Classic and Contemporary Poets

HOWARD NEMEROV

Poems found: 422

A CABINET OF SEEDS DISPLAYED

A PRIMER OF THE DAILY ROUND

MORE JOY IN HEAVEN

NIGHT OPERATIONS, COASTAL COMMAND RAF

THE BLUE SWALLOWS

THE MURDER OF WILLIAM REMINGTON

THE STATUES IN THE PUBLIC GARDENS

THE WAR IN THE AIR

WOLVES IN THE ZOO

PHOENIX COMES OF FLAME AND DUST

THIS MY MODEST ART IS WHAT I SAID

BLIND MAN AT THE MUSEUM

CABINET OF SEEDS DISPLAYED

CHRISTMAS CARD OF HALLEY'S COMET

CHRISTMAS STORM

DAY ON THE BIG BRANCH

FABLE OF THE WAR

MEMORY OF MY FRIEND

MEMORY OF THE WAR

NEGRO CEMETERY NEXT TO A WHITE ONE

PRIMER OF THE DAILY ROUND

READER OF MYSTERIES

RIDDLE THE SPHINX FORGOT

SONG OF DEGREES

SPELL BEFORE WINTER

ACORN, YOM KIPPUR

ADAM AND EVE IN LATER LIFE

AFTER COMMENCEMENT

ALL THINGS MADE NEW FOR NOW

ANGEL AND STONE

ASSEMBLY LINE, FIGHTER FACTORY

AT SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES

AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN CELEBRITY

BECAUSE YOU ASKED ABOUT THE LINE BETWEEN PROSE AND POETRY

BEGINNER'S GUIDE

BEING OF THREE MINDS

BELLI (GIUSEPPE GIOACCHINO BELLI)

BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE

BOY WITH BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE

BRUEGHEL: THE TRIUMPH OF TIME

BURNING THE LEAVES

BY AL LEBOWITZ'S POOL

CHRISTMAS MORNING

CONVERSING WITH PARADISE

CREATION MYTH ON A MOEBIUS BAND

D-DAY + ALL THE YEARS

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

DEATH OF A VIRGIN

DEBATE WITH THE RABBI

DECONSTRUCING THE TEXT OF TEXTS

DISSEVERINGS, DIVORCES

DOUBLE NEGATIVE

DRAWING LESSONS

DROWNING THE BOOK

DU REVE, DE LA MATHEMATIQUE, ET DE LA MORT

EINSTEIN & FREUD & JACK

ELEGY FOR A NATURE POET

ELEGY OF LAST RESORT

EPIGRAM: 1. INVOCATION

EPIGRAM: 2. LUCILIUS

EPIGRAM: 3. AN OLD STORY

EPIGRAM: 4. MYTHOLOGICAL BEAST

EPIGRAM: 5. THE HUNT GOES BY

EPIGRAM: 6. POLITICAL REFLEXION

EPIGRAM: 7. A SPIRAL SHELL

EPIGRAM: 8. APRIL

EPIGRAM: 9. ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR

EQUATIONS OF A VILLANELLE

EXASPERATIONS OF A NOVELIST

EXTRACT FROM MEMOIRS

FABLES OF THE MOSCOW SUBWAY

FACING THE FUNERALS

FIGURES OF THOUGHT

FISH SWIMMING AMID FALLING FLOWERS

FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS

FOR - , TO PROTECT HER FROM BURNS

FOR ROBERT FROST, IN THE AUTUMN, IN VERMONT

FREEZING THE RAIN

GINKGOES IN FALL

GLASS DIALECTIC

GNOMIC VARIATIONS FOR KENNETH BURKE

GRACE TO BE SAID AT THE SUPERMARKET

GUIDE TO THE RUINS

HAVING A MIND TO CHANGE THE WORLD

HERO WITH GIRL AND GORGON

HISTORY OF A LITERARY MOVEMENT

HISTORY OF HAIR FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT

HOLDING THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE

I ONLY AM ESCAPED ALONE TO TELL THEE

IMPRECATED UPON A POSTAL CLERK

IN THE BEGINNING

INSIDE THE ONION

LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES

LANDSCAPE WITH SELF-PORTRAIT

LATE BUTTERFLIES

LEARNING BY DOING

LEARNING THE TREES

LIFE CYCLE OF COMMON MAN

LINES & CIRCULARITIES

LION & HONEYCOMB

LITERALISTS OF THE IMAGINATION A LITTLE AT ODDS

LOT LATER; VAUDEVILLE FOR GEORGE FINKEL

LOW-LEVEL CROSS-COUNTRY

LUCRETIAN SHADOWS

METAMORPHOSES; ACCORDING TO STEINBERG

MIDSUMMER'S DAY

MORE JOY IN HEAVEN

NEAR THE OLD PEOPLE'S HOME

NEW WEAPONS IN THE OLD WAR

NIGHT OPERATIONS, COASTAL COMMAND RAF

NOTES ON A NEW ENGLAND WINTER: 1

NOTES ON A NEW ENGLAND WINTER: 2

OBSERVATION OF OCTOBER

ON AN OCCASION OF NATIONAL MOURNING

ON BEING A MEMBER OF THE JURY FOR A POETRY PRIZE

ON BEING ASKED FOR A PEACE POEM

ON CERTAIN WITS (AMUSED ... OVER BARNETT NEWMAN'S PAINTINGS)

