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ALICE NOTLEY

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Poems found: 271

30TH BIRTHDAY

AT NIGHT THE STATES

CLINICAL THERMOMETER SET WITH MOONSTONE

I THE PEOPLE

IT WOULD

THE GODDESS WHO CREATED THIS PASSING WORLD

THE TEN BEST ISSUES OF COMIC BOOKS

THE DESCENT OF ALETTE [I WALKED INTO]

THE DESCENT OF ALETTE [I STOOD WAITING]

THE DESCENT OF ALETTE [PRESENTLY]

THE DESCENT OF ALETTE [THE WATER OF THE RIVER]

HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980)

INDIVIDUAL TIME

NO WORLD IS INTACT

POEM

POEM

POEM

WOMAN IN FRONT OF POSTER OF HERSELF

WORLD'S BLISS

SONNET

YOU

JANUARY

STORY

47TH BIRTHDAY

CHANGE THE FORMS IN DREAMS

WHAT'S SUPPRESSED

WHERE IS THE BABYLONIAN METER WITH ITS LOVELY CAESURA?

JUST UNDER SKIN OF LEFT LEG

RITA, A RED ROSE, HATES HER CLOTHES

DO YOU WANT TO BE EXCELLENT AN ACTRESS NO NOT THAT EITHER

WE SHOULD ALL LIKE ROCKS IN A FLAT FIELD

ALL MY LIFE

2/26/83 FOR TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

APRIL

APRIL NOT AN INVENTORY BUT A BLIZZARD

AS YOU LIKE IT

AT THE END-OF-SCHOOL PARTY

BOB & SIMON'S WALTZ

CONGRATULATING WEDGE

DARK THOUGHT

DEAR MRS. BERRIGAN

FLOWERS OF THE FOOTHILLS & MOUNTAIN VALLEYS

FURNITURE LIGHT

GLADLY THOUGH I LOST IT AND KNEW I WOULD

HOMAGE TO MARIANNE MOORE

IN ANCIENT DECEMBER

MACHO DAISY DUCK

MARGARET AND DUSTY

MORNING COMB

NEW YEAR'S EVES

POSTCARDS

PUT YOU TO SHAME

SONG BOOK

SWEETHEART

YOU NOW HOLDING THIS BOOK IN HAND

...I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE A GHOST STORY

BRING ME A PEA JACKET AND SANDWICHES

BUT MIGHT THE EARTH & WIND

CORPUS SAGRADA

DEAR DARK CONTINENT

GO IN AND OUT THE WINDOW

GRACE HIM MY HEART THERE GROWN PALE

HAVE MADE EARTH AS THE MIRROR OF HEAVEN

I SAW YOU THERE CROWED

I THE PEOPLE

IN THE DARK I

IN THIS PARADISE

MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING BEEN BORN IS YOUR CITY

ROSE ROSINA ROSE

STARS STRAIGHT

THAT WHICH HAS BEEN SPOKEN

GODDESS WHO CREATED THIS PASSING WORLD

NIGHT SITS IN THIS CHAIR

THIS CHAIR

WHAT TO BRING INTO COUNTED HAPPENING

WHEN I WAS ALIVE

WHEN THIS GLOBE BREAKS IN HALF

YOU

(2 PAGES FROM A LONG POEM IN PROGRESS)

1 - TOWARDS A DEFINITION

101

1965

1970

1979 A DREAM

1992

2 - THE PERSON THAT YOU WERE WILL BE REPLACED

47TH BIRTHDAY

BABY IS BORN OUT OF A WHITE OWL'S FOREHEAD - 1972

CALIFORNIA GIRLHOOD

METAPHYSICS OF EMOTION

NEW HAIRDO

TRUE ACCOUNT OF TALKING TO JUDY HOLIDAY, OCTOBER 13

WORK IN PROGRESS: 1

WORK IN PROGRESS: 2

WORK IN PROGRESS: 3

WORK IN PROGRESS: 4

WORK IN PROGRESS: 5

YELLOW LIGHT IS A CHINK IN A CASTLE WALL...

AFTER TSANG CHIH

ALETTE

AMID THESE WORDS I CAN KNOW

AMORCORD

IMPECCABLE SEXISM I MEAN AN ELEGANT IDEA OR PROCEDURE HAUNTS THE

AND STILL NO STORY, HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S OVER?

