Classic and Contemporary Poets
ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER
Poet Analysis
Poems found: 484
TO LOVE IS
A GLASS PANE TOWARD THE SPECTRAL, MYSTERIOUS GARDEN'
HERE IS THE STRONG ONE, THE OTHER ONE'
IT HURTS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE'
ONE IS INSIDE'
THE DOOR CLICKS. HE RETURNS TO ME'
THE GUARDS KNEELED, THEY RAISED THEIR WEAPONS, THEY FIRED'
THEY HOIST IT, SHINING, THEY SUPPORT IT, UNDER ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS,
CROSSTOWN
A CHINESE FAN PAINTING
A CLEARING BY A STREAM
A MINOR VAN GOGH (HE SPEAKS)
A QUESTION OF TIME
A YOUNG WOMAN, A TREE
ABOUT TIME
AFTER THE SHIPWRECK
MATISSE TOO
ANSELM KIEFER
APPEARANCE AND REALITY
APRIL ONE
BECKY AND BENNY IN FAR ROCKAWAY
BEER
BOIL
CAMBODIA
COWS
DIASPORA
DISSOLVE IN SLOW MOTION
DREAM: THE DISCLOSURE
EVERYWOMAN HER OWN THEOLOGY
FIFTY
FROM PRADO ROTUNDA: THE FAMILY OF CHARLES IV, AND OTHERS
FROWNING AT EMILY
GEORGE IN HOSPITAL
GLOBULE
HELIUM
HIS SPEED AND STRENGTH
HOLOCAUST
HOMECOMING
HORSES
I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE
IN THE DUST
IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE, IT GOES ON
JONAH'S GOURD VINE
LAMENTING THE INEVITABLE
LETTING THE DOVES OUT
LOCKER ROOM CONVERSATION
MARIE AT TEA
THE RUSSIAN ARMY GOES INTO BAKU
MEETING THE DEAD
MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH
MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AT A POND
MIGRANT
MILLENNIAL POLKA
MOTHER/CHILD: CODA
MOVE
NORMAL LIGHT
NUDE DESCENDING
O'KEEFFE
POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY DICKINSON
POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY FITZGERALD/HEMINGWAY
PORTRAIT OF A MAN
PORTRAITE DE L'ARTISTE
SATURDAY NIGHT
SONNET. TO TELL THE TRUTH
STARING AT THE PACIFIC, AND SWIMMING IN IT
STILL LIFE: A GLASSFUL OF ZINNIAS ON MY DAUGHTER'S KITCHEN TABLE
STREAM
SURVIVING
TAKING THE SHUTTLE WITH FRANZ
THE ANNIVERSARY
THE BOOK OF LIFE
THE BOYS, THE BROOM HANDLE, AND THE RETARDED GIRL
THE BRIDE
THE CHANGE
THE CLASS
THE CRAZY LADY SPEAKING
THE DEATH GHAZALS
THE DOGS AT LIVE OAK BEACH, SANTA CRUZ
THE FOOL STANDS UP TO TEACH KING LEAR AGAIN
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA
THE IMPULSE OF SINGING
THE LEAF PILE
THE MARRIAGE NOCTURNE
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 1. THE BRIDGE
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 10. YEARS OF GIRLHOOD (FOR MY STUDENTS)
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 11. THE RIVER
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 12. EPILOGUE: NEVERTHELESS
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 2. THE GURNEY
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 3. RIDDLE: POST-OP
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 4. MASTECTOMY
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 5. WHAT WAS LOST
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 6. DECEMBER 31
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 7. WINTERING
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 8. NORMAL
THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 9. HEALING
THE NATURE OF BEAUTY
THE PURE PRODUCTS OF AMERICA
THE RUNNER
THE SINGING SCHOOL
THE STORY OF JOSHUA
THE STUDIO (HOMAGE TO ALICE NEEL)
THE WAITING ROOM
THE WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 1
YOU WHO DENY: A HARANGUE
WORDS FOR A WEDDING
WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE
WHILE DRIVING NORTH
WHAT ELSE
WATCHING THE FEEDER
WANTING TO BE IN LOVE AS IN SUNLIGHT
UPPER BROADWAY SUNDAY
THISTLE
THREE MEN WALKING, THREE BROWN SILHOUETTES
WATERLILIES AND JAPANESE BRIDGE
WINDSHIELD
WISHES
WRINKLY LADY DANCER
YEARS
YOM KIPPUR
A MEDITATION IN SEVEN DAYS
LISTEN
MOTHER IN AIRPORT PARKING LOT
THE EIGHTH AND THIRTEENTH
THE EXCHANGE
THE IDEA OF MAKING LOVE
CROSSTOWN
ELEGY FOR ALLEN
GRANDCHILD
OLD MEN
VOCATION
BUS STATION
MAY RAIN, PRINCETON
WEST FOURTH STREET
THE PLATEAU
THE BLESSING OF THE OLD WOMAN, THE TULIP, AND THE DOG
BORN IN THE U.S.A.
