Classic and Contemporary Poets

CHARLES SIMIC

Poems found: 635

A BOOK FULL OF PICTURES

AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S ENCROACHING

BEGOTTEN OF THE SPLEEN

BESTIARY FOR THE FINGERS OF MY RIGHT HAND

CRAZY ABOUT HER SHRIMP

CREPUSCULE WITH NELLIE

FOR THE SAKE OF AMELIA

FREE THE GOLDFISH

LITTLE UNWRITTEN BOOK

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

THE ELUSIVE SOMETHING

THE MAN ON THE DUMP

THE SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS

THE VICES OF THE EVENING

CHARON'S COSMOLOGY

THE PARTIAL EXPLANATION

DON'T WAKE THE CARDS

ROMANTIC SONNET

NOTE SLIPPED UNDER A DOOR

EYES FASTENED WITH PINS

ON THIS VERY STREET IN BELGRADE

PIGEONS AT DAWN

MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE

PROMISES OF LENIENCY AND FORGIVENESS

LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES

HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES?

HEIGHTS OF FOLLY

BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK

VOYAHE TO CYTHERA

CONCERNING MY NEIGHBORS, TGHE HITTITES

EMPIRE OF DREAMS

FURNITURE MOVER

GREEN LAMPSHADE

HENRI ROUSSEAU'S BED

MIRRORS AT 4 A.M.

