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SHARON OLDS

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Poems found: 453

TAKE THE I OUT

THE FERRYER

VOICES

FORTY-ONE, ALONE, NO GERBIL

TOPOGRAPHY

ALCATRAZ

LATE POEM TO MY FATHER

THE SUMMER-CANP BUS PULLS AWAY FROM THE CURB

BY FIRE

MY MOTHER'S PANSIES

THE LATEST INJURY

MY FATHER'S DIARY (2)

DIAGNOSIS

HIS STILLNESS

FIRST THANKSGIVING

PARENTS' DAY

CRAZY

THE SHYNESS

SUNDAY NIGHT

ARMOR

BEYOND HARM

CHAMBER THICKET

EARLIEST MEMORY

HE COMES FOR THE JEWISH FAMILY, 1942

I COULD NOT TELL

I GO BACK TO MAY 1937

IDEOGRAPHS

IN WHAT DIRECTION OR WHEN

MY SON THE MAN

PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES

STILL LIFE

HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR

THE CAST

THE DAY THEY TIED ME UP

THE ENCHANTMENT

THE FEAR OF ONE'S SELF

THE FLURRY

IN THE CELL

LOVE IN BLOODLINE

ON THE SUBWAY

THE MEAL

OUTSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM OF THE SEX-CHANGE DOCTOR

SUMMER SOLSTICE, NEW YORK CITY

THE ABANDONED NEWBORN

THE FOOD-THIEF

WHAT IF GOD

THE POPE'S PENIS

THE LEGLESS FIGHTER PILOT

THE PLANNED CHILD

THE PULL

TOTH FARRY

ZNAMENSKAYA SQUARE, LENINGRAD, 1941

VOGUE SHOOT

FIRST LOVE

RITES OF PASSAGE

STAG'S LEAP

THE MORTAL ONE

POEMS FOR THE BREASTS

35/10

BIBLE STUDY: 71 B.C.E.

AFTER MAKING LOVE IN WINTER

ASPIC AND BUTTERMILK

AT THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYZED

CELIBACY AT TWENTY

CEREMONY OF BURIAL

DEAR HEART

EARLY IMAGES OF HEAVEN

ECSTASY

EMILY DICKINSON'S WRITING TABLE IN HER BEDROOM AT THE HOMESTEAD

FIRST SEX

FISH STORY

FOR MY MOTHER

FORTY YEARS LATER

FROSTED ELFIN

GREED AND AGGRESSION

HER FIRST WEEK

FIRST HOUR

HIS SMELL

IN THE HOSPITAL, NEAR THE END

FISH OIL

KNOW-NOTHING

LENINGRAD CEMETERY, WINTER OF 1941

LIFE WITH SICK KIDS

MAKING LOVE

MONARCHS

MRS. KRIKORIAN

MY FATHER'S DIARY (1)

