Classic and Contemporary Poets

X. J. KENNEDY

Poems found: 446

IN A PROMINENT BAR IN SECAUCUS ONE DAY

CITY CHURCHYARD

FIRST CONFESSION

NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE

ON A CHILD WHO LIVED ONE MINUTE

HISS! A GULP! WHERE ARE YOU, NILES

TIME MACHINE! ROB FELT AN ITCH

AT THE DOG SHOW, HELOISE

AT THE DUCKPOND STEFF, THAT OAF

AT THE LAUNDROMAT LIZ MEYER

AT THE TENNIS COURT, PAUL PEST

AT THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

BASIL IN THE JUNGLE BRAKE

BATHING NEAR OAHU, MAY

CAMPFIRE-COOKING, ELOISE

CAMPING IN GRAND CANYON PARK

CHORTLING 'HO HO! THIS'LL LEARN US.'

DORIS DRUMMOND SNEAKED A LOOK

EMMA, WHO ENJOYS A JAPE

FEELING FAMISHED, LESTER FRIED

FOR A HARMLESS APRIL RAIN

FOR HIS NATURE PROJECT. SHERM

GENEVIEVE WHILE FATHER TUSSLES

GOSNOLD! WATCH OUT WITH THAT MATCH

HARKNESS PARKED HIS HOWLING HOUND

HICKENTHRIFT AND HICKENLOOP

HIKING IN THE ROCKIES, MIDGE

HOME WITH SEASHORE TREASURES, TRISH

HUMBERT, HIKING MOONSHINE HILL

HURRY, DOCTOR! GREEDY GREG'S

IF YOU SHOULD TOUR A PYRAMID

IGNATZ MOTT IGNORED THE RULE

IN A KANGAROO ONE DAY

IN A PROMINENT BAR IN SECAUCUS ONE DAY

IN HIS ROTTED ROWBOAT, RIP

IN THE BAKERY DIANE

IN THE DRUGSTORE HANNAH HOOVER

IN THE KITCHEN KITTY SPENDER

IN THE ROCKIES, RECKLESS BASIL

INTO MOTHER'S SLIDE TROMBONE

INTO MOTHER'S SLIDE TROMBONE

JUST BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO, GREER

KEEP A HAND ON YOUR DREAM

LIGHTNING? THAT'S AN OLD WIVES' TALE

LOUISE, A WHIZ AT CURLING HAIR

LURKING ON THE STREAM'S BANK, CLAIRE

MAMA BEAR, YOU'LL NEVER MISS

MAURA POURED SOME TRANQUILIZER

MEANING WELL, MINERVA JEAN

MERELY FOR A LAUGH, LORRAINE

MOUNTAIN-CLIMBING IN PERU

MY WINDOW SCREEN

NOTICING AN OPEN-DOORED

OFF THE ROOFTOP CORA KOTCH

ON A BET, FOOLHARDLY SAM

ON A FACTORY TOUR, WILL GOSSAGE

ON A TRIP THROUGH YELLOWSTONE

ON HALLOWEEN, WHEN GHOSTS GO BOO

ON HIS MOTORBIKE LARS STANDS

ON THE GOLF COURSE GERTRUDE SPIED

ON THE OLD MILL'S ROTTEN ROOF

ONE DAY WHILE STEAMING UP THE AMAZON

OVER MOM'S PIANO KEYS

PANIC STRUCK FLIGHT NINE-OH-NINE

PAUL, IN AUNT PRU'S PRUNE SURPRISE

PLAYING BEAVER, BUSY KEITH

PLAYING SOCCER, PLATO FOLEY

QUENT, BECAUSE AUNT DRU DREADS QUAKES

RAIN INTO RIVER

REED, WHO DIDN'T REASON WELL

REGGIE, SKILLED AT IMITATING

SISYPHUS SISYPHUS

SLEEPING BAG AND ALL, FRITZ FRY

SNEAKING IN ON SOUNDLESS SNEAKERS

SNICKERING LIKE CRAZY, SUE

SNOOPING ROUND THE CLINIC, CRAIG

STAN SAID, GUESS I'LL DO SOME SEWING

STEALING EGGS, FRITZ RAN AFOUL

STEPHANIE, THAT LITTLE STINKER

STEWART WITH A PEA-SHOOTER STIRRED

STILTS, THE TALLEST EVER BUILT

SUZETTE SMART DID SOMETHING DUMB

TEN BILLION CROWS

ANIMALS YOU EAT

GHOST OF MY UNFINISHED PH.D.

