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JOANNE KYGER


Poems found: 526

DESTRUCTION

HI! IT'S TOM'

OH MAN IS THE HIGHEST TYPE OF ANIMAL EXISTING

(HUSHED TONE OF VOICE)

FEW DAYS LATER AT THE WASHTUB

SMALL FIELD OF TALL GOLDEN HEAVY GRASS

SONG IN THE ROPE

AGAIN RECOGNIZING

AH IT'S SOCKED IN TODAY BOYS HEAVY METAL

AH IT'S SOCKED IN TODAY BOYS HEAVY METAL

ANYTHING THAT IS CREATED

APRIL 4, 1975 TIME OF WONDER

AT PT. REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE

BILL BROWN IS TOO SHORT OF BREATH

BIRD FAMILY

BOB CREELEY HAS DIED AND HE IS TO HAVE A TIBETAN CEREMONY.

BREAKFAST. HE ASSURED ME

BRIGHT, SPARKLING

CHILL WAVES

COLD

COMPASSION IS

DAILY MEDITATIONS

DARRELL GRAY DIES WHEN I AM IN MEXICO

DEAR DEAR LITTLE WRENTIT WITH WHITE CIRCLE AROUND YOUR EYE

DEAR, DEAREST

DEFINITELY RESISTANCE

DEFYING GRAVITY

DINNER AT BRIARCOMB, THAT ARTISTS' POSH RETREAT

DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELECTRONIC

ELLIPTICAL AND IRREGULAR

EVERY DAY I BURN A STICK OF INCENSE

FALL HAS ARRIVED WITH QUICK CLEAR BLUE SKIES

FIRST SIGHTING EVER OF GREY SQUIRREL ON MESA!

FOR THE SAKE OF THE KAGYU TEACHINGS,

FRAGMENTED. IE SEVERAL VALLEYS

FRESH EARLY MORNING LIGHT AND AGAIN

FROM HERE TO BERKELEY

FROM THIS MOMENT

FULL OF BIRDS IN THE FIRST

GET UP THE SCREEN OF DRINKING HERONS

GIVERNY I AM FOR GEE VERR NEE

GLAD TO BE BACK TO YOU, NOW, SOFT FOG

GOING OUT TO WATER THE GARDEN,

HAVEN'T I SEEN YOU

HE MAKES LOVE TO HER

HOLDING ON TO THE EDGE

HORRENDOUS PREFERENCES

HOW DOES ONE ATTAIN THAT POPULAR NARRATIVE

I AM AFRAID

I AM NOT GOING TO BE INTIMIDATED

I DIDN'T WANT TO THINK

I DON'T BELIEVE IN ANY

I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT

I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER GET OUT HERE AGAIN

I WALKED HOME & HAD SOME SOUP

I WANT A SMALLER THING IN MIND

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I AM NOT UP TIGHT

I'D LIKE TO MAGIC YOU ON THIS GRAND OCCASION

I'M GOING TO BE A POET

IN MY DREAM LAST NIGHT DEER LADY

IN MY IMAGINARY CONVERSATION

IN OUR YARD

IS THIS THE BUDDHA?

IT IS LONELY

IT IS TRUE

IT IS TRUE, THERE IS POWER WITHIN US. BUT I AM SO

IT'S A GREAT DAY

IT'S A GREAT DAY. LAST NIGHT I VISITED MY OLD

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME

IT'S LONELY

IT'S SO QUIET

JUST WHERE DID THESE THOUGHTS GO?

