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MARILYN NELSON

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Poems found: 205

CACHOEIRA

CHURCHGOING

LITTLE WHITE CHURCH

MAMA'S PROMISE

MINOR MIRACLE

LONELY EAGLES

BALI HAI CALLS MAMA

PSALM

HOW I DISCOVERED POETRY

LOVESONG

I SEND MAMA HOME

THE CENTURY QUILT

SISTERS

MY GRANDFATHER WALKS IN THE WOODS

THE DREAM'S WISDOM

A CHARMED LIFE

FOUR A.M. IN THE WOODS

THE LACE-MAKER

RUELLIA NOCTIFLORA

HECUBA MOURNS

SAWED-THROUGH-LINK

A CANTICLE FOR ABBA JACOB

ABBA JACOB AND ST. FRANCIS

ABBA JACOB AT BAT

ALDERMAN

ANNUNCIATION

ARMED MEN

AUNT ANNIE'S PRAYER

BLACK PIONEERS

CAFETERIA FOOD

COAL

DAUGHTERS, 1900

DINOSAUR SPRING

DIVERNE'S HOUSE

DUSTING

FREEMAN FIELD

HIGH AND HAUGHTY

HOME

HURRAH, HURRAH

INTERMEZZO

JUNETEENTH

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MEDUSA

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

BEAUTY SHOPPE

PORTER

THE FORTUNATE SPILL

ABBA JACOB IN THE WELL

TO MARKET

TUSKEGEE AIRFIELD

ACHES AND PAINS

UNRHYMED PEACE SONNET

LEAVING THE HOSPICE

BALANCE

CHOPIN

CHOSEN

DIVERNE'S WALTZ

EMILY DICKINSON'S DEFUNCT

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD

LONELY EAGLES

STAR-FIX

THE BALLAD OF AUNT GENEVA

THE HOUSE ON MOSCOW STREET

STRANGE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

I AM YOU AGAIN

I IMAGINE DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY

MAMA I REMEMBER

TWIST THE THREAD

CANTICLE FOR ABBA JACOB

STRANGE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

ABBA JACOB AND MIRACLES

ABBA JACOB AND ST. FRANCIS

ABBA JACOB AND THE ANGEL

ABBA JACOB AND THE BUSINESSMAN

ABBA JACOB AND THE THEOLOGIAN

ABBA JACOB AT BAT

ABBA JACOB GETS DOWN

ABBA JACOB IN THE WELL

ABBA JACOB'S SEVEN DEVILS

ACHES AND PAINS

ALDERMAN

ANNUNCIATION

APE-GODS

APRIL RAPE

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA

ARMED MEN

AS SIMPLE AS THAT

AT PRAYER

AUNT ANNIE'S PRAYER

BALANCE

BALI HAI CALLS MAMA

BEAUTY SHOPPE

BLACK PIONEERS

BLESSING THE BOATS

BOYS IN THE PARK

CAFETERIA FOOD

CHOPIN

CHOSEN

CHURCHGOING

CLOWN NOSE

COAL

CONFESSIONAL POEM

COVER PHOTOGRAPH

CURVE-BREAKER

DAUGHTERS, 1900

DINOSAUR SPRING

DIVERNE'S HOUSE

DIVERNE'S WALTZ

DON'T THROW OUT WINE BOTTLES

DUSTING

EMILY DICKINSON'S DEFUNCT

EPITHALAMIUM AND SHIVAREE

FASTER THAN LIGHT

FISH AND FLOOR-DUST BOUQUET

FOR MARY, FOURTH MONTH

FREEMAN FIELD

HECUBA MOURNS

HERBS IN THE ATTIC

HIGH AND HAUGHTY

HOME

HOW I DISCOVERED POETRY

HURRAH, HURRAH

I DECIDE NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN

I DREAM THE BOOK OF JONAH

I KNEW THAT

I SEND MAMA HOME

IMPALA

INTERMEZZO

INVISIBLE

IS SHE OKAY?

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD

JUNETEENTH

LA PESTE

LAUGHTER AS THE HIGHEST FORM OF CONTEMPLATION

LEAVING THE HOSPICE

LETTER TO A BENEDICTINE MONK

LEVITATION WITH BABY

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

LIGHT UNDER THE DOOR

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

LIVE JAZZ, FRANKLIN PARK ZOO

LONELY EAGLES

LOVESONG

MAMA'S MURDERS

MAMA'S PROMISE

MAY YOUR LOVE CONVERT LUCIFER

MEMENTO

MEN IN THE KITCHEN

MINOR MIRACLE

MY GRANDFATHER WALKS IN THE WOODS

MY PEOPLE

MY SECOND BIRTH

NAMING THE ANIMAL

NEGRO HERO

NO NO, BAD DADDY

NO WORST

OLD BIBLES

OTHER WOMEN'S CHILDREN

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MEDUSA

PORTER

POST-PRANDIAL CONVERSATION

PROPOSITIONS

PSALM

RECURRENT DREAM

RILKE'S THIRD ELEGY

SISTERS

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

SOLITUDE IN SOWETO

SORT OF A CALLING

STAR-FIX

TH FRUIT OF FAITH

BALLAD OF AUNT GENEVA

CENTURY QUILT

CIRCUS OF HUNGER

DANGEROUS CARNIVAL

DEATH OF POLYXENA

DREAM'S WISDOM

FORTUNATE SPILL

HOUSE ON MOSCOW STREET

LIFE OF A SAINT

LOST DAUGHTER

MARRIAGE NIGHTMARE

PLOTINUS SUITE

PRAYER OF SILENCE

SACRAMENT OF POVERTY

SIMPLE WISDOM

WAR OF THE HEART

THREE MEN IN A TENT

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 1. SERMON IN THE COTTON FIELD

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 2. SERMON IN THE WOODLOT

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 3. SERMON IN THE RUINED GARDEN

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 4. MEDITATION OVER THE WASHTUB

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 5. PALM SUNDAY, 1866

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 6. GOOD FRIDAY PRAYER

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 7. EASTER SERMON, 1866

TO MARKET

TRIOLETS FOR TRIOLET

TUSKEGEE AIRFIELD

TWO EXCERPTS FROM THE CACHOIERA TALES: CACHOIERA

TWO EXCERPTS FROM THE CACHOIERA TALES: GENERAL PROLOGUE

TWO-SEATER

UNRHYMED PEACE SONNET

UPPER-TEN

WILD PANSIES

WOMAN KILLS AND EATS OWN INFANT

WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM



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