KITE THAT BRAVED OLD ORCHARD BEACH

MAN WITH THE TAN HANDS

PURPOSE OF TIME IS TO PREVENT EVERYTHING FROM HAPPENING

SECRET JOY OF DIVING BELLS

VACUUM CLEANER'S SWALLOWED WILL

THINKING IT HARD CANDY, RUBE

THOUGH HIS FRIENDS WITH FEARFUL SQUEALS

TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION, BRENT

TO OPEN CANS OF COLA, LIL

TOLD TO WASH POOCH, AWFUL ARCH

TOURING TV STUDIOS

TRISH UPON THE RAILROAD TRACKS

VINCE RELEASED A JAR OF VERMIN

WALLACE FIRED HIS WATER PISTOL

WHERE THE HUGE SEA TORTOISE SITS

WHERE WILL WE RUN TO

WHILE THE FRUIT BOILS, MOM SENDS LARS

WILBURFORCE FONG

WITH HER FELT PEN FLO, THAT WRETCH

WITH THE GARDEN SPRINKLER BRETT

YIELDING TO HIS YEN TO ROAM

YOU OUGHTN'T TO HAVE MADE IT, BERT

4TH STANZA FOR DR. JOHNSON, DONALD HALL

BATTLE ACCOUNTED FOR

BEARDSLEY MOMENT

FOOTPATH NEAR GETHSEMANE

SCANDAL IN THE SUBURBS

SWITCHED CAREER

VISIT TO THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE

ABSENTMINDED BARTENDER

AGNES SNAGGLETOOTH

ALL AROUND THE YEAR

AMONG STOOL PIDGEONS

UNEXPLAINED OUCH

AT A LOW MASS FOR TWO HOT-RODDERS

AT BROWN CRANE PAVILION

AUNT RECTITA'S GOOD FRIDAY

BARKING DOG BLUES

BLACK VELVET ART

BLUES FOR OEDIPUS

BOULDER, COLORADO

BOWLING ALLEY WONDER

CARRYING ON WITHOUT HIM

CELEBRATIONS AFTER THE DEATH OF JOHN BRENNAN

CHRISTMAS ABRUPTED

CHRISTMAS KALEIDOSCOPE

CITY CHURCHYARD

COMING CLOSE TO DROWNING

COMPOSITION THEORY

CONSUMER'S REPORT

CREATION MORNING

DANCING WITH THE POETS AT PIGGY'S

DAUGHTER IN THE HOUSE

DEATH OF A WINDOW WASHER

DESTROYING OLD LOVELETTERS

DIRTY ENGLISH POTATOES

DOMESTIC CRISIS

DRIVERS OF DIAPER SERVICE TRUCKS ARE SAD

DRIVING CROSS-COUNTRY

EARLY APRIL RATTLES SEVERELY PROFESSOR OGLEBOCK

EMILY DICKINSON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

EMILY DICKINSON LEAVES A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD, NOW THAT HER HOMESTEAD

EMPTY HOUSE SINGING TO ITSELF

FACES FROM A BESTIARY

FIRST CONFESSION

FIRST ONE OUT OF BED

FIVE-AND-DIME, LATE THIRTIES

FLAGELLANT'S SONG

FLYING UPTOWN BACKWARDS

FOR A MAIDEN LADY

FOR A SMALL BOY'S STONE

FORTY-SEVENTH STREET CRASH

FOUR ANCIENT WHEEZES

GIRL WHO'S MOVED AROUND

GIVING IN TO YOU

GOLD BOUGHT HERE

GREAT CHAIN OF BEING

HALLOWEEN DISGUISES

HAMLET IN A NUTSHELL

HARSH DAYS KNEEL UPON WESSEX AGRICULTURE

HELD IN SUSPENSE

HOW TO STAY UP LATE

HOW TO WATCH STATUES

I ANSWER AN S.O.S.

IN A DRY SEASON

IN A SECRET FIELD

IN THE VIDEO SHOP

INSCRIPTIONS AFTER FACT, SELS.

INVASION AND RETREAT

JAPANESE BEETLES

JAPANESE BEETLES (1)

JAPANESE BEETLES (10). TO A YOUNG POET

JAPANESE BEETLES (3)

JAPANESE BEETLES (4). PARODY: HERRICK

JAPANESE BEETLES (5). THE MINOTAUR'S ADVICE

JAPANESE BEETLES (6)

JAPANESE BEETLES (7). TRANSLATOR

JAPANESE BEETLES (8). TO A NOW-TYPE POET

JAPANESE BEETLES (9). AT A SALE OF A MANUSCRIPT

JAPANESE BEETLES, SELS: #24

JAPANESE BEETLES, SELS: ON A GIVEN BOOK

JAPANESE BEETLES: SEX MANUAL

KRAKEN [OR, KRACKEN]

LADIES LOOKING FOR LICE

LAMENT FOR CAPITAL LETTERS

LANDSCAPES W. SET-SCREWS, SELS.