LOOK THE BIRD IS MAKING PLANS

LOOKING OUT TO THE GARDEN FAIR

MORNING IS SUCH A WELCOME TIME. IT DOESN'T DEMAND

MY FATHER DIED THIS SPRING

MY FATHER DIED THIS SPRING'

MY VISION IS A LARGE GOLDEN ROOM

MYTHICAL MANY ANTLERED WHITE BUCK

NEVER TALK AHEAD

NEW BULLETIN FROM KEITH LAMPE

NO ESCAPE

NO ONE WAS WATCHING THE TORTILLAS

NOT MUCH TIME LEFT

O FRESH DAY IN FEBRUARY

OF ALL THINGS FOR YOU TO GO AWAY MAD

OF ALL THINGS FOR YOU TO GO AWAY

OFT HAVE I WONDERED AND CLIMBED

OFTEN I TRY SO HARD WITH STIMULANTS

OH MAN IS THE HIGHEST TYPE OF ANIMAL EXISTING

OH, THE WEATHER, THE WEATHER

ONLY ONE JAY LEFT AFTER NOISY CONFERENCE OF TWO

QUESTION TO ANNE WALDMAN AFTER BEING INTERVIEWED BY BILL

RELAX THY HEAD

RETURN TO THAT FAMILIAR

ROBIN BLASER'S OLD PLASTER OF PARIS

SAYING THINGS LIKE, IF YOU COULD ONLY

SELF LOATHING & SELF PITY

SHE COMES UP

SNOW FALL

SO, WELL, NOW, YOU'VE GOT IT

SOMEWHERE YOU CAN FIND REFERENCE

SPECIALLY FOR YOUR EYES

STILL

STRIPES OF RED, BLACK, AND GOLD

SUDDENLY!

SURPRISINGLY SHE FELL BACK INTO A LINE THAT WAS SURELY

TAKE IT O MOON ON THE RUN

ENGLISH' SPARROWS IN THE COURTYARD DON'T KNOW

APPLE TREE

DEW SWEET LAW

DREAM IS DREAMING

FAR OFF PINE

GALE WAS UPON US IN A SECOND. WAS IT THE DOPE

HEADY DAY OF SUN WADING IN BOLINAS LAGOON TOPS

KARMAPA SPOKE TO ME FROM A CENTER OF LIGHT

PERSIMMONS ARE FALLING

RAIN

STORM IS UPON US

SUN IS ABOUT TO PASS

THERE ARE SO MANY LETTERS I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE

THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING A CRAFT

THIS IS A SHORT STORY

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

THIS IS THE WAY I LIKE TO FEEL THE BEST

THIS POEM IS MORE

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER

THROWING A CRANK

TRY

TUESDAY MAY 7

TUESDAY MAY 7

UTMOST DISARRAY

WAITING AGAIN

WE ARE STRONG

WELL YOU KNOW

WHAT I WANTED TO SAY

WHEN I STEP THROUGH THE DOOR

WHEN I USED TO FOCUS

WHEN I WAS WELL INTO BEING SAVORED

WOODEN WALLS

YESTERDAY WHEN DIANA DROPS ME OFF ON EVERGREEN

YOU BELIEVE THIS STASH OF WRITING IS 'SCHOLARLY'?

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WRITE POETRY YOU FIND

YOU LIKE IT HUH? YOU LIKE THAT DULCET STUFF

YOU MURMUR 'EARTH'

YOU?

BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE'

REPLACEMENT BUDDHAS'

RETIREMENT'

SEND SOME KIND OF SIGN AT LEAST'

WHATEVER IT TAKES'

12.29 & 30: PAN AS THE SON OF PENELOPE

BRISK WIND IS BLOWING THOUGHTS TO PHILIP ON THE PHONE

GIFT FROM RICK MORNING DREAM JUNE 14, 1999

NOVEL

STORY FROM EASTER: HE HAS RISEN

VIOLIN PLAYS A SPRIGHTLY 10 NOTE THEME

ADONIS IS OLDER THAN JESUS

ADONIS IS OLDER THAN JESUS

AGAIN

AH PHOOEY

ALL THIS EVERYDAY, SELS.

