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STEPHEN DOBYNS

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Poems found: 485

HIS LIFE WAS THE PRACTICE OF FORMING A SINGLE SENTENCE

OH, IMMOBILITY, DEATH'S VAST ASSOCIATE

OVER A CUP OF COFFEE OR SITTING ON A PARK BENCH

ADAM

BRINK

CEZANNE AND THE LOVE OF COLOR

CEZANNE AND ZOLA

CEZANNE'S SECLUSION

CEZANNE'S SUCCESS

DANCE, DANCE

EYELIDS

FUNCTIONAL FORGETTING

HE TOLD HER, HE LOVED HER

HIS FAVORITE BLUE CUP

HOW COULD YOU EVER BE FINE?

HOW IT WAS AT THE END

IN A ROW

INVASIONS

LONG STORY

NO MAP

RED GERANIUMS

ROOTLESS

ROUGHHOUSING

SPLEEN

SUMMER EVENINGS

TENDERLY

THE BIRTH ANGELS

THE BODY'S HOPE

THE BODY'S JOURNEY

THE BODY'S JOY

AT THE OCEAN HE STUDIES THE WAVES

SOMETIMES CONFUSION WAS A VEIL

THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE OCEAN

THDE NEW AUSTERITY

TO KEEP ONE'S TREASURE PROTECTED

VISITOR

CONSOLATIONS OF WATER

THE MERCY OF LAZARUS

THE MUSIC ONE LOOKS BACK ON

THE PROOF

THOUGHTS AT THIRTY-THOUSAND FEET

TOMATOES

TOTING IT UP

UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY

UTOPIAN MELODIES

WHY FOOL AROUND?

A PLACE IN MAINE

A SEPARATE TIME

ALLIGATOR DARK

ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT

LOST

YELLOW BEAK

BETWEEN HAMBURG AND BUENOS AIRES

CEMETERY NIGHTS V

CLOUDS

CONTINGENCIES

COUNTERPARTS

DEAD ROPE

FINDING THE DIRECTION

PURSUIT

GENERAL MATTHEI DRIVES HOME THROUGH SANTIAGO

THE GARDNER

HOW SWEET AND PROPER IT IS

CAN POETRY MATTER?

IT'S LIKE THIS

NAME-BURNING

NO MOMENT PAST THIS ONE

OATMEAL DELUXE

PASSING THE WORD

PATIENCE

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

PLAY IN FOUR ACTS

QUERENICA

SONG FOR MAKING THE BIRDS COME

SONG FOR PUTTING ASIDE ANGER

SUN GAZERS

TAKING A CRACK AT IT

THE CHERRY TREE

DETERMINATION TO WRITE

THE GREEDY CHILD

THE GUITAR LESSON

THE STREET

THE INVITATION

THE ROOM

THE SIDEBOARD'S MAHOGANY SURFACE

THE SURVIVAL VARIATION

THE WAYS OF KEYS

THESEUS WITHIN THE LABYRINTH

WAKING, THE CHEERING BEGINS

WHEN YOU'RE DANCING, MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD DANCE WITH YOU

FRIENDS OF HIS YOUTH

HE KNEW HIS VULNERABILITIES, AND CONCEALED THEM

HIS FAILURES

IT WAS THE LACK OF CERTAINTY

OVER THERE HE MADE

SUCH DAYS AS THESE

SUCH PLEASURES HE HAD TAKEN

THE MORE HE CONSIDERED HIS DEATH

TO STAND ON A HIGH PLACE

SPIDER WEB

THE EXIGENCIES OF ART

THE COMMUNITY

CONFESSION

DESIRE

FREIGHT CARS

HOW TO LIKE IT

BACH PARTIA OR ONE OF THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

LOVE OF MUSIC

ALTHOUGH IN THE THICK OF A JOURNEY

AT THE OCEAN HE STUDIED THE WAVES

AT TIMES HE TRIED TO LOCATE THE MOMENT OF CHANGE

AT TIMES IT WAS IN FRENCH OR PAGES WERE MISSING

BIRDSONG, SUNSETS

FOR ONE IT WAS THE WISH TO BE LOVED

FOR YEARS HE THOUGHT MADNESS MUST BE PEACEFUL

FRIENDS OF HIS YOUTH, FRIENDS OF HIS PRIME

FRIENDS WITH WHOM HE HAD QUARRELED

HARSH WORDS, DISMISSIVE GESTURES)

HE FELT BEST MOVING BETWEEN TWO POINTS

HE FELT BULLIED BY HIS POSSESSIONS

HE GREW FOND OF HIS UNCERTAINTIES

HE HAD SPENT HIS YOUTH

HE KNEW HIS VULNERABILITIES

HE KNEW IT WAS FOOLISH

HE LOVED HIS JOY

HE LOVED THE GENERAL OVER THE PARTICULAR

HE PRIDED HIMSELF ON HIS HONESTY

HIS DEFINITION OF BEAUTY

HIS FAILURES-COULD HE BLAME THEM ON TIME?