GREEDY BABY
MISERY AND FRUSTRATION
HE GETS DEPRESSED WHENEVER WE ARGUE
IN THE FORTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE IT GOES ON
JERSEY TRANSIT
THE VOCABULARY OF JOY
LOOKOUT
BIRDCALL
DEMETER TO PERSEPHONE
EXILE
INSOMNIA
PSALM
A CLEARING BY THE STREAM
ANXIETY ABOUT DYING
APRIL
CONTEST
DAFFODILS
ENCOUNTERING THE DEAD
FISHERMAN
I CAN'T SPEAK
IN EVERY LIFE
MATISSE, TOO
METAPHOR
MOTH IN APRIL
SEX
SINGLE WOMAN SPEAKING
SOFTEN AND MELT
SONG
THE END OF THE LINE
THE ORANGE CAT
THE WINDOW, AT THE MOMENT OF FLAME
THE WOMAN WHO RAN AWAY
WHAT I WANT
A GLASS PANE TOWARD THE SPECTRAL, MYSTERIOUS GARDEN'
HERE IS THE STRONG ONE, THE OTHER ONE'
I COME THE WAY THAT'
IT HURTS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE'
ONE IS INSIDE'
THE DOOR CLICKS. HE RETURNS TO ME'
THE GUARDS KNEELED, THEY RAISED THEIR WEAPONS, THEY FIRED'
THEY HOIST IT, SHINING, THEY SUPPORT IT, UNDER ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS,
WAS DREAMING'
IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE, IT GOES ON: 1
STOPPED AT A CORNER, NEAR MIDNIGHT, I WATCH
DAY OF HEAVY FOG
DEATH IS ONLY
GREEDY BABY
KH'BIN GEKUMIN ZAYEN ZEYEN IN DER VELT, SAYS THE HOLY MAN
TO LOVE IS
GLASS PANE TOWARD THE SPECTRAL, MYSTERIOUS GARDEN'
HERE IS THE STRONG ONE, THE OTHER ONE'
I COME THE WAY THAT'
IT HURTS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE'
ONE IS INSIDE'
DOOR CLICKS. HE RETURNS TO ME'
GUARDS KNEELED, THEY RAISED THEIR WEAPONS, THEY FIRED'
THEY HOIST IT, SHINING, THEY SUPPORT IT, UNDER ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS,
WAS DREAMING'
BIRTHDAY SUITE, SELS.
