Classic and Contemporary Poets

JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poems found: 510

ALESSIO AND THE ZINNIAS

CHARLES ON FIRE

DAYS OF 1941 AND '44

LOST IN TRANSLATION; FOR RICHARD HOWARD

SWIMMING BY NIGHT

THE 'RING' CYCLE

THE BROKEN HOME

THE CHARIOTEER OF DELPHI

THE COUNTRY OF A THOUSAND YEARS OF PEACE

TWO POEMS FOR DAVID KALSTONE: 2. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE

UP AND DOWN: 1. SNOW KING CHAIR LIFT

UP AND DOWN: 2. THE EMERALD

THESE EARLY VERSIONS OF DESIRE

LIGHT OF THE STREET, DARKNESS OF YOUR OWN HOUSE'

164 EAST 72ND STREET

18 WEST 11TH STREET (HOUSE EXPLODED BY 'WEATHERMEN' .. 1970)

BAG OF PEANUTS FOR JOHN HOLLANDER

CARPET NOT BOUGHT

DAY ON THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

PREFACE TO THE MEMOIRS

ROOM AT THE HEART OF THINGS

VALENTINE IN CRAYONS

VIEW OF THE BURNING

VISION OF THE GARDEN

ABOUT THE PHOENIX

ACCUMULATIONS OF THE SEA

AFTERNOONS AT THE NOH

ALESSIO AND THE ZINNIAS

URBAN CONVALESCENCE

ANNIE HILL'S GRAVE

ANOTHER CEMETERY

ANOTHER POSTSCRIPT

ARRIVAL IN TOKYO

ASCENDANCY OF CHILDREN

ASK FOR NOTHING

AT A TEXAS WISHING-WELL

AT MAMALLAPURAM

BANKS OF A STREAM WHERE CREATURES BATHE

BEGINNER'S GREEK

BIG MIRROR OUTDOORS

CHARLES ON FIRE

CHILD OF THE EARTH

CHIMES FOR YAHYA

CLEARING THE TITLE

CROCHETED CURTAIN

DANCING, JOYOUSLY DANCING

DAVID'S NIGHT IN VELIES

DAVID'S WATERCOLOR

DAYS OF 1941 AND '44

DECLARATION DAY

DESERT MOTEL WITH FROG AMULET

DEVELOPERS AT CRYSTAL RIVER

DIVINE COMEDIES, SELS.

DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE

DONALD'S NEIGHBORHOOD

DREAM: ESCAPE FROM THE SCULPTURE MUSEUM AND WAKING

DREAMING IN SWEDISH

DREAMS ABOUT CLOTHES

DUST AND MEMORY

EDWARD LIEBERMAN, ENTREPRENEUR, FOUR YEARS AFTER THE BURNING

EIGHT BITS: 1. LASER MAJESTY

EIGHT BITS: 2. IF U CN RD THS

EIGHT BITS: 3. VOLTAIRE: A STATUE OF CHRIST IN JESUIT ATTIRE

EIGHT BITS: 4. ANAGRAM/ANAGRAMME

EIGHT BITS: 5. LIPSTICK, 1935

EIGHT BITS: 6. SNAKE PIT

EIGHT BITS: 7. TO AN ACTOR ON LOCATION FOR A FILM ...

EIGHT BITS: 8. A BIT OF BLUE TILE ON THE BEACH

ELECTRA: A TRANSLATION

EMBARKATION SONNETS

ENTRANCE FROM SLEEP

FAMILY WEEK AT ORACLE RANCH

FIGURES IN A LEGENDARY GLADE

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 1. WITH A GREEK COIN (HEADS, ATHENA IN PROFILE

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 2. COPIED ONTO THE THING ITSELF

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 3. IN A NOTEBOOK FROM DELPHI

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 4. ON A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR PRESENTED TO HIS

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 5. WITH A FOUNTAIN PEN

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 1. A DREAM OF OLD VIENNA

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 2. THE MIDNIGHT SNACK

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 3. SUNDOWN AND STARLIGHT

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 4. EVENT WITHOUT PARTICULARS