HIS WANT FORMED A CRAVING NEVER SATISFIED

HOW HE NURTURED HIS CYNICISM

IN SOME DREAMS HE COULD RUN

IN THE BEGINNING, HE WAS LIKE A CROWD

IT WAS THE LACK OF CERTAINTY THAT DISTURBED HIM

OCCASIONALLY AND FOR WHAT SEEMED NO REASON

OF COURSE HE SAW THAT HIS DISLIKE OF RECEIVED IDEAS

OFTEN IN DREAMS...

OFTEN, IN DREAMS, HE MOVED THROUGH A CITY

OH, IMMOBILITY, DEATH'S VAST ASSOCIATE

OVER HERE HE MADE A PILE

SAY THAT EACH WORD IS A BOARD

SO SKILLFUL GREW HIS RHETORIC OF SEDUCTION

SOMETIMES CONFUSION WAS A VEIL ACROSS HIS EYES

SUCH DAYS AS THESE

SUCH PLEASURES HE HAD TAKEN IN BOOKS

THAT DAY HE AND THE WOMAN SPENT HOURS ON HORSEBACK

CHOICES WERE BETWEEN HIS LIFE AND HIS ART

CLOUDS ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS

MORE HE CONSIDERED HIS DEATH

PLEASURE OF CREATING SOMETHING

WISH HAD BEEN THERE ALL ALONG

THOSE BRICK WALLS

TO STAND ON A HIGH PLACE

WHEN HE FELT MOST LOVED

WHEN HE WAS MAKING LOVE

WHEN THE LEAVES FELL AND THE OCTOBER WIND SHOOK THE TREES

YOU TAKE A TRAIN THROUGH A FOREIGN COUNTRY

PLACE IN MAINE

SEPARATE TIME

ABSENCE

ADAM

ADRIFT IN THE LEAFY TRANQUILITY

AFTER THE WAR WITH THE ESKIMOS

ALLEGORICAL MATTERS

ALLIGATOR DARK

ANCIENT TEACHING

ANGER

APHORISMS

ART ET AL

ARTISTIC MATTERS

BAD LUCK FENCE

BEAUTY

BEING HAPPY

BETWEEN THEM ROSE THE BONER OF CONTENTION

BIRTH REPORT

BLACK DOG, RED DOG

BLACK GIRL VANISHING: DETROIT, 1970

BLACK STITCHES DOWN THE MIDDLE

BLEEDER

BONEYARD

BOWLERS ANONYMOUS

BRAVADO

BRINK

CAN POETRY MATTER?

CANTO HONDO

CAREERS

CECIL

CEMETERY NIGHTS

CEMETERY NIGHTS 2

CEMETERY NIGHTS IV

CEMETERY NIGHTS V

CEZANNE AND THE LOVE OF COLOR

CEZANNE AND ZOLA

CEZANNE'S A MODERN OLYMPIA--1872

CEZANNE'S AMBITION

CEZANNE'S ANGER

CEZANNE'S COLDNESS

CEZANNE'S DOUBTS

CEZANNE'S FAILURE

CEZANNE'S FORTRESS

CEZANNE'S LOVE OF POETRY

CEZANNE'S MONTAGNE SAINTE-VICTOIRE

CEZANNE'S OUTRAGEOUSNESS

CEZANNE'S PORTRAITS

CEZANNE'S SECLUSION

CEZANNE'S SUCCESS

CHEAP VASE

CLOUDS

CONFESSION

CONNECTIONS

CONTINGENCIES

CORN TO POUND TO MAKE HIS BREAD

COUNTERPARTS

COUNTRY CLUB

COVETOUSNESS

CRIMSON INVITATION

CROSSROADS

CUIADORES DE AUTOS

DANCE, DANCE

DANCING IN VACATIONLAND

DAYTONA FRESH AND INDIANAPOLIS IMMACULATE

DEAD BABY

DEAD CURTAIN

DEAD POET HA HA

DEAD ROPE

DEATH LOBS A BOSOM INTO THE FIELD

DELICIOUS MONSTROSITY

DESIRE

DIGGING THE KNIFE DEEPER

DO THEY HAVE A REASON?