APPLE, AN ORANGE, AND A FLASHLIGHT FULL MOON ECLIPSE WITH COMET

AND WITH MARCH A DECADE IN BOLINAS

ANTHRO INFO

ARTHUR OKAMURA'S PIPUL TREE'S BODHI LEAF

AT JON'S HOUSE: FEBRUARY 1 WEDNESDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: FEBRUARY 15 WEDNESDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: FEBRUARY 16

AT JON'S HOUSE: FEBRUARY 16 THURSDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: FEBRUARY 17 FRIDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: FEBRUARY 6 MONDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: FEBRUARY 7 TUESDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: JANAURY 3, 1989

AT JON'S HOUSE: JANAURY 5, 1989

AT JON'S HOUSE: JANAURY 6

AT JON'S HOUSE: JANUARY 16 MONDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: JANUARY 24 TUESDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: JANUARY 26 THURSDAY

AT JON'S HOUSE: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4

18-Aug

AVA GARDNER AFTER CHRISTMAS

BACK FROM BISBEE: OR CLEAN UP TIME IN BOLINAS

BACK IN TIME

BACK TO SCHOOL

BACK TO THE LIFE OF NAROPA

BOB GRENIER OLD FRIEND LOST HIM SOMEWHERE OUT THERE

BOB GRENIER'S BLACKBERRY PIE

BOB MARLEY NIGHT SATURDAY DOWNTOWN

BRING YOUR JUNGLE ALONG

BURNING THE BABY T MAKE HIM REALER

CALM & COOL ECONOMICS

CAN'T WE REST ANOTHER DAY?

CAPTION FOR A MINIATURE

CAPTION FOR A MINIATURE

CONSTANTLY OPENING UP THOSE DARK ARMS

CONTINUING ADVENTURES IN THE LIFE OF NAROPA

DEATH VALLEY DESERT NOTES

DEATH VALLEY DESERT NOTES

25-Dec

DESCARTES AND THE SPLENDOR OF

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DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: A LITTLE REVERY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: DESECHEO

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: FRIDAY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: FRIDAY'S NATURE

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: MONDAY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: MONDAY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: SATURDAY

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DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: SUNDAY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: THURSDAY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: THURSDAY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: THURSDAY APRIL 1

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: TUESDAY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: TUESDAY

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: TUESDAY MARCH 16

DESECHEO NOTEBOOK: TUESDAY MARCH 16

DESTRUCTION

DHARMA: THE SUITCASE OF MANY MEANINGS

DICTIONARY'S GUARANTEED SUCCESS

DID I CALL YOU?

DON'T HOPE TO GAIN BY WHAT HAS PRECEDED; LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

DREAM

DREAM

DRIED SHRIMP

EVERYONE IS FLYING VERY WELL, EASILY IN THE SKY KITTY, POPPED OUT...

EXCERPT FROM THE REAL NEWS

FALL EQUINOX

FALL EQUINOX

FEBRUARY 17 FRIDAY

FEBRUARY 27 SUNDAY

FEBRUARY 7 TUESDAY

FIRST NATION

FLOATING OF THE SILVER CHINESE PAPER

FOR THE PITTOSPORUM TENUIFOLIUM OUTSIDE THE STUDIO WINDOW

FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, PHILIP

FOREVER AND A WHILE

FRIDAY 2:44 PM

FRIDAY NIGHT

FROM THE JATAKA TALES

FROM THE LIFE OF NAROPA

GIN JOHN

GLIDING STEPS GLIDING STEPS WE ARE AT THE EDGE

GOOD MANNERS

GRATEFUL

HAIKU FOR CHARLES BERRARD ON HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY

HAIKU FOR CHARLES BERRARD ON HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY

HAVING A GRAND TIME WITH THE HOT SHOTS...OR HOW I RAN INTO

HOME

I BLINKED MY EYES, LOOKED UP AND EVERYONE WAS 25 YEARS OLDER-

I CAN'T HELP IT

I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UTTER A MEANINGFUL UTTERANCE BUT

I HAVE NO STRENGTH FOR MINE

I NEED SOME TEA TO WAKE TO BEAUTIFUL

I THOUGHT, I'LL MAKE IT SO SIMPLE

IF BIRD GETS NOISY

II

ILIAD: ACHILLES DOES NOT DIE

IN MEMORIAM

INCENSE FOR THE BUDDHA

INFLECTION

INFLUENCES IN POETRY

IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN DO THIS ANY BETTER?