CHINESE FAN PAINTING
CLEARING BY A STREAM
MEDITATION IN SEVEN DAYS
MINOR VAN GOGH (HE SPEAKS)
MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: A GROUP ON THE TOP FLOOR
MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: BOOKSTORE
MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: CLAES OLDENBURG: 3 SOFT SCULPTURES
MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: JIM DINE
MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: LOBBY: LADY TO OTHER LADY
MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: MARK ROTHKO: THREE PAINTINGS
MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: SEGAL'S DINER
QUESTION OF TIME
WOMAN WALKING IN THE SUBURBS
YOUNG WOMAN, A TREE
AARON
ABOUT TIME
AFTER ILLNESS
AFTER THE REUNION (1)
AFTER THE REUNION (2)
AFTER THE SHIPWRECK
ALICE BEFORE HER WIDOWHOOD
AMERICAN LONELINESS
ANECDOTE WITH FLOWERS: 1919
ANECDOTE WITHOUT FLOWERS: 1919
ANGINA
ANNIE, APHRODITE, AND THE ELEVATOR
ANSELM KIEFER
ANXIETY ABOUT DYING
APPEARANCE AND REALITY
APRIL ONE
AS IN A GALLERY
AT THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM
BECKY AND BENNY IN FAR ROCKAWAY
BEER
BEFORE DAWN
BERKELEY: YOUTH AND AGE
BOIL
BONNARD RETROSPECTIVE
CAIN AND ABEL: A QUESTION OF ETHICS
CAMBODIA
CAMPING BY THE PACIFIC
CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTING OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE: 1
CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTING OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE: 2
CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTING OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE: 3
CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTING OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE: 4
CEREMONY OF HOUSES
CEREMONY OF THE BATHTUB
CEREMONY OF THE BOX
CORRESPONDENCE
COVENANT: 1. PREPARING FOR PASSOVER
COVENANT: 2. DURING THE BOMBING OF KOSOVO
COVENANT: 3. QUESTION AND ANSWER
COVENANT: 4. THE WHEEL
COWS
DAFFODILS
DEAF CITIES
DIASPORA
DIGGING TO CHINA
DISCO
DISSOLVE IN SLOW MOTION
DON'T BE AFRAID
DOWNSTAIRS
DREAM: THE DISCLOSURE
DREAMING OF HER
EVERYWOMAN HER OWN THEOLOGY
EXODUS
EXTRATERRESTRIAL: A WEDDING FOR NINA AND JOHN
FIFTY
FISHERMAN
FIX
FOR THE DAUGHTERS
FROM PRADO ROTUNDA: THE FAMILY OF CHARLES IV, AND OTHERS
FROWNING AT EMILY
GEORGE IN HOSPITAL
GLOBULE
HATING THE WORLD
HE GETS DEPRESSED WHENEVER WE ARGUE
HELIUM
HIS SPEED AND STRENGTH
HOLOCAUST
HOMAGE TO DANTE
HOMAGE TO MATISSE
HOMAGE TO RUMI, SELS.
HOMECOMING
HORSES
I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE
IN OUR TIME: A POEM TO APHRODITE
IN SPRING RAIN
IN THE AUTUMN OF MY THIRTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
IN THE DUST
IN THE FORTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE IT GOES ON
IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE, IT GOES ON
IRISES: 1
IRISES: 2
IRISES: 3
IRISES: 4
JERSEY TRANSIT
JONAH'S GOURD VINE
LAMENTING THE INEVITABLE
LETTING THE DOVES OUT
LIKE AN ORPHAN
LIKE FRUIT
LOCKER ROOM CONVERSATION
LOCKOUT
MARIE AT TEA
MEETING THE DEAD
MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 1. THE POET TO HER BOOK
MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 2. MOTHER
MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 3. FIRST SISTER
MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 4. SECOND SISTER
MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 5. GODDESS
MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH
MID-FEBRUARY
MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AT A POND
MIGRANT
MILLENNIAL POLKA
MISERY AND FRUSTRATION
MOON AND EARTH
MOTH IN APRIL
MOTHER IN AIRPORT PARKING LOT
MOTHER/CHILD: CODA
MOTHERWORDS
MOVE
NEOPLATONIC RIFF
NOSTOS
NUDE DESCENDING
NULIAJUK, A SEQUENCE
O'KEEFFE
ONCE MORE OUT OF DARKNESS, SELS.