ANGEL-SKATE

APRIL NOT AN INVENTORY BUT A BLIZZARD

AS GOOD AS ANYTHING

BACKYARD

BECOMING EGYPTIAN

BEGINNING WITH A STAIN, SELS.

BEING WIGGY

BEING WITH PEOPLE A CLICHE EATING DINNER

BOBBY (FIRST VISIT BACK TO THE STATES)

BREAKING AN UNSOUND BARRIER

BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER

BUT IN THIS WORLD TOGETHER AND NOT PASSING AWAY

BUT MY REAL DREAMS ARE OBJECTIVE (OBJECTS MADE OF ME BY THE SECRET)

C. '81

CHANGE THE FORMS IN DREAMS

CHOOSING STYLES - 1972

CIRCORPSE

COLLAGE

COLORS - 1973

COMING DOWN THE SPIRAL ALMANAC STAIRCASE

COULD I EVER SHARE A TABLEAU WITH MISS JANUARY'S MURDERERS?

CROWDED INTO A BREATHLESS BUBBLE OF BAD THINKING OUR POEM .....

DANCING INTO THE SHADOWS OF THE HIDEOUS FUTURE CITY WE DON'T THINK...

DANTE'S ASS A NOBLE PRIZE

DESAMERE, SELS.

DIVERSEY STREET

DO I HAVE TO BE MAD NOW LATER AND ALWAYS

DO YOU WANT TO BE EXCELLENT AN A ACTRESS NO NOT THAT EITHER

DON'T GIVE ME DROVEL, GIVE ME A SHOVEL (POPULAR POEM)

DON'T THINK THAT THOUGHT IT WILL POISON THIS MOMENT

ECHOES THE PAST FUCKS ME OVER AND OVER

ENUMA ELISH

EVERYONE'S OUT AFTER SOME EMOTIONAL ACTION

EXPERIENCE

EXPOSING MY BREASTS SO YOU'LL

FIGURE, SAINT, ON AN ARCH

FLOWERS

FLOWERS OF THE FOOTHILLS & MOUNTAIN VALLEYS

FURTHER FIGURATION OF MY REGRESSIVE BACKLASH

GETTING IT RIGHT

GLADLY THOUGH I LOST IT AND KNEW I WOULD

GOING BACK MORNINGS

GUARD THIS MARK WITH YOUR AIR

HAUNT

HAVE I BEEN HERE BEFORE IS SOMETHING UNFAMILIAR

HEALTHY AND FOOLISH THE MAINSTREAM STARS OF KNEEJERK JOY AND DESPAIR..

HELP ME CORPUS SAGRADA

HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980)

HOUSE OF SELF

HOW SPRING COMES

HOW WE SPENT THE LAST YEAR OF HIS LIFE

I AM A HARDENED HEART

I DON'T HAVE SYMPATHY WE'RE EQUALS

I KNOW YOU'LL MAKE FUN OF THE CLOTHES THE MAGI ARE WEARING

I MUST HAVE CALLED AND SO HE COMES

I SUPPOSE THIS IS ALL A LEFTHAND PATH

I'M JUST RIGID ENOUGH

IF I DIDN'T SHIVER I WOULDN'T BE COLD

IN ANY MOVIE WHATSOEVER, IN ORDER TO BE WORKING ACTORS

IN NEEDLES AND TO POET WHAT ARE REAL THINGS

IN THAT ROOM, IN THAT TIME, BUT LATER

IN THE BASEMENT OF CLAYPOOL'S DEPARTMENT STORE

IN THE MOTHERLESS, HOMOGENIZED AND E-EPISTOLARY

IT'S DUMB TO BE A MEMBER OF A DOMINANT SPECIES

JACK WOULD SPEAK THROUGH THE IMPERFECT MEDIUM OF ALICE

JUDGEMENT IN ROSY QUARTZ

JUST UNDER SKIN OF LEFT LEG

KEEP GOING DOWN TO THE TOMB

KISS OF FIRE

LADY POVERTY

LANA TURNER AT VERSAILLES

LEFT SIDE LIBERATION FROM E

LION

LOST THE PLUMBING LOST MY STORY GOOD

MAPS

ME

MEET ME AT LA CHAPELLE FOR SOME MORE SALAMI

MID-80'S

MORE BELOW A DREAM OF

MORE OF TH E ASSHOLES OF GIANTS

MY HAIR IS TERRIBLY DIRTY AND THE DRESS LOOKS DRAB

MYSTERIES OF SMALL HOUSES

NEW DREAMS

NOT CHILD

NOT THAT PERSON ANYMORE, MITCH BEING EVER FAINTER

OBJECTS OF UNKNOWN PROVENANCE

OFFICE

OH PUT SOME OBSCENELY CONCRETE NOUNS BACK IN YOUR POEMS

ONE OF THE LONGEST TIMES

OPEN-STOMACH WOMAN

OWLS

PARTICLE DOLL

PARTS OF A WEDDING

PEOPLE COULD LIVE IN THIS TOWN, THEY DON'T BUT I'M GOING TO

PLACE BLANCHE

PLACE MYSELF IN NEW YORK (NEED ONE MORE THERE)