PAST-LIVES THERAPY

ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE

THE FRIENDS OF HERACLITUS

THE CLOCKS OF THE DEAD

CAMEO APPEARANCE

LEAVING AN UNKNOWN CITY

TO THE ONE UPSTAIRS

HOW TO PSALMODIZE

POEM WITHOUT A TITLE

WHEREIN OBSCURELY

THE SUPRFEME MOMENT

CLOUDS GATHERING

THE OLDEST CHILD

TALKING TO LITTLE BIRDIES

ARE RUSSIAN CANNIBALS WORSE THAN THE ENGLISH

DUERE'S HARE HISSES AND FALLS

EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY ABOUT ME AND DR. FREUD

EVERYTHING'S FORESEEABLE. EVERYTHING'S FORESEEN

IN A FOREST OF QUESTION MARKS YOU WERE NO BIGGER

IT WAS THE EPOCH OF THE MASTERS OF LEVITATION

POLICE DOGS IN A DOG-GROOMER'S WINDOW

WE WERE SO POOR

BOOK FULL OF PICTURES

DAY MARKED WITH A SMALL WHITE STONE

FORCE ILLEGIBLE

LANDSCAPE WITH CRUTCHES

PLACE IN THE COUNTRY

QUIET TALK WITH ONESELF

SUITCASE STRAPPED WITH A ROPE

THOUSAND YEARS WITH SOLITUDE

AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S ENCROACHING

ALL THESE MIRRORS

AMBIGUITY'S WEDDING

ADDRESS WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS

EVENING WITH THE MASTER

ANCIENT ENGINES AND BEASTS

AT THE NIGHT COURT

AT THE VACANCY SIGN

AT THE VACANCY SIGN

AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

BABY PICTURES OF FAMOUS DICTATORS

BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK

BEGOTTEN OF THE SPLEEN

BESTIARY FOR THE FINGERS OF MY RIGHT HAND

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

BIRTHDAY STAR ATLAS

BLINDMAN'S BLUFF

CAGED FORTUNETELLER

CAMEO APPEARANCE

CHARON'S COSMOLOGY

CHILD RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

CHILDHOOD STORY

CHORUS FOR ONE VOICE

CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES

CLOUDS GATHERING

COLD BLUE TINGE

COLLARD GREENS AND BLACK-EYE PEAS

COLLECTOR'S TWEEZERS

CONCERNING MY NEIGHBORS, THE HITTITES

CONEY ISLAND INSIDE EVERY HEAD

CONTRIBUTOR'S NOTE

CORNELL'S WHITE NIGHTS

CRAZY ABOUT HER SHRIMP

CREPUSCULE WITH NELLIE

DARK FARMHOUSES

DEAR ISAAC NEWTON

DEATH, THE PHILOSOPHER

DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC MONUMENTS

DISMANTLING THE SILENCE

DIVINE COLLABORATOR

DIVINE KALEIDOSCOPE

DON'T WAKE THE CARDS

DRAWING THE TRIANGLE

DRAWN TO PERSPECTIVE

EARLY EVENING ALGEBRA

EARLY MORNING IN JULY

EAST EUROPEAN COOKING

EL LIBRO DE LA SEXUALIDAD

ELEMENTARY COSMOGONY

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS, 11

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ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 9

EMPIRE OF DREAMS

ENTERTAINING THE CANARY

EUPHEMIA GRAY'S PUBIS

EXPLAINING A FEW THINGS

EYES FASTENED WITH PINS

FABULOUS SPECIES

FIGURE IN THE LANDSCAPE

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

FOR THE LOVERS OF THE ABSOLUTE

FOR THE SAKE OF AMELIA

FOR THE VERY SOUL OF ME

FREE THE GOLDFISH

FRESH NOTIONS & CO.

FURNITURE MOVER

GALLOWS ETIQUETTE

GHOST STORIES WRITTEN

GRANDMOTHER LOGIC

GRAVEYARD ON A HILL

GREAT INFIRMITIES

GRIM CONTINGENCIES

HAPPY HARD TIMES

HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES

HEIGHTS OF FOLLY

HENRI ROUSSEAU'S BED

HOTEL STARRY SKY

HURRICANE SEASON

IN A FOREST OF WHISPERS

IN ECSTASY OF SURRENDER

IN MIDSUMMER QUIET

IN STRANGE CITIES

IN THE COURTHOUSE

IN TIMES OF WIDESPREAD EVIL

INSOMNIACS' DEBATING SOCIETY

INVENTION OF NOTHING

IT'LL BURST INTO FLAMES

LE DAME E I CAVALIERI

LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

LITTLE UNWRITTEN BOOK

LIVE AT CLUB MOZAMBIQUE

MADONNAS TOUCHED UP WITH A GOATEE

MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE

MAKERS OF LABYRINTHS

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

MEDICI SLOT MACHINE 1942-1952

MEDITATION IN THE GUTTER

MEN DEIFIED BECAUSE OF THEIR CRUELTY

MIRRORS AT 4 A.M.

MISFORTUNE ON THE WAY

MISS NOSTRADAMUS

MUTTERING PERHAPS, OR HUMMING

MY DARLING PREMONITION

MY FATHER'S DREAM

MY FRIEND SOMEONE

MY PROGRESS ON STILTS

MY QUARREL WITH THE INFINITE

MY WEARINESS OF EPIC PROPORTIONS

MY WIFE LIFTS A FINGER TO HER LIPS

NEAREST NAMELESS

NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF CARDS

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

NOTE SLIPPED UNDER A DOOR

O FADING MEMORY!

OBSCURE BEGINNINGS

OCTOBER ARRIVING

OFFICIAL INQUIRY AMONG THE GRAINS OF SAND

OLD MOUNTAIN ROAD

OLD POSTCARD OF 42ND STREET AT NIGHT

ON THE ROAD TO SOMEWHERE ELSE

ON THE SAGGING PORCH

OUR ANGELIC ANCESTOR

OUTSIDE A DIRTROAD TRAILER

OUTSIDE BIAGGI'S FUNERAL HOME

PAINTERS OF ANGELS AND SERAPHIM

PART OF THE MISSING WHOLE

PAST THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL

PASTORAL HARPSICHORD

PEACEFUL KINGDOM

PIGEONS AT DAWN

PLACE AT THE OUTSKIRTS

POEM WITHOUT A TITLE

POPULAR MECHANICS

POSITION WITHOUT A MAGNITUDE

PROMISES OF LENIENCY AND