ON GETTING OUT OF VIETNAM

ON HIS OWN TERMS

ON READING KING LEAR AGAIN, 1984

ONE MOMENT IN ETERNITY

PAINTING A MOUNTAIN STREAM

PLAYING SKITTLES

PLAYING THE INVENTIONS

PLAYING THE MACHINE

POVERTY FIRST CLASS, POVERTY TOURIST CLASS

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

PRAYER OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AT EASE IN ZION

QUAERENDO INVENIETIS

READING PORNOGRAPHY IN OLD AGE

REFLEXION OF A NOVELIST

REFLEXIONS ON THE SEIZURE OF SUEZ

REMEMBERING THE WAY

REVERIE OF THE TERMITE QUEEN

SARABANDE; HONORING THE MUSICIANS

SEPTEMBER, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

SESTINA ON HER PORTRAIT

SLEEPING BEAUTY

SOLIPSISM & SOLECISM

STRANGE METAMORPHOSIS OF POETS

SUBURBAN PROPHECY

SUNDAY AT THE END OF SUMMER

AIR FORCE MUSEUM AT DAYTON

AUTHOR TO HIS BODY ON THEIR FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY, 29 II 80

BEAUTIFUL LAWN SPRINKLER

BIOGRAPHER'S MANDATE

BLUEJAY AND THE MOCKINGBIRD

BRIEF JOURNEY WEST

CELESTIAL EMPEROR

DESK OF THE LAUREATE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, SELS

DIFFICULTY OF DOING THINGS EXACTLY RIGHT

DITANCES THEY KEEP

ECSTASIES OF DIALECTIC

END OF THE OPERA

GOD OF THIS WORLD

HISTORICAL JUDAS

HUMAN CONDITION

ICEHOUSE IN SUMMER (SEE AMOS, 3:15)

LIVES OF GULLS AND CHILDREN

MAPMAKER ON HIS ART

MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

MAY DAY DANCING

MEASURE OF POETRY

METAPHYSICAL AUTOMOBILE

MOST EXPENSIVE PICTURE IN THE WORLD

MURDER OF WILLIAM REMINGTON

PAINTER DREAMING IN THE SCHOLAR'S HOUSE

POET AS EAGLE SCOUT

POETRY EXCHANGE, TWO CONVERSATIONS: 1

POVERTY PROGRAMS

REMORSE FOR TIME

RENT IN THE SCREEN

REVISED VERSION

SCALE OF THE EYES

SECOND-BEST BED

SHOPPING MALL, THE MORAL LAW

STARE OF THE MAN FROM THE PRVINCES

STATUES IN THE PUBLIC GARDENS

SWEEPER OF THINGS

THOUGHT OF TREES

TRUTH OF THE MATTER

VIEW FROM AN ATTIC WINDOW

WEATHER OF THE WORLD

WESTERN APPROACHES

WINTER LIGHTNING

WORLD AS BRUEGHEL IMAGINED IT

THEATER OF THE ABSURD

THESE WORDS ALSO

THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY REPORT OF THE CLASS OF '41

THIS PRESENT PAST

TO ALICE OUT OF REACH

TO CLIO, MUSE OF HISTORY

TO D -, DEAD BY HER OWN HAND

TO DAVID, ABOUT HIS EDUCATION

TO H. M.; ON READING HIS POEMS

TO JOY OUR STUDENT, BIDDING ADIEU

TO LU CHI (AUTHOR OF THE WEN FU)

TO MY LEAST FAVORITE REVIEWER

TO PETER RAVEN ON HIS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, ENTERING ITS THIRD CENTURY

TOTAL IMMERSION

TRYING CONCLUSIONS

TWO PERSON; ZERO-SUM

ULTIMA RATIO REAGAN

VILLANELLE AT NIGHT

WALKING DOWN WESTGATE IN THE FALL

WALKING THE DOG

WATCHING FOOTBALL ON TV

WHAT KIND OF GUY WAS HE?

WORLD LINES; A WAR STORY

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