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WILLIAM MATTHEWS

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Poems found: 374

100 SENTENCES: AN ESSAY

107TH & AMSTERDAM

39,000 FEET

?

A HAPPY CHILDHOOD

A LIFE OF CRIME

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

A ROADSIDE NEAR ITHACA

A SERENE HEART AT THE MOVIES

A SMALL ROOM IN ASPEN

A STORY OFTEN TOLD IN BARS: THE READER'S DIGEST VERSION

A TELEGRAM FROM THE MUSE

A WALK

ACCOMPANIST

AESTHETIC DISTANCE

AIRLINE BREAKFAST

ALCIDE SLOW DRAG PAVAGEAU

ALICE ZENO TALKING, AND HER SON GEORGE LEWIS THE JAZZ CLARINETIST

ALICE ZENO TALKING, AND HER SON GEORGE LEWIS THE JAZZ CLARINETIST

AN ELEGY FOR BOB MARLEY

ANOTHER BEER

ANOTHER BEER

APATHY

APRIL IN THE BERKSHIRES

ARROGANT

ATTENTION, EVERYONE

ATTENTION, SHOPPERS

BAD

BAR AT THE ANDOVER INN

BEAR AT THE DUMP

BEDTIME

BIG TONGUE

BLACK BOX

BLIND TASTING

BLUE NOTES

BLUES

BLUES FOR JOHN COLTRANE, DEAD AT 41

BLUES FOR JOHN COLTRANE, DEAD AT 41

BMP BMP

BMP BMP

BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT

BUD POWELL, PARIS, 1959

BUD POWELL, PARIS, 1959

BUDDY BOLDEN CYLINDER

BY HEART

BYSTANDERS

CABBAGE

CADDIE'S DAY, THE COUNTRY CLUB, A SMALL TOWN IN OHIO

CARE

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

CHARMING

CHEAP SEATS, THE CINCINNATI GARDENS, PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL, 1959

CHEAP SEATS, THE CINCINNATI GARDENS, PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL, 1959

CITIZEN

CITY PLANNING

CIVICS

CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS

CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS

CLEARWATER BEACH, FLORIDA

CLOISTER

COLEMAN HAWKINS (D. 1969). RIP

COLEMAN HAWKINS (D. 1969). RIP

COMPLETION

CONSTRUCTION

CONVIVIAL

COOKING FOR C

COUPLE, 70, HASN'T AGED IN 35 YEARS

CURRICULUM VITAE

DAYS BEYOND RECALL

DAZZLE

DEAD LANGUAGES

DEFENESTRATIONS IN PRAGUE

DEPRESSIVE

DINER

DIRE CURE

DOG DAYS

DOG LIFE

DOGS OF MONTONE

DRIVING ALONGSIDE THE HOUSANTONIC RIVER ALONE ON A RAINY APRIL NIGHT

DRIVING ALONGSIDE THE HOUSATONIC RIVER . . .

DRIVING THROUGH THE POCONOS, ROUTE 80, 1:30 AM, SNOW

DRIZZLE

DUST ABOVE THE ROADS

EGG AND DAUGHTER NIGHT, APRIL 1951

ELEGY FOR BOB MARLEY

ELEGY FOR BOB MARLEY

EPIGRAM: 10, 47

EUPHEMISMS

EVERY CLOUD HAS ITS DAY

EVERY DOG HAS A SILVER LINING

EVERY TUB

EXAMPLE

EYES

FAIRBANKS, THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, 1983.

FAMILIAL

FAT

FEAR OF RECONSTRUCTION

FELLOW ODDBALLS

FINN SHEEP

FLOOD

FOUL SHOTS: A CLINIC

FOUL SHOTS: A CLINIC

FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 1. MONTEGO BAY, 10:00 P.M.

FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 2. JAMAICANS POSING TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED

FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA

FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 4. KINGSTON

FOX RIDGE STATE PARK, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER

FRAZZLE

FREE ADVICE

GENERATIONS

GOOD

GRANDMOTHER, DEAD OF 99 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS

GUZZLE

HAPPY CHILDHOOD

HARVEST

HERD OF BUFFALO CROSSING THE MISSOURI RIVER ON ICE

HOMER'S SEEING-EYE DOG

HOMER'S SEEING-EYE DOG

HOPE

HOTEL RAPHAEL, ROME, 1987

HOTEL ST. PIERRE, PARIS, 1995

HOUSECOOLING

HUMMER

ICE FOLLIES

IN MEMORY OF THE UTAH STARS

IN MEMORY OF THE UTAH STARS

IN MEMORY OF W.H. AUDEN

INSPIRATION

INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS

INTRODUCTION

IOWA CITY TO BOULDER

ISLA MUJERES

IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

JOB INTERVIEW

JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE

KEEP A-KNOCKIN

KINGSTON

LAST WORDS

LAST WORDS

LATE MOVIE

LE QUATRE SAISONS, MONTREAL, 1979

LEFT HAND CANYON

LEIPZIG, 1894

LEIPZIG, 1894

LISTENING TO LESTER YOUNG

LISTENING TO LESTER YOUNG

LITERARY BIOGRAPHY

LITTLE BLUE NUDE

LIVER CANCER

LIVING AMONG THE DEAD

LONG

LOSS?

LOST TIME FOR SALE

LOYAL

LOYAL

LUCKY AND UNLUCKY

LUNCH IN HELL

MAIL ORDER CATALOGS

MAIL ORDER CATALOGS

MANIC

MANNERS

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 1, 118

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 1, 57

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 1, 63

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 1, 64

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 2, 38

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 3, 26

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 3, 53

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 3, 8

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 3, 9

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 4, 21

MARTIAL TRANSLATIONS: 5, 32

MASTERFUL

ME AT MY FATHER'S FUNERAL

MEMORY

MEN AT NY FATHER'S FUNERAL

MEN IN DARK SUITS

METICULOUS

MINGUS AT DIASPORA

MINGUS AT THE HALF NOTE

MINGUS AT THE HALF NOTE

MINGUS AT THE SHOWPLACE

MINGUS AT THE SHOWPLACE

MINGUS IN SHADOW

MINISCULE THINGS

MINUSCULE THINGS

MISGIVINGS

MISGIVINGS

MONDAY MORNING, MONDAY NIGHT

MONEY

MOOD INDIGO

MOOD INDIGO

MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, JULY

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, JULY

MOSHE DOR, COUNTRY

MOVING AGAIN

MUZZLE

MY FATHER'S BODY

MY FATHER'S BODY

NABOKOV'S BLUES

NABOKOV'S BLUES

NAMES

NAMES

NO

NO RETURN

NOTE LEFT FOR GERALD STERN IN AN OFFICE I BORROWED, AND...

NOZZLE

NURSE SHARKS

OLD FOLSOM PRISON

OLD FOLSOM PRISON

OLD RECORDS

ON A DIET

ON A DIET

ON THE PORCH AT THE FROST PLACE, FRANCONIA, N.H.

ON THE PORCH AT THE FROST PLACE, FRANCONIA, N.H.

ONIONS

ONIONS

OPENING HER JEWEL BOX

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY WARD

OTEGO TO ROSCOE TO MANHATTAN

OUR TOWN

OUTER SPACE

OXYMORONS

OXYMORONS

PAVAROTTI IN TRANSPORT, 1990

PENALTY FOR BIGAMY IS TWO WIVES

PEOPLE LIKE US

PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR WITH A FAVORITE PIG

PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR WITH A FAVORITE PIG

PIANO LESSONS

PLACE ON THE CORNER

POEM ENDING WITH A LINE FROM DANTE

POEM ENDING WITH A LINE FROM DANTE

POEM ENDING WITH A LINE FROM JOHN BERRYMAN

POEMS FROM LEFT

POEMS FROM RIGHT

POETRY READING AT WEST POINT

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG CLARINETTIST

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG CLARINETTIST

PRESCIENCE

PRIVATE EYE

PROLIFIC

PROMISCUOUS

PROMISCUOUS

PRURIENT

PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE

PUBERTY

PUZZLE

REAL ESTATE

RECOVERY ROOM

RED SILK BLOUSE

RENTED HOUSE IN MAINE

RESCUE

RESTLESS

RETICENCE

RETICENCE

REUNION IN THE RECOVERY ROOM

RIGHT

ROCAS DEL CARIBE, ISLA MUJERES, 1967

ROOM FUL OF USED BABY FURNITURE FOR SALE

ROOM FULL OF USED BABY FURNITURE FOR SALE

SALE OF THE GOOD LIFE

SANDLOT BASEBALL

SCALPEL

SCENIC VIEW

SCHOOL DAYS

SCHOOL DAYS

SCHOOLBOYS WITH DOG, WINTER

SCHOOLBOYS WITH DOG, WINTER

SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT PASTA

SEATTLE, FEBRUARY

SELF-HELP

SELF-KNOWLEDGE

SENTENCE

SENTENCE

SENTIMENTAL

SERENE HEART AT THE MOVIES

SHADES

SHOOTING

SHORT FAREWELLS

SHORT FAREWELLS

SKIN DIVING

SMALL GREASEFIRE IN THE KITCHEN

SMART MONEY

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

SNOW FALLING THROUGH FOG

SNOW LEOPARDS AT THE DENVER ZOO

SOCRATIC METHOD

SOOEY GENEROUS

SOOEY GENEROUS

SORROW

SPENT BREATH

SPENT LIGHT

SPOKESMAN

SPRING SNOW

STORY OFTEN TOLD IN BARS: THE READER'S DIGEST VERSION

STRAIGHT LIFE

STRANGE KNEES

STUBBLE

SUDDENLY

SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

SYMPATHETIC

TAKING THE TRAIN HOME

TALK

TALK

TALKING TO THE MOON

TARDY

TELEGRAM FROM THE MUSE

TEMPO ROOM

THE ACCOMPANIST

THE BEAR AT THE DUMP

THE BLUE NAP

THE BLUES

THE BUDDY BOLDEN CYLINDER

THE CLOISTER

THE EXPLORER

THE HUMMER

THE ICEHOUSE, POINTE AU BARIL, ONTARIO

THE MAIL

THE NEWS

THE PARTY

THE PENALTY FOR BIGAMY IS TWO WIVES

THE RENTED HOUSE IN MAINE

THE ROOKERY AT HAWTHORNDEN

THE SCALPEL

THE SEARCH PARTY

THE SNAKE

THE TIME OF OUR LIVES

THE TIMES

THE VISIONARY PICNIC

THE WASTE CARPET

THEME OF THE THREE CASKETS

THINKING ABOUT THINKING

THIS SPUD'S FOR YOU

THIS SPUD'S FOR YOU

THREE VACATIONS

TIME

TIME

TIME OF OUR LIVES

TIMES

TOASTS TO THE RENTED HOUSE IN POLGETO

TORCH SONG

TORCH SONG

TOUR OF THE GARDENS

TREES IN HAROLD BAUMBACH'S PAINTINGS

TRUFFLE PIGS

TRUFFLE PIGS

TWINS

UMBRIAN NIGHTFALL

UNRELENTING FLOOD

UNRELENTING FLOOD

VA, PENSIERO

VASECTOMY

VERMIN

VISITING HOURS

VISITING HOURS

WAKING AT DUSK FROM A NAP

WATCH THIS SPACE

WE SHALL ALL BE BORN AGAIN BUT WE SHALL NOT ALL BE SAVED

WELL, YOU NEEDN'T

WELL, YOU NEEDN'T

WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO

WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO

WHIPLASH

WHY SUPERBOY LEFT

WHY WE ARE TRULY A NATION

WHY WE ARE TRULY A NATION

WHY WE ARE TRULY A NATION

WILLOW, WEEP FOR ME

WOLF OF GUBBIO

WORM SONNET

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE

WRONG



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