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 5. THE DANDELION SERMON

FLYING FROM BYZANTIUM

FOLIAGE OF VISION

FOR A BESTIARY: 1. CARP

FOR A BESTIARY: 2. SPELL

FOR A BESTIARY: 3. MONDAY MORNING

FOR A SECOND MARRIAGE

FORT LAUDERDALE

FOUNTAIN IN DISUSE: ATHENS

FOUR LITTLE POEMS: 1. PROCESSION

FOUR LITTLE POEMS: 2. PORTRAIT

FOUR LITTLE POEMS: 3. PARABLE

FOUR LITTLE POEMS: 4. PROVERB

FROM 'THE BROKEN HOME'

FROM A NOTEBOOK

FROM MORNING INTO MORNING

FROM THE CUPOLA

FROM THE CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR

FULL MOON: LETTER TO T

GADFLY TRIOLETS

GETTING THROUGH

HINDU ILLUMINATION

HOTEL DE L'UNIVERS ET PORTUGAL

HUBBELL PIERCE: 1925-1980

IN MONUMENT VALLEY

IN NINE SLEEP VALLEY

IN THE DARK (1)

IN THE DARK (2)

IN THE HALL OF MIRRORS

INDIA: THE DANCE OF GIVING

INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDIA

ISLAND IN THE WORKS

JUAN BURNING THE DIARY

KEY WEST AQUARIUM: THE SAWFISH

KOMBOLI (THE GREEK 'WORRY-BEADS')

KOSTAS TYMPAKIANAKIS

KYOGEN INTERLUDE: AT THE BANK

KYOTO: AT THE DETACHED PALACE

LABORATORY POEM

LAME DUCKS, MCKESSON & ROBBINS, 1945

LANDSCAPE WITH TORRENT

LANDSCAPE WITH VW

LAST MORNINGS IN CALIFORNIA

LECTURE: THE SKELETON

LENSES: 1. CONTACTS

LENSES: 2. MICROSCOPIC

LENSES: 3. TELESCOPE

LENSES: 4. CAMERA

LETTER FROM EGYPT

LISTEN CAREFULLY

LITTLE FANFARE FOR FELIX MAGOWAN

LOSING THE MARBLES

LOST IN TRANSLATION; FOR RICHARD HOWARD

LOVER BY FULL MOON

LUNCH WITH A SCHOLAR

MANOS KARASTEFANIS

MEN'S SONG AT WEDDING

MIDAS AMONG GOLDENROD

MIDSUMMER EVENING ON THE PRINSENGRACHT

MIRABELL'S BOOK OF NUMBERS

MORE BITS: 1. THE POEM AS CRUTCH

MORE BITS: 2. WOMAN LEAVING SHOP

MORE BITS: 3. IN CARAVAGGIO'S STUDIO

MORE BITS: 4. PEOPLE WILL TALK

MORE BITS: 5. APRIL IN ATHENS

MORE BITS: 6. REST HOME

MORE BITS: 7. LIFE IN THE MEZZOGIORNO

MORE BITS: 8. WORD MADE FLESH

MORE BITS: 9. HOW LONG?

MORE ENTERPRISE

MORNING EXERCISE

MORNINGS IN A NEW HOUSE

MUSIC FROM ABOVE

MY BROTHER ABEL, THE WOUNDED

MY FATHER WITH CIGARETTE TWELVE YEARS BEFORE THE NAZIS COULD

MY FATHER'S IRISH SETTERS

MY MOTHER WITH PURSE THE SUMMER THEY MURDERED THE SPANISH

MY SISTER'S VOICE

ODE TO MRS. WILLIAM SETTLE

ON THE BLOCK: 1. LAMP, TERRACOTTA BASE, U. S., CA. 1925

ON THE BLOCK: 2. MANTEL CLOCK, IMITATION SEVRES

ON THE MEETING OF GARCIA LORCA AND HART CRANE

OVERDUE PILGRIMAGE TO NOVA SCOTIA

PACT WITH THE ASTROLOGER

PAGE FROM THE KORAN

PALM BEACH WITH PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

PART OF THE VIGIL

PAUL VALERY: PALME

PERSPECTIVES OF A LONESOME EYE

PHENOMENAL LOVE SONG

PHILIP LARKIN: 1922-1985

PIECES OF HISTORY

POEM OF SUMMER'S END

POLA DIVA (AFTER CHRISTIAN AYOUB)