PLEASE DON'T ANYONE SAVE MY LIFE PASSIM

POEM

POEM

POEM

POEM

POEM

POEM

POINT OF FIDELITY

POURING RAIN NO LOVE FROM THE WEATHER EXCEPT IN MY DREAM

PREGNANT SAINT

PROPHET'S JOB

RED FISH

RED ZINNIAS

REMEMBER THE STATION WITH NO NAME

REMEMBER WHAT I CAME HERE TO DO TO THIS WORLD VERY LITTLE

REQUIEM FOR THE FIRST HALF OF SPLIT

RITA, A RED ROSE, HATES HER CLOTHES

ROARING BEING A GIVEN, MY ROARING'S A GIVEN

SEA FLU

SEEMS TO BE HEADING FOR MEXICO

SEEN THE WHALE-SKATE AND SEEN A TOMB

SELF '78 SPEAK

SEPT 17/AUG 29, '88

SUN IS VERY NEAR HOT AND BUTTOCKSLIKE

SYNCHRONOUS CHRONOLOGY

BIG SLIP ON THE DEAD WOMAN IS PINK

BRAIN IS A TOY BUT LOYALTY'S METAPHYSICAL

CHAPLET ON THE DONKEY'S HEAD: BOTH KEEP DISSOLVING

COMMON GROUND ASK ANYONE YOU KNOW

DONOR OF THE MOSAICS

ELONGATED HOLY MOTHER

FOREST/SWAMP/GORGE/ALP HOTEL

FUTURE MAY CONTAIN ME MORE

HOWLING SAINT T-SHIRT

ISLANDERS REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE NO WOMEN AND NO MEN

LINES FALL AWAY SOMETIMES

LONGEST VAMPIRIC HISTORY VS. THE SOL

MORBID MANAGERS ARE SERVING TRAYS OF CHARNEL FLESH

NEW YORK HUMAN

OBNOXIOUS TRUTH

ONE THOUSAND ARMS OF POKING AND PINCHING LOVE

SUBTERRANEAN SENSES ARE ALREADY THERE IN NEW AIR

TROUBLE WITH YOU GIRLS

TYRANT

USUAL AND THE MOST TENUOUS OF GOODBYES

VEIL IS, LIKE, SEXISM OR IS IT LIKE IT

YEAR OF THE PREMONITORY DREAM THAT TED AND STEVE LEFT ME

THERE ISN'T MUCH TO DO IF YOU AREN'T GEOLOGY

THERE WAS A ROOM OF STATUETTES OF SAINTS IN STRUGGLE

THERE WAS ALSO VALIUM IN THE DRINK, PLACED THERE BY TWO OTHER PEOPLE

THEY CUT OUT HER EYE AND SO SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF IT'S REAL

THIS CRAZY WICKEDNESS, LITTLE NESTS OF LIGHT

TWO SECTIONS FROM IN THE PINES: 3

TWO SECTIONS FROM THE PINES: 5

UNTITLED

VERTICAL AXIS

VIRGIN AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS

WALTZING MATILDA, SELS

WAS WAS MEANT TO

WAVELAND (BACK IN CHICAGO)

WE SHOULD ALL LIVE LIKE ROCKS IN A FLAT FIELD

WHAT'S SUPPRESSED

WHERE IS THE BABYLONIAN METER WITH ITS LOVELY CAESURA?

WHITE PHOSPHORUS, SELS

WHITE RICE WORDS ARE THE MEANS OF EXCHANGE

WILL DIE AND DIE IN SO MANY WAYS, AS PROFESSIONAL AND CULTURAL ENTITY

WORLD'S BLISS

WOULD WANT TO BE IN MY WILDLIFE

YOU CAN GIVE IT AWAY

YOU COVER ALL THE WINDOWS WITH YOUR MANUSCRIPT PAGES

YOUR ANGELS



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