Classic and Contemporary Poets

LINDA PASTAN

Poems found: 572

A DANGEROUS TIME

A CRAVING FOR SALT

A SHORT HISTORY OF JUDAIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

AT THE TRAIN MUSEUM

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN

DEATH'S BLUE-EYED GIRL

AFTER AGATHA CHRISTIE

EMILY DICKINSON

IF I HAD TO LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN

IT IS RAINING ON THE HOUSE OF ANNE FRANK

MISREADING HOUSMAN

RACHEL (RACHEL [RA'CHAL,] A EWE)

THE APPLE SHRINE

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 5. GRETEL

TO THE FIELD GOAL KICKER IN A SLUMP

WHOM DO YOU VISUALIZE AS YOUR READER?

WHY ARE YOUR POEMS SO DARK?

TO A DAUGHTER LEAVING HOME

I AM LEARNING TO ABANDON THE WORLD

THE LOST KINGDOM

HOME FOR THANKSGIVING

MEMORIAL GARDENS, QUEENS

EVENING AT BIRD ISLAND

AN EARLY AFTER LIFE

LE SENSE DE LA NUIT

NEAR THE SACRIFICAL SITE

ANNA AT 18 MONTHS

CAMPING AT THE HEADLANDS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK

AFTER AN ABSENCE

WHEREVER WE TRAVEL

REREADING FROST

A TOURIST AT ELLIS ISLAND

THE HAPPIEST DAY

THERE ARE POEMS

THE ALMANAC OF LAST THINGS

LATE AFTERNOON, ST. JOHN

THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW I LOVED: AFTER NAZIM HIKMET

25TH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

NOTES FROM THE DELIVERY ROOM

THREE PERFECT DAYS

SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD

THE ORDINARY WEATHER OF SUMMER

AFTER A MONTH OF RAIN

PROCLAMATION AT A BIRTH

TRAVELING LIGHT

A RAINY COUNTRY

AFTER MINOR SURGERY

ALL I WANT TO SAY

ALL WE HAVE TO GO BY

ALMOST AN ELEGY

ARITHMATIC LESSON: INFINITY

AT THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

AT THE EQUESTRIAN MUSEUM

COUNTING BACKWARDS

DECEMBER 18: FOR M

SESTINA AT 3 A.M.

DONATELLO'S MAGDALENE

ESPALIERED PEAR TREES

HELEN BIDS FAREWELL TO HER DAUGHTER HERMIONE

HIPPOLYTE AT BREAKFAST

IN A NORTHERN COUNTRY

LEAVING THE ISLAND

MY ACHILLES SON

ON HEARING THE TESTIMONY OF THOSE REVIVED AFTER CARDIAC ARREST

ON THE STEPS OF THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

REMEMBERING FROST AT KENNEDY’S INAUGURATION

SNOW SHOWERS, A PROTHALAMION

SOMETIMES IN WINTER

THE ANSWERING MACHINE

THE COMING ON OF NIGHT

THE DEATH OF THE SELF

THE DEATHWATCH BEETLE

THE IMPERFECT PARADISE

THE LUMBERJACKS

THE MYTH OF PERFECTABILITY

THE OBLIGATION TO BE HAPPY

THE SAFECRACKER

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS

THE SONORAN DESERT, JANUARY

THE WAY THE LEAVES KEEP FALLING

TO MY IMAGINARY SIBLINGS

WIDOW'S WALK, SOMEWHERE INLAND

WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA

IN THE OLD GUERRILLA WAR

DREAMING OF RURAL AMERICA

IN THE OLD GUERILLA WAR

DANGEROUS MONTH OF MARCH

THERE ARE POEMS

THERE IS A FIGURE IN EVERY LANDSCAPE

1936, UPSTATE NEW YORK

25TH ANNIVERSARY

25TH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

GLASS OF COLD WATER

SHORT HISTORY OF JUDAIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

SYMPOSIUM: APPLES

WALK BEFORE BREAKFAST

AFTER A LONG ABSENCE, I RETURN TO A SITE OF FORMER HAPPINESS

AFTER AGATHA CHRISTIE

AFTER AN ABSENCE

AFTER MINOR SURGERY

AFTER READING NELLY SACHS

AFTER READING PETERSON'S GUIDE

ALL I WANT TO SAY

ALL WE HAVE TO GO BY

ALOMST AN ELEGY

EARLY AFTERLIFE

ANNA AT 18 MONTHS

ARITHMETIC LESSON: INFINITY

ARS POETICA 2. WRITING

ARS POETICA 3. REJECTION SLIP

ARS POETICA 4. REVISION

ARS POETICA 5.ARS POETICA

ARS POETICA 1. THE MUSE

AT INDIAN RIVER INLET

AT THE EQUESTRIAN MUSEUM

AT THE GYNECOLOGIST'S

AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM

AT THE STILL POINT

AT THE TRAIN MUSEUM

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 1.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 2.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 3.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 4.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 5.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 6.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 7.

