FOR A WAR

WALKING IN A STRANGE APARTMENT

WE ARE DIVIDED EVERYWHERE IN TWO PARTS

WHAT ELSE IS THERE

WHAT IT WAS LIKE

WHAT TO ACCEPT

WHAT'S LEFT UNSAID, OR THE DODO'S JOY

WHY THIS TIE, WHY THAT

WITHOUT A GROAN

WORKING ON A TAN

YES, LET'S

YORICK'S REPLY

YOU AND I

YOU CAN OWN THIS PAINTING FOR $75

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