LANDSCAPES WITH SET-SCREWS, SELS.

LANDSCAPES WITH SET-SCREWS; I.

LANDSCAPES WITH SET-SCREWS; II.

LAST LINES: 1. FROM THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY

LAST LINES: 2. ON A BOXER

LAST LINES: 3. ON A WRESTLER

LAST LINES: 4. TEUTONIC SCHOLAR

LATE NIGHT FLIGHT

LIGHTING A FIRE

LITTLE ELEGY; FOR A CHILD WHO SKIPPED ROPE

LIZABET'S SONG TO THE SENATE

LONG-DISTANCE CALL

MAPLES IN JANUARY

MORE ROTTEN BRATS

MOTHER'S NERVES

MY FISHBOWL HEAD

NASAL REPRODUCTION

NEW YEAR'S ADVICE FROM MY CORNISH GRANDMOTHER

NO NEUTRAL STONE

NOTHING IN HEAVEN FUNCTIONS AS IT OUGHT

NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE

O'RILEY'S LATE-BLOOMED LITTLE SON

OLD MEN PITCHING HORSESHOES

ON A CHILD WHO LIVED ONE MINUTE

ON BEING ACCUSED OF WIT

ON HOWARD NEMEROV

ON THE LIQUIDATION OF THE MUSTANG RANCH BY THE INTERNAL REV

ON THE OLD FORMS

ON THE PROPOSED SEIZURE OF TWELVE GRAVES IN A COLONIAL CEMETERY

ONAN'S SOLILOQUY

ONE A.M. WITH VOICES

ONE WINTER NIGHT IN AUGUST

ONE-NIGHT HOMECOMING

OOL ABOUT TO PROCLAIM A PARABLE

PRESENTS FROM THE FLOOD

RENAISSANCE HISTORY

ROASTING PUMPKIN SEEDS

ROBERT FROST DISCOVERS ANOTHER ROAD NOT TAKEN

ROTTEN REVEILLE

SAILORS WITH THE CLAP

SCHIZOPHRENIC GIRL

SEPARATED BANKS

SHARING THE SCORE

SHOULD ALL OF THIS COME TRUE

SLEEPY SCHOOLBUS

SNOWFLAKE SOUFFLE

SOCIAL DISTINCTION

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

SONG FOR SALVADOR DALI

SONG TO THE TUNE OF 'SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL'

SONG: ENLIGHTENMENT

SPECULATING WOMAN

STARING INTO A RIVER TILL MOVED BY IT

SUCCESS IN THE CHURCH

SUMMER CHILDREN

TALKING DUST BOWL

TELEVISION NOSE

TEN BILLION CROWS

TENDING A COOKOUT IN POURING RAIN

TERSE ELEGY FOR J. V. CUNNINGHAM

ABOMINABLE BASEBALL BAT

AGED WINO'S COUNSEL TO A YOUNG MAN ...

ATHEIST'S STIGMATA

BLESSING OF THE BIKES

COST OF A STING

DEATH OF PROFESSOR BACKWARDS

DEVIL'S ADVICE TO POETS

FOUNTAIN AND THE DRAIN

GHASTLY CARIBBEAN LOBSTER

KOREAN EMERGENCY

LONELINESS OF LINCOLN

MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

PHANTOM OF WOODLAND HOMES

WATERBURY CROSS

WHALES OFF WALES

THREE EPIGRAMS ON POETRY: FALLING-OUT FROM GLORY

THREE EPIGRAMS ON POETRY: FOR JAMES DICKEY

THREE EPIGRAMS ON POETRY: THEODORE ROETHKE

TO A FORGETFUL WISHING WELL

TO A FRIEND WHOM A LITERARY PRIZE PASSED OVER

TO A YOUNG POET

TO AN ANGRY GOD

TO DOROTHY ON HER EXCLUSION FROM THE GUINNESS BOOK ...

TO THE ONE-EYED POETS

TO THE WRITERS FORBIDDEN TO WRITE

TRAVELER'S WARNINGS, SELS.

TROUBLE IN TOWN

TRYING TO MAKE TIME ON A COUNTRY HIGHWAY

TRYING TO WRITE THANK-YOU LETTERS

TWELVE DEAD, HUNDREDS HOMELESS

TWO APPARITIONS

TWO VIEWS OF RHYME AND METER

UNCLE OOL'S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE ILL-PAID LIFE OF VERSE

WAR NEWSCAST IN ST. THOMAS

WEST SOMERVILLE, MASS.

WHERE WILL WE RUN TO

WHO TO PET AND WHO NOT TO

WICKED WITCH'S KITCHEN

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