PRISM (A PAPERWEIGHT)

QUATRAINS FOR PEGASUS

REVIVALS OF TRISTAN

RHAPSODY ON CZECH THEMES

ROGER CLAY'S PROPOSAL

ROUGH SCHEME FOR AN EON IN THE ALPS

SANTORINI: STOPPING THE LEAK

SCENES OF CHILDHOOD

SCRAPPING THE COMPUTER

SCRIPTS FOR THE PAGEANT

SEASIDE DOORWAY, SUMMER DAWN

SELF-PORTRAIT IN TYVEK (TM) WINDBREAKER

SIESTAS OF AN ARCHITECT

SNAPSHOT OF ADAM

SOME NEGATIVES: X AT THE CHATEAU

STRATO IN PLASTER

SUSPENSE OF LOVE

SWIMMING BY NIGHT

BROKEN HOME, SELS.

BROKEN HOME, SELS.

CANDID DECORATOR

CHANGING LIGHT AT SANDOVER, SELS.

CHARIOTEER OF DELPHI

COSMOLOGICAL EYE

COUNTRY OF A THOUSAND YEARS OF PEACE

DAY OF THE ECLIPSE

DIARY OF THE DUC DE L***

FIFTEENTH SUMMER

FRIEND OF THE FOURTH DECADE

GREAT EMIGRATION

HOSPITABLE TRANSLATORS

IMAGE MAKER; A PLAY IN ONE ACT

LAWN FETE OF HOMUNCULUS ARTIFEX

PARDONER'S TALE

PIER: UNDER PISCES

PONCHIELLI COMPLEX

RETURN: ORIHUELA, 1965

ROMANCE LANGUAGE

THOUSAND AND SECOND NIGHT

WINTERING WEEDS

WORLD AND THE CHILD

THREE CHORES: 1. WATER BOILING

THREE CHORES: 2. NIGHT LAUNDRY

THREE CHORES: 3. ITALIAN LESSON

THREE SKETCHES FOR EUROPA: 1. THE TOURIST

THREE SKETCHES FOR EUROPA: 2. GEOGRAPHY

THREE SKETCHES FOR EUROPA: 3. AT THE BULLFIGHT

TO A POCKET CALCULATOR

TONY: ENDING THE LIFE

TOPICS: 1. CASUAL WEAR

TOPICS: 2. POPULAR DEMAND

TOPICS: 3. CAESARION

TRANSFIGURED BIRD

TREES LISTENING TO BACH

TWO DOUBLE DACTYLS: 1. ABOVE ALL THAT?

TWO DOUBLE DACTYLS: 2. NEO-CLASSIC

TWO FROM FLORIDA: 1. GREEN COVE SPRINGS

TWO FROM FLORIDA: 2. THE DRESDEN DOLL

TWO POEMS FOR DAVID KALSTONE: 1. INVESTITURE AT CECCONI'S

TWO POEMS FOR DAVID KALSTONE: 2. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE

UNDER LIBRA: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

UP AND DOWN: 1. SNOW KING CHAIR LIFT

UP AND DOWN: 2. THE EMERALD

VARIATIONS AND ELEGY: WHITE STAG, BLACK BEAR

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 1

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 2

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 3

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 4

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 5

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 6

VERSE FOR URANIA

VIOLENT PASTORAL

VOICES FROM THE OTHER WORLD

VOL. XLIV. NO. 3

VOLCANIC HOLIDAY

WALKING ALL NIGHT

WATCHING THE DANCE: 1. BALANCHINE'S

WATCHING THE DANCE: 2. DISCOTHEQUE

WE WALK IN WOODS

WHITEBEARD ON VIDEOTAPE

WHO GUESSED AMISS THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

WINTER WORDS, MANHATTAN

WORDS FOR MARIA

WORDS FOR THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT

WREATH FOR THE WARM-EYED

ZENO REMINDED OF A FAMILY QUARREL

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