BALANCING ACT: FOR N

BEALL MOUNTAIN SEASONAL: 1. COLUMBUS DAY

BEALL MOUNTAIN SEASONAL: 2. THANKSGIVING

BEALL MOUNTAIN SEASONAL: 3. THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER

BEECH AVENUE: THE FOURTH OF JULY

BETWEEN GENERATIONS

BICENTENNIAL WINTER

CAMPING AT THE HEADLAND OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK

CARNIVAL EVENING

CORONARY BYPASS

COURBET'S STILL LIFE WITH APPLES AND POMEGRANATE

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

DEATH IS INTENDED

DEATH OF A RIDGEBACK

DEATH'S BLUE-EYED GIRL

DECEMBER 18: FOR M

DETAIL FROM THE ALTARPIECE AT GHENT

DIDO'S FAREWELL

DON'T THINK OF THIS

DONATELLO'S MAGDALENE

DUET FOR ONE VOICE

EFFETS DE NEIGE: IMPRESSIONISTS IN WINTER

EMILY DICKINSON

ESPALIERED PEAR TREES

FALL IN THE LITERARY REVIEW

FAMILY SCENE: MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY

FIRING THE MUSE

FRANCES AND MARY ALLEN, SEWING GROUP, CA. 1900

FRUIT OF THE TREE

FUNERARY TOWER: HAN DYNASTY

GRAFFITI, ROUTE 22

IF I HAD TO LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN

IN A NORTHERN COUNTRY

IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

IN THE ABSENCE OF WINGS

IN THE KINGDOM OF MIDAS

IN THE MIDDLE OF A LIFE

IN THE REALM OF PURE COLOR

IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR

IN THIS SEASON OF WAITING

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECANTING WINE

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE READER

IT IS RAINING ON THE HOUSE OF ANNE FRANK

JANUARY, 7 A.M.

JAPANESE LANTERN

LATE LOVE SONGS: 1. CLERESTORY

LATE LOVE SONGS: 2. MARCH HAIKU

LATE LOVE SONGS: 3. FLOODPLAIN

LATE LOVE SONGS: 4. ENVOI

LE SENS DE LA NUIT

LEAVING THE ISLAND

LULLABYE FOR 17

MARIA IM ROSENHAAG

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST ECLECTIC READER

MEDITATION AT 30,000

MEDITATION BY THE STOVE

MISREADING HOUSMAN

MOSAIC 1. THE SACRIFICE

MOSAIC 2. NEAR SINAI

MOSAIC 3. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

MOSAIC 4. AT THE ARMENIAN TILE SHOP

NARCISSUS AT 60

NIGHT FALLS ON NANTUCKET SOUND

NOTES FOR AN ELEGY

NOTES FROM THE DELIVERY ROOM

NOTES TO MY MOTHER

OCTOBER CATECHISMS

OCTOBER FUNERAL

OLD PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

ON THE MARGINALITY OF POETS

ON THE QUESTION OF FREE WILL

PENULTIMATE THINGS

POSTCARD FROM CAPE COD

PRINCE CAMILLE DE ROHAN

PROCLAMATION AT A BIRTH

RACHEL (RACHEL [RA'CHAL,] A EWE)

REALMS OF GOLD: 1. RECESS

REALMS OF GOLD: 2. THE QUARREL

REALMS OF GOLD: 3. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS

REREADING THE ODYSSEY IN MIDDLE AGE

ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH

ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM

RSVP REGRETS ONLY

SACRED TO APOLLO

SCULPTURE GARDEN

SESTINA AT 3 A.M.

SNOW SHOWERS, A PROTHALAMION

SNOWING: A TRIPTYCH

SOMETHING ABOUT THE TREES

SOMETIMES IN WINTER

STATIONARY BICYCLE

ALMANAC OF LAST THINGS

ANSWERING MACHINE

ARITHMETIC OF ALTERNATION

COMING ON OF NIGHT

DEATH OF A PARENT

DEATH OF THE SELF

DEATHWATCH BEETLE

FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF

IMPERFECT PARADISE: IN THE GARDEN

IMPERFECT PARADISE: SEASONAL

IMPERFECT PARADISE: SOMEWHERE IN THE EUPHRATES

IMPERFECT PARADISE: THE IMPERFECT PARADISE

LAWS OF PRIMOGENITURE

MYTH OF PERFECTABILITY

NEWS OF THE WORLD

OBLIGATION TO BE HAPPY

ORDINARY WEATHER OF SUMMER

PYTHON AT THE CHILDREN'S ZOO

SEVEN DEADLY SINS

SILENT TREATMENT

SONORAN DESERT, JANUARY

WAY THE LEAVES KEEP FALLING

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 1. RUMPELSTILTSKIN

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 2. SNOW WHITE

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 3. THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 4. THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 5. GRETEL

THREADS TO BE WOVEN LATER

TO A DAUGHTER LEAVING HOME

TO A HUSBAND ON FATHER'S DAY

TO A LOVER NOT TAKEN

TO A POET, RECENTLY SILENT

TO A SECOND SON

TO CONSIDER A HOUSE

TO MY IMAGINARY SIBLINGS

TO THE FIELD GOAL KICKER IN A SLUMP

TOPIARY GARDENS

WAITING FOR E. GULARIS

WAITING FOR MY LIFE

WEATHER FORECAST

WHAT WE FEAR MOST

WHAT WE LOOK AT LAST

WHO IS IT ACCUSES US?

WHOM DO YOU VISUALIZE AS YOUR READER?

WHY ARE YOUR POEMS SO DARK?

WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA

WITH THE PASSING OF THE LEAVES

WOMAN HOLDING A BALANCE

WRITING WHILE MY FATHER DIES

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS

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