NURSE WHITMAN

QUAKE THEORY

SATURN

SEVENTH BIRTHDAY OF THE FIRST CHILD

SLOWLY HE STARTS

SSSHH

STILL LIFE IN LANDSCAPE

THE BABYSITTER

INFINITE BLISS

THE CLASP

THE CONNOISSEUSE OF SLUGS

THE COULDN'T

THE DEATH OF MARILYN MONROE

THE ELDER SISTER

MOM AS COMET

THE GLASS

THE GUILD

THE ISSUES

THE LAST BIRTHDAY AT HOME

THE LEARNER

THE MONTH OF JUNE: 13 1/2

THE ONE GIRL AT THE BOYS PARTY

THE POSSESSIVE

THE PROMISE

THE PROTESTOR

THE RACE

THE TALK

THE UNJUSTLY PUNISHED CHILD

THE VICTIMS

THE WEDDING VOW

THE WINDOW

TRUE LOVE

VIRGINAL ORGY

WHEN

LAST NIGHT

SEX WITHOUT LOVE

THE KNOWING

THE LANGUAGE OF THE BRAG

AFTER PUNISHMENT WAS DONE WITH ME

I AM THE SHRINK'S WIFE

I COULD NOT TELL

I WANTED TO BE THERE WHEN MY FATHER DIED

19

1954

35/10

49 1/2

5 CENTS A PEEK

MOTHER AT THE END OF JUNE

VISION

ADOLESCENCE

AFTER MAKING LOVE IN WINTER

AFTER MAKING LOVE, WINTER SOLSTICE

AFTER THE RAPE IN OUR BUILDING

AIRPORT HOTEL

AM AND AM NOT

ANIMAL MUSIC

APRIL, NEW HAMPSHIRE

ARMOR

ASPIC AND BUTTERMILK

AT HOME

AT THE BAY

AT THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYZED

ATTEMPTED BANQUET

BACCHANAL IN MEMORY

BAROMETER

BATHING THE NEW BORN

BEYOND HARM

BIRTHDAY POEM FOR MY GRANDMOTHER LOTTIE BEDA MACLEAN

BOULDER CREEK

BY EARTH

BY FIRE

CAMBRIDGE ELEGY

CELIBACY AT TWENTY

CHERRY

CHRISTIAN CHILD

CHRISTIAN CHILD

CO-ED FOUND

COMING HOME AFTER VACATION

COMING OF AGE, 1966

COOL BREEZE

CULTURE AND RELIGION

DEAR HEART

DIRTY MEMORIES

DROWNING

EARLIEST MEMORY

EARLY IMAGES OF HEAVEN

ECSTASY

ELECTRICITY SAVIOR

EMILY DICKINSON'S WRITING TABLE IN HER BEDROOM AT THE HOMESTEAD

ENCOUNTER

EVEN NOW

EVERY TIME

FEARED DROWNED

FIFTY MOTHERS

FIRE ESCAPE

FIRE ESCAPE

FIRST

FIRST BIRTH

FIRST BOYFRIEND

FIRST FORMAL

FIRST NIGHT

FIRST SEX

FIRST THANKSGIVING

FIRST WEEKS

FISH OIL

FISH STORY

FISHING OFF NOVA SCOTIA

FIVE-YEAR-OLD-BOY

FOR AND AGAINST KNOWLEDGE

FOR AND AGAINST KNOWLEDGE

FOR MY DAUGHTER

FOR MY MOTHER

FORTY YEARS LATER

FORTY-ONE, ALONE, NO GERBIL

FRONTIS NULLA FIDES

FULL SUMMER

GEOGRAPHY

GOOD WILL

GREED AND AGGRESSION

GREY GIRL

HEAVEN TO BE

HER FIRST WEEK

HER LAST AUGUST

HER LIST

HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR

HIS COSTUME

HIS FATHER'S CADAVER

HIS SMELL

HIS TERROR

HISTORY OF MEDICINE

HOMAGE

I AS YOU

I CANNOT FORGET THE WOMAN IN THE MIRROR

I GO BACK TO MAY 1937

I LOVE IT WHEN

I SEE MY GIRL

IDEOGRAPHS

IMMERSION COIL

IN THE HOSPITAL, NEAR THE END

IN WHAT DIRECTION OR WHEN

INDICTMENT OF SENIOR OFFICERS

INFINITE BLISS

JAPANESE-AMERICAN FARMHOUSE, CALIFORNIA, 1942

JUNIOR LIFESAVING

KILLING MY SISTER'S FISH

KNOW-NOTHING

KNOWN TO BE LEFT

LAMENT

LAST HOUR

LAST NIGHT

LAST WORDS

LATE

LEAVING THE ISLAND

LENINGRAD CEMETERY, WINTER OF 1941

LIFE WITH SICK KIDS

LIFELONG

LOVE BETWEEN US

LOVE FOSSIL

LOVE'S EYESIGHT

MAIDEN NAME

MAKING LOVE

MATTHEWS AH UM

May-68

May-68

MILK-BUBBLE RUINS

MOM AS COMET

MONARCHS

MONEY

MORTAL ETERNAL

MOTHER

MOUNT MORIAH, 4000 B.C.E.

MRS. KRIKORIAN

MY FATHER SPEAKS TO ME FROM THE DEAD

MY FATHER'S DIARY (2)

MY FIRST HOUR

MY FIRST WEEKS

MY MOTHER'S COLLEGE

MY MOTHER'S PANSIES

MY SON THE MAN

NATURAL HISTORY

NECKING

NEW MOTHER

NIGHT POEM TO MY MOTHER

NIGHT TERRORS

NURSE WHITMAN

ONCE

OUTDOOR SHOWER

PAJAMAS

PARENT VISITING DAY

PARENTS' DAY

PARTS OF THE BODY

PEELED GRAPES

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GIRL

PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF THE FALL RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