IT CERTAINLY WAS DIVINE RUNNING INTO YOU

IT'S DIFFERENT HERE NOW HAVING BEEN

IT'S SO

ITSY BITSY POLKA DOT REVIEW

ITSY BITSY POLKA DOT REVIEW

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JULY '92 AT NAROPA

JULY 21: WEEDY

26-Jun

LANDSCAPE RISING

LATE AFTERNOON RAINBOW

LAY IT TO REST WHERE YOU ARE

LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE IN THE 'WOODS'

LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO RAIN ANY MINUTE

LORD GANESHA

LOVE BOAT

LOVE/SNOW

MAY 2 MUSINGS

29-May

MIDNIGHT

MIWOK MANDARIN BOLINAS BAMBOO

MIWOK MANDARIN BOLINAS BAMBOO

MOMENTS THAT COME

MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY 14, 1984

MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY 14, 1984:

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

MORNING MESS

MY HOW THE DAYS FLY BY IN LIFE TIME

MY SISTER EVELYNE

NARCISSUS

NARCISSUS

NAROPA APPROACHES HIS TEACHER: INSTRUCTION TIME AGAIN

NARRATIVE AS ATTENTION ON A RAINY SUNDAY'S PHENOMENOLOGY

NEUROLOGICAL PATHWAYS VERY RAPIDLY SENSITIVELY MOVING OVER THE BODY...

NEW SMELL IN THE WRITING ROOM

NEWS BULLETIN FROM KEITH LAMPE: SOON

NO USE CREEPING THRU THE FOG WITH A DRIVER WHO WON'T

NOT REALLY APRIL

NOT YET

12-Nov

19-Nov-82

NOVEMBER 19: 50 YEARS

OBSERVE THE LACYPINK CORALINE ALGAE ON THE ROCKS AT LOW TIDE

OCEAN PARKWAY GAZING

OCTOBER 28. TAKE IT EASIER

OCTOBER 29, 1963, WEDNESDAY

OCTOBER 29, WEDNESDAY

31-Oct

OH GOODY THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO THE HOLY FOREST

ON MOVING TO THE NAROPA CAMPUS FALL 1991

ON READING ENOUGH SAID, FOR JOANNE (AS PER USUAL)

ON THE OTHER SIDE

ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER CENTURY AHEAD

OOOLD MAN TOLSTOY

OPEN AMARYLLIS SALMON PINK & WHITE

PAN AS THE SON OF PENELOPE

PART OF MY SEMINAL GROUND WORK

PASSING THROUGH THE GARDEN

PHENOMENOLOGICAL:MARCH 7, WEDNESDAY PALENQUE 1985

PHENOMENOLOGICAL:MARCH 8, THURSDAY

PHILIP WHALEN'S HAT

PHONE CALL FROM MILOSZ

PLACES TO GO: HERE

POISON OAK FOR ALLEN

POST CONSCIOUSNESS

RECENTLY

RETURNING HOME

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4

SATURDAY FULL MOON SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY NIGHT CHICKEN

SCHOOL FOR FLOWERS

SELF PORTRAIT

SEPTEMBER

SHARP KNIFE AND THE THE SOFT NIGHT IS GONE

SILVER CITY OVERLAY

SNAPSHOT FOR LEW WELCH; 25 YEARS LATER

SOLSTICE

SOME CHOICE

SOME FRIVOLITY

STEALING THE RELIGIOUS RELIC

STEW

STUPIDLY INSPIRED

SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2000

SUNDAY BAY LOOKOUT CHECK UP

SUNDAY IT RAINED ALL NIGHT

SUNDAY'S GRACES

TAPESTRY

TAPESTRY

TAPESTRY

TERRACE ROADS SLUMPS INTO THE CANYON

THANKSGIVING

BRAIN IMPRESSED IN ITS ODDITIES

CRYSTAL IN TAMALPAIS

DANCE

DEPRESSED ENNUI BEFORE 11 A.M.

DEPRESSED ENNUI BEFORE 11 A.M.

DHARANI

EMPTY SHRINE BUDDHA

ENORMOUS SIGH

FOG IS HALFWAY OVER THE MESA

HUNT IN THE WOOD: PAOLO UCCELLO

IMAGINARY APPARITIONS, SELS.