DOG-TIRED CANNON FODDER WON'T SALUTE

DREAM

EBB TIDE

ECHOES

ENVY

EXILE

EXPANSION SLOTS

EXPLAINING THE NATURE OF EVIDENCE

EYELIDS

FACES

FACING FAILURE

FATAL KISSES

FAVORITE IRAQI SOLDIER

FEAR

FEET

FIGHTING BACK

FINGERNAILS

FLAWED LANGUAGE: THOUGHT'S SHADOW

FLEAMARKEY

FOLK TALES

FOOTSTEP

FRAGMENTS

FREIGHT CARS

FRENCHIE

FROM THE INVISIBLES

FUNCTIONAL FORGETTING

FUNERAL

FUNNY

GEESE

GENERAL MATTHEI DRIVES HOME THROUGH SANTIAGO

GETTING TOUGHER

GETTING UP

GIRL IN WHITE

GLUTTONY

GOD'S POORER PARTICLE, I.E. THE DEVIL

GOLDEN BROILERS

GOOD DEEDS

GOODBYE TO THE HANDS THAT HAVE TOUCHED HIM

GOTTERON LANDSCAPE

GREAT JOB

GRIEF

GUTTER TROUBLE

HE TOLD HER, HE LOVED HER

HIDDEN WITHIN THE SLEEVES OF THOSE DARK ROBES

HIS DECISION

HIS FAVORITE BLUE CUP

HOMERIC OFFERING

HOPELESS TOOLS

HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM

HOW COULD YOU EVER BE FINE?

HOW IT WAS AT THE END

HOW TO LIKE IT

HOW YOU ARE LINKED

HUNTING DOGS PURSUE THE WOUNDED DEER

I'M MUSCLE, I'M BRAWN

IN A ROW

IN THE HOSPITAL

INAPPROPRIATE GESTURES

INDIFFERENCE TO CONSEQUENCE

INVASIONS

IT'S LIKE THIS

IT'S NOT THE HOOKERS OR OPIUM DENS

JAPANESE GIRL WITH RED TABLE

JAPANESE GIRL WITH RED TABLE

JONAH'S FLIGHT TO TARSHISH

KATIA READING

KENTUCKY DERBY DAY, BELFAST, MAINE

LAST JUMPING JACKS

LAUGHTER

LEARNING TO THINK

LEAVING THE BAR AND LOW LIFE AT CLOSING, I UNSUCCESSFULLY

LET'S PEEK AT THE DENTAL WORK

LETTER BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST LINE OF YOUR LETTER

LIKE A REVOLVING DOOR

LIL' DARLIN'