OTHER STANZAS, TO YOU, PYTHAGORAS
POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY DICKINSON
POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY FITZGERALD/HEMINGWAY
PORTRAIT OF A MAN
PORTRAITE DE L'ARTISTE
PRAYING FOR THE END OF ANGER
PROPAGANDA POEM: MAYBE FOR SOME YOUNG MAMAS
PSALM
PSALM
PSALM
PSALM
RAINY SEASON
RAVEL PIANO TRIO
REBECCA'S WAY
REDON
REVOLUTION AS DESIRE
RVR: WORK AND LOVE
SAN JUAN WATERFRONT
SATURDAY NIGHT
SEASONAL
SEX DREAM
SOMALIA
SOME DAYS IN MARCH
SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE
SONNET. TO TELL THE TRUTH
SPOON
STANZAS IN OCTOBER
STARING AT THE PACIFIC, AND SWIMMING IN IT
STILL LIFE: A GLASSFUL OF ZINNIAS ON MY DAUGHTER'S KITCHEN TABLE
STORM
STREAM
SUNLIGHT
SURFER DAYS
SURVIVING
TAKING THE SHUTTLE WITH FRANZ
TAVERNA, ATHENS 1974
TAYLOR LAKE
TEARING THE POEM UP AND EATING IT
TERROR
BALLAD OF LYLE AND ERIC
BIRTH OF VENUS: 1
BIRTH OF VENUS: 10
BIRTH OF VENUS: 11
BIRTH OF VENUS: 12
BIRTH OF VENUS: 2
BIRTH OF VENUS: 3
BIRTH OF VENUS: 4
BIRTH OF VENUS: 5
BIRTH OF VENUS: 6
BIRTH OF VENUS: 7
BIRTH OF VENUS: 8
BIRTH OF VENUS: 9
BLOOD
BOOK OF LIFE
BOYS, THE BROOM HANDLE, AND THE RETARDED GIRL
BRIDE
CALL
CAVE
CHANGE
CLASS
CONTEST
COURAGE
CRAZY LADY SPEAKING
DEATH GHAZALS
DEATH OF THE POET, HARTFORD 1955
DEMONSTRATION
DIVER
DOGS AT LIVE OAK BEACH, SANTA CRUZ
EIGHTH AND THIRTEENTH
END OF THE LINE
EXCHANGE
FIGURE OF METAPHOR
FOOL STANDS UP TO TEACH KING LEAR AGAIN
GAME
GLASSBLOWER'S BREATH
HAWK'S SHADOW
HISTORY OF AMERICA
HURT EYE
IDEA OF MAKING LOVE
IMPULSE OF SINGING
INITIATION
LEAF PILE
LONG HORN
MARRIAGE NOCTURNE
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 1. THE BRIDGE
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 10. YEARS OF GIRLHOOD (FOR MY STUDENTS)
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 11. THE RIVER
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 12. EPILOGUE: NEVERTHELESS
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 2. THE GURNEY
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 3. RIDDLE: POST-OP
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 4. MASTECTOMY
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 5. WHAT WAS LOST
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 6. DECEMBER 31
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 7. WINTERING
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 8. NORMAL
MASTECTOMY POEMS: 9. HEALING
MOTHER: 1. EYESIGHT
MOTHER: 2. OUR MOTHERS: A CORRESPONDENCE
NATURE OF BEAUTY
OPINION OF HAGAR
ORANGE CAT
PLEIADES IN DECEMBER: LINE OF SIGHT
PURE PRODUCTS OF AMERICA
PURE UNKNOWN
RAVEN OF DEATH
RUNNER
RUSSIAN ARMY GOES INTO BAKU
SECRET SHARER
SINGING SCHOOL
SISTERS
SONGS OF MIRIAM
SPACE OF THIS DIALOGUE, SELS
STORY OF JOSHUA
STUDIO (HOMAGE TO ALICE NEEL)
TERRORIST TRIAL AND THE GAMES
UNSAID, OR WHAT SHE THINKS WHEN SHE GETS MY LETTER
VOCABULARY OF JOY
VOICES
WAITING ROOM
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 1
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 2
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 3
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 4
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 5
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 6
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 7
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 8
WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 9
WOMAN WHO RAN AWAY
THIS DREAMER COMETH
THISTLE
THOSE WHO KNOW DO NOT SPEAK, THOSE WHO SPEAK DO NOT KNOW
THREE MEN WALKING, THREE BROWN SILHOUETTES
THREE WOMEN
TO KILL THE DOVE
TO ONE IN MOURNING
TRANSLATION
TRIPTYCH
TWO WRITERS: FOR J.D.
UPPER BROADWAY SUNDAY
WANTING ALL
WANTING TO BE IN LOVE AS IN SUNLIGHT
WARNING
WARNING
WATCHING THE FEEDER
WATERLILIES AND JAPANESE BRIDGE
WHAT ELSE
WHAT I WANT
WHILE DRIVING NORTH
WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE: 1
WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE: 2
WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE: 3
WINDSHIELD
WISHES
WOODEN VIRGIN WITH CHILD
WOODLAND SPRING
WORDS FOR A WEDDING
WRINKLY LADY DANCER
YEARS
YOU WHO DENY: A HARANGUE
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