IMAGINARY APPARITIONS, SELS.

IMAGINARY APPARITIONS, SELS.

IMAGINARY APPARITIONS, SELS.

IMAGINARY APPARITIONS, SELS.

IMAGINARY APPARITIONS, SELS.

LIFE OF NAROPA FOR TED BERRIGAN

MAZE

MAZE

ODYSSEY POEMS

ODYSSEY POEMS: 1. APRIL 8: THE PLAN: SAN FRANCISCO

ODYSSEY POEMS: 2

ODYSSEY POEMS: 3

ODYSSEY POEMS: 4

ODYSSEY POEMS: 5. MEETING

ODYSSEY POEMS: 6

ODYSSEY POEMS: 7. FROM OUR SOUNDEST SLEEP, IT ENDS

ODYSSEY POEMS: IN JULY: GERANIUMS

PIGS FOR CIRCE IN MAY

PLACES TO GO

PROVERBIAL FRIDAY THE 13TH: BOLINAS MYSTERIES UNREVEALED

STORMS OF THE SEASON MAKE ME LOOSE MY REASON

TREE IN THE FIRE

WEDDING

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: 1977

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: APRIL 17

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: APRIL 30

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: AUGUST 1

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: AUGUST 16

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: AUGUST 9

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: DECEMBER 20

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: FEBRUARY 14

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: FEBRUARY 15

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: FEBRUARY 16

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: JULY 21

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MARCH 1

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MARCH 15

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MARCH 2

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MARCH 23

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MARCH 24

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MARCH 25

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MARCH 3

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MAY 11

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MAY 2

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: MORE ON THURSDAY

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: NOVEMBER 5

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: OCTOBER 11

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: SEPTEMBER 15

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: SEPTEMBER 5

WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU: WATERSHED AND COSMOS STILL THIS APRIL 7

THEY ARE ALIVE ALTHOUGH CELADON

THOSE THINGS WE SEE ARE IMAGES OF THE PAST

THROW AWAY MIND

THURSDAY, 13 NOVEMBER

TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD AGAIN

TODAY'S GOT THE BRIGHT

TOEING THE LINE

TOWN HALL READING WITH BEAT POETS

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRIP OUT AND FALL BACK

TRY

TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, '87

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1969: BOLINAS

TWO FOR ROBIN BLASER

UNDER THE BARK IS INDIAN WRITING

UP MY COAST

UP MY COAST

UP MY COAST

UP MY COAST

UP MY COAST

UP MY COAST

VALENTINE

VIEW NORTH

VISIT TO MAYA LAND

VISIT TO MAYA LAND

VISIT TO MAYA LAND

VISIT TO MAYA LAND

VISIT TO MAYA LAND

VISIT TO MAYA LAND

VISIT TO MAYA LAND: HELLOOOOOOOOOO

VISIT TO MAYA LAND: LORD JESUS CHRIST

VISIT TO MAYA LAND: LORD JESUS CHRIST

VISIT TO MAYA LAND: LORD JESUS CHRIST

VISIT TO MAYA LAND: MARIAN LOPEZ CALLIXTO'S STORY

WAITING

WAKE UP

WATCHING TV

WE ARE ALL TWENTY-THREE, 1957

WEEKEND

WHAT IS ONE TO DO...WITH WHAT ONE...PERCEIVES...AS ACTUALITY

WHAT IS UNUSUAL IN THIS COLD FRESHNESS OF HANGING

WHAT STARTS OUT AS A HALLOWEEN BUDDHIST LOVE POEM FOR JOHN D

WHAT WAS THAT? SOME FINE LINES FOR YOU

WHEN PHILIP WHALEN HAD HEART SURGERY

WHILST THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDS GUZZLE RED WINE

WHY DID SHE ASK US TO WRITE THIS WAY ANYWAY THE MOOD MOVES

WIDE MIND

WINDOW LEDGE

YOU?

YOUR HEART IS FINE

YUPPY WITTGENSTEINS ARISE!



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