LOGO OF FIXED BEWILDERMENT

LONG STORY

LOUD MUSIC

LOVE IS ELSEWHERE

LULLABY; FOR STEPHEN KING

LUMBERJACK SHIRTS AND MOTORCYCLE BOOTS

MACFLECKNA'S STOREFRONT CHURCH

MARCH MORNING

MARSYAS, MIDAS AND THE BARBER

MERMAID

MIDDLE-AGED BLACK MEN

MORNING NEWS

MORNING SONG

NAME-BURNING

NIGHT SWIMMER

NO HANDS

NO MAP

NO MOMENT PAST THIS ONE

NO TANGOS TONIGHT

NOSES

NOUNS OF ASSEMBLAGE

OATMEAL DELUXE

OCCUPANT IN PERMANENT TRANSIT

ODYSSEUS'S HOMECOMING

OLD WHAT'S-HIS-NAME

ONE GOOD TURNS DESERVES ANOTHER

ORPHEUS

PABLO NERUDA

PARACHUTES

PASSING THE WORD

PASTEL DRESSES

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

POEM ENDING WITH A LINE BY SU TUNG-PO

PONY EXPRESS

PUSHING AHEAD

PUTTING IT ALL AWAY

QUERENCIA

QUIET TIME

RAIN SONG

READY AND WAITING

RECEIVERS OF THE WORLD'S ATTENTION

RED GERANIUMS

REFUSING THE NECESSARY

ROOTLESS

ROUGHHOUSING

SANTIAGO: FIVE MEN IN THE STREET: NUMBER ONE

SANTIAGO: FIVE MEN IN THE STREET: NUMBER TWO

SANTIAGO: FORESTAL PARK

SANTIAGO: IN PRAISE OF COMMUNITY

SANTIAGO: LA AVENIDA PEDRO DE VALDIVIA

SANTIAGO: MARKET DAY IN WINTER

SCATTERED OAKS IN FULL LEAF

SEEING OFF A FRIEND

SEPARATIONS

SHAVING

SHORT RIDES

SHRILL

SILENCE

SIX POEMS ON MOVING

SKELETON

SKETCHING HECTOR'S EYE

SLIPPING AWAY

SLOTH

SOMEWHERE IT STILL MOVES

SONG FOR MAKING THE BIRDS COME

SONG OF FOUR DANCERS

SONG OF THE DROWNED BOY

SONG OF THE WRONG RESPONSE

SPIDER WEB

SPIRITUAL CHICKENS

SPITE

SPLEEN

SPRING RAIN

STREETLIGHT

SUMMER EVENINGS

SUN GAZERS

SURPRISE

SWEAT

SYRACUSE NIGHTS

TEN FEET OF ROPE

TENDERLY

THAT STUFF ABOUT A BETTER PLACE

BELLY

BIRTH ANGELS

BODY OF ROMULUS

BODY'S CURSE

BODY'S HOPE

BODY'S JOURNEY

BODY'S JOY

BODY'S REPOSE AND DISCONTENT

BODY'S STRENGTH

BODY'S WEIGHT

CARD GAME

CHILDREN

COMMIUNITY

CONVIVIALITY OF COWS

DARK AND TURBULENT SEA

DAY THE WORLD ENDS

DELICATE, PLUMMETING BODIES

DOUBLE

ERSATZ METAPHYSIC OF COMMERCIALISM

FACE IN THE CEILING

FUTURE

GARDENER

GENERAL AND THE TANGO SINGER

GIVER OF GIFTS

GRANDFATHER POEM

GREAT DOUBTERS OF HISTORY

GREEDY CHILD

GUITAR LESSON

GUN

HIMALAYAS WITHIN HIM

LIGHT IS DUSKY THE SHADOWS LONG

LIVING ROOM

MALDITOS MAKE A RACKET

MEN WITH LONG FACES

MINUTE GRIT IN DEATH'S UNDERGARMENTS

MORGUE ATTENDANTS CLUTCH THEIR KEYS

MOUNTAIN

MUSIC ONE LOOKS BACK ON

NATURE OF LOVE

NEW AUSTERITY

NIHILIST

NOISE THE HAIRLESS MAKE

PARTY

PLACE BETWEEN US

PRIVILEGES OF PHILOSOPHY

PROOF

ROOM

SIDEBOARD'S MAHOGANY SURFACE

SORRY FRONDS OF THE PALM TREES

STREET

TRIANGULAR FIELD

VELOCITY OF COWS

WAY IT GOES OR THE PROPER USE OF LEISURE TIME

WAYS OF KEYS

WHITE SKIRT

WINDOW

WORLD'S MASTER PLAN

WORLD'S SIDEWALKS AND DAILY HOOPLA

THEIR TETE-A-TETE IS DONE

THESEUS WITHIN THE LABYRINTH

THIS LIFE

THOUGHTS AT THIRTY-THOUSAND FEET

THUS HE ENDURED

TO BLOW YOUR ENEMY A FINAL KISS

TO CONCEAL THE PIERCING LIGHT

TO EXIST IN THE GIVEN MINUTE

TO PULL INTO ONESELF AS INTO A LOCKED ROOM

TO SLEEP THE SLEEP OF THE JUST

TOMATOES

TONGUE

TOPLESS

TOTING IT UP

TRAFFIC

TROUBLE IN MIND

UNDER THE GREEN CEILING

UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY

UNTIL WE DROOL AND PISS OURSELVES

UPRISING

UTOPIAN MELODIES

VALENTINE MATHEMATICS

VANITY

WAKING

WALLS TO PUT UP, WALLS TO TAKE DOWN

WHAT GOOD IS LOVE UNLESS IT'S AGGRESSIVE?

WHAT NEXT?

WHAT THEY DO ALWAYS

WHAT YOU HAVE COME TO EXPECT

WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT EARLIER

WHEN TUBES PIERCE EVERY EXTREMITY

WHERE WE ARE

WHITE PIG

WHITE THIGHS

WHO IS MISTAKEN?

WHY FOOL AROUND?

WHY IS HE SUDDENLY PARALYZED?

WIND CHIMES

WINTER NIGHTS

WOUNDS WITHOUT PAIN



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