PHYSICS

PILGRIMAGE

POEM TO OUR SON AFTER A HIGH FEVER

POEM TO THE READER

PORTRAIT OF A DAUGHTER

PRAYER

PRAYER DURING THAT TIME

PRIMITIVE

QUAKE THEORY

RACE RIOT, TULSA, 1921

READING YOU

REPUBLICAN LIVING ROOMS

RITE OF PASSAGE

SATAN SAYS

SATURN

SCHOOLHOUSE BELL

SEVENTH BIRTHDAY OF THE FIRST CHILD

SEX AT COLLEGE (CELIBACY)

SEX WITHOUT LOVE

SILENCE, WITH TWO TEXTS

SLEEP SUITE

SOCKS

SOLITARY

SOLO

SOMETIMES

SSSHH

STAG'S LEAP

STATION

STILL LIFE IN LANDSCAPE

SUMMER SOLSTICE, NEW YORK CITY

SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE CITY

TAKE THE I OUT

THAT MOMENT

THAT YEAR

BABYSITTER

BATHROBE

BEAST

BED

BODY REMEMBERS

BONDING

BURNED DIARY

CAST

CLASP

CONNOISSEUSE OF SLUGS

COULDN'T

DAY THEY TIED ME UP

DEAD BODY ITSELF

DEATH OF MARILYN MONROE

DEFENSE

DRAGONS

ELDER SISTER

ELOPEMENT

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AS THE MOON

ENCHANTMENT

FACTORS

FALLS

FERRYER

FORGIVENESS

GIFT

GIRL

GLASS

GUILD

HAIRS

HAND

HOUR

HOUSEWIVES WATCHING MORNING TV

IMMIGRANTS

INDISPENSIBILITY OF THE EYES

ISSUES

KILLERS

KNOWING

LADY BUG

LANGUAGE OF THE BRAG

LAST BIRTHDAY AT HOME

LAST DAY

LEARNER

LISP

LOOK

LOVE OBJECT

MAKARIS

MOLE

MOMENT OF MY FATHER'S DEATH

MONTH OF JUNE: 13 1/2

MORNING AFTER KRISTALLNACHT

MORTAL ONE

MOTHER

NATIVE

NECKLACE

NEW STRANGER

ONE GIRL AT THE BOYS PARTY

OPENING

ORDEAL

OTHER LIFE

PEDIATRICIAN RETIRES

PLANNED CHILD

POSSESSIVE

PREPOSITIONS

PROMISE

PROTESTOR

PULL

QUEST

RACE

REMEDY

REQUEST

RISING DAUGHTER

SEEKER

SHORE

SIBLINGS

SIGN OF SATURN

SISTERS OF SEXUAL TREASURE

SOUND

SOURCE

SPACE HEATER

SPONGE

SPOUSES WAKING UP IN THE HOTEL MIRROR

STRUGGLE

SUMMER-CAMP BUS PULLS AWAY FROM THE CURB

SWIMMER

SWIMMING RACE

TALK

TALKERS

THINGS OF THIS WORLD

TRANSFORMED BOY

TRY-OUTS

UNBORN

UNDERLIFE

UNJUSTLY PUNISHED CHILD

URN

VICTIMS

VISION

WAITING

WAITING ROOM

WATCHERS: FILM

WATCHERS: STILL

WEDDING VOW

WELLSPRING

WINDOW

THEN

THESE DAYS

THINGS THAT ARE WORSE THAN DEATH

THIS HOUR

TIME-TRAVEL

TO A POET

TO MY FATHER

TO MY HUSBAND

TO OUR MISCARRIED ONE, AGE THIRTY NOW

TOPOGRAPHY

TOUSLED DARLING

TRICKS

TRUE BLUE

TRUE LOVE

TRYING TO BELIEVE IN MY FATHER'S DEATH

TWELVE YEARS OLD

ULTRASOUND

VISITING MY MOTHER'S COLLEGE

WARRIOR: 5TH GRADE

WEST

WESTERN WIND

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT

WHAT IF GOD

WHAT IS THE EARTH?

WHAT IT MEANT

WHEN IT COMES

WHEN THE DEAD ASK MY FATHER ABOUT ME

WHERE WILL LOVE GO?

WHILE HE TOLD ME

YOU KINDLY

YOUNG MOTHERS (1)

YOUNG MOTHERS (2)

YOUNG MOTHERS (4)

YOUNG MOTHERS (5)

ZNAMENSKAYA SQUARE, LENINGRAD, 1941



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