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WILLIAM MATTHEWS

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Poems found: 374

DRIVING ALONGSIDE THE HOUSANTONIC RIVER ALONE ON A RAINY APRIL NIGHT

IOWA CITY TO BOULDER

MISGIVINGS

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

MY FATHER'S BODY

OXYMORONS

PROMISCUOUS

MOVING AGAIN

SPRING SNOW

SNOW LEOPARDS AT THE DENVER ZOO

A HAPPY CHILDHOOD

A SERENE HEART AT THE MOVIES

A TELEGRAM FROM THE MUSE

APATHY

EXAMPLE

EYES

LAST WORDS

LEFT HAND CANYON

LIVING AMONG THE DEAD

MEN AT NY FATHER'S FUNERAL

MINGUS AT DIASPORA

MINISCULE THINGS

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, JULY

ON A DIET

ONIONS

POEMS FROM RIGHT

POEMS FROM LEFT

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG CLARINETTIST

RETICENCE

ROOM FULL OF USED BABY FURNITURE FOR SALE

SANDLOT BASEBALL

SHORT FAREWELLS

THE EXPLORER

THE SEARCH PARTY

THE SNAKE

THE TIME OF OUR LIVES

THE VISIONARY PICNIC

THE WASTE CARPET

TIME

VISITING HOURS

WELL, YOU NEEDN'T

WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO

THE PARTY

A WALK

THE NEWS

STRANGE KNEES

ISLA MUJERES

OLD RECORDS

PIANO LESSONS

THE BLUE NAP

ALCIDE SLOW DRAG PAVAGEAU

SKIN DIVING

THE ICEHOUSE, POINTE AU BARIL, ONTARIO

A SMALL ROOM IN ASPEN

TALKING TO THE MOON

THE MAIL

SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

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

HARVEST

OPENING HER JEWEL BOX

A LIFE OF CRIME

TAKING THE TRAIN HOME

A ROADSIDE NEAR ITHACA

WAKING AT DUSK FROM A NAP

IN MEMORY OF W.H. AUDEN

SNOW FALLING THROUGH FOG

OUTER SPACE

NURSE SHARKS

BEDTIME

LONG

SOOEY GENEROUS

TRUFFLE PIGS

PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR WITH A FAVORITE PIG

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

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

AN ELEGY FOR BOB MARLEY

ANOTHER BEER

BLUES FOR JOHN COLTRANE, DEAD AT 41

BMP BMP

BUD POWELL, PARIS, 1959

CHEAP SEATS, THE CINCINNATI GARDENS, PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL, 1959

CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS

COLEMAN HAWKINS (D. 1969). RIP

DRIZZLE

FOUL SHOTS: A CLINIC

HOMER'S SEEING-EYE DOG

IN MEMORY OF THE UTAH STARS

LEIPZIG, 1894

LISTENING TO LESTER YOUNG

LOYAL

MAIL ORDER CATALOGS

MINGUS AT THE HALF NOTE

MINGUS AT THE SHOWPLACE

MOOD INDIGO

NABOKOV'S BLUES

NAMES

OLD FOLSOM PRISON

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

POEM ENDING WITH A LINE FROM DANTE

SCHOOL DAYS

SCHOOLBOYS WITH DOG, WINTER

SENTENCE

TALK

THE ACCOMPANIST

THE BEAR AT THE DUMP

THE BLUES

THE BUDDY BOLDEN CYLINDER

THE HUMMER

THE PENALTY FOR BIGAMY IS TWO WIVES

THE RENTED HOUSE IN MAINE

THE ROOKERY AT HAWTHORNDEN

THE SCALPEL

THE TIMES

THIS SPUD'S FOR YOU

UNRELENTING FLOOD

WHY WE ARE TRULY A NATION

THE CLOISTER

100 SENTENCES: AN ESSAY

107TH & AMSTERDAM

39,000 FEET

?

CITIZEN

DINER

HAPPY CHILDHOOD

LATE MOVIE

POETRY READING AT WEST POINT

RED SILK BLOUSE

SERENE HEART AT THE MOVIES

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

TELEGRAM FROM THE MUSE

TOUR OF THE GARDENS

AESTHETIC DISTANCE

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

AIRLINE BREAKFAST

ELEGY FOR BOB MARLEY

ELEGY FOR BOB MARLEY

ANOTHER BEER

APRIL IN THE BERKSHIRES

ARROGANT

ATTENTION, EVERYONE

ATTENTION, SHOPPERS

BAD

BIG TONGUE

BLACK BOX

BLIND TASTING

BLUE NOTES

BLUES FOR JOHN COLTRANE, DEAD AT 41

BMP BMP

BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT

BUD POWELL, PARIS, 1959

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

CITY PLANNING

CIVICS

CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS

CLEARWATER BEACH, FLORIDA

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

DIRE CURE

DOG DAYS

DOG LIFE

DRIVING ALONGSIDE THE HOUSATONIC RIVER . . .

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

DUST ABOVE THE ROADS

EGG AND DAUGHTER NIGHT, APRIL 1951

EPIGRAM: 10, 47

EUPHEMISMS

EVERY CLOUD HAS ITS DAY

EVERY DOG HAS A SILVER LINING

EVERY TUB

FAIRBANKS, THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, 1983.

FAMILIAL

FAT

FEAR OF RECONSTRUCTION

FELLOW ODDBALLS

FINN SHEEP

FLOOD

FOUL SHOTS: A CLINIC

FOX RIDGE STATE PARK, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER

FRAZZLE

FREE ADVICE

GOOD

GRANDMOTHER, DEAD OF 99 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS

GUZZLE

HERD OF BUFFALO CROSSING THE MISSOURI RIVER ON ICE

HOMER'S SEEING-EYE DOG

HOPE

HOTEL RAPHAEL, ROME, 1987

HOTEL ST. PIERRE, PARIS, 1995

HOUSECOOLING

ICE FOLLIES

IN MEMORY OF THE UTAH STARS

INSPIRATION

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

LE QUATRE SAISONS, MONTREAL, 1979

LEIPZIG, 1894

LISTENING TO LESTER YOUNG

LITERARY BIOGRAPHY

LITTLE BLUE NUDE

LIVER CANCER

LOSS?

LOST TIME FOR SALE

LOYAL

LUCKY AND UNLUCKY

LUNCH IN HELL

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 IN DARK SUITS

METICULOUS

MINGUS AT THE HALF NOTE

MINGUS AT THE SHOWPLACE

MINGUS IN SHADOW

MINUSCULE THINGS

MISGIVINGS

MONDAY MORNING, MONDAY NIGHT

MONEY

MOOD INDIGO

MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, JULY

MOSHE DOR, COUNTRY

MUZZLE

MY FATHER'S BODY

NABOKOV'S BLUES

NAMES

NO

NO RETURN

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

NOZZLE

OLD FOLSOM PRISON

ON A DIET

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

ONIONS

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY WARD

OTEGO TO ROSCOE TO MANHATTAN

OUR TOWN

OXYMORONS

PAVAROTTI IN TRANSPORT, 1990

PEOPLE LIKE US

PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR WITH A FAVORITE PIG

POEM ENDING WITH A LINE FROM DANTE

POEM ENDING WITH A LINE FROM JOHN BERRYMAN

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG CLARINETTIST

PRESCIENCE

PRIVATE EYE

PROLIFIC

PROMISCUOUS

PRURIENT

PUBERTY

PUZZLE

REAL ESTATE

RECOVERY ROOM

RESCUE

RESTLESS

RETICENCE

REUNION IN THE RECOVERY ROOM

RIGHT

ROCAS DEL CARIBE, ISLA MUJERES, 1967

ROOM FUL OF USED BABY FURNITURE FOR SALE

SCENIC VIEW

SCHOOL DAYS

SCHOOLBOYS WITH DOG, WINTER

SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT PASTA

SEATTLE, FEBRUARY

SELF-HELP

SELF-KNOWLEDGE

SENTENCE

SENTIMENTAL

SHORT FAREWELLS

SMALL GREASEFIRE IN THE KITCHEN

SMART MONEY

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

SOOEY GENEROUS

SORROW

SPENT BREATH

SPENT LIGHT

STRAIGHT LIFE

STUBBLE

SUDDENLY

SYMPATHETIC

TALK

TARDY

ACCOMPANIST

BAR AT THE ANDOVER INN

BEAR AT THE DUMP

BLUES

BUDDY BOLDEN CYLINDER

CLOISTER

DOGS OF MONTONE

GENERATIONS

HUMMER

INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS

INTRODUCTION

PENALTY FOR BIGAMY IS TWO WIVES

PLACE ON THE CORNER

PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE

RENTED HOUSE IN MAINE

SALE OF THE GOOD LIFE

SCALPEL

SHADES

SHOOTING

SOCRATIC METHOD

SPOKESMAN

TEMPO ROOM

THEME OF THE THREE CASKETS

TIME OF OUR LIVES

TIMES

WOLF OF GUBBIO

THINKING ABOUT THINKING

THIS SPUD'S FOR YOU

THREE VACATIONS

TIME

TOASTS TO THE RENTED HOUSE IN POLGETO

TORCH SONG

TORCH SONG

TREES IN HAROLD BAUMBACH'S PAINTINGS

TRUFFLE PIGS

TWINS

UMBRIAN NIGHTFALL

UNRELENTING FLOOD

VA, PENSIERO

VASECTOMY

VERMIN

VISITING HOURS

WATCH THIS SPACE

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

WELL, YOU NEEDN'T

WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO

WHIPLASH

WHY SUPERBOY LEFT

WHY WE ARE TRULY A NATION

WHY WE ARE TRULY A NATION

WILLOW, WEEP FOR ME

WORM SONNET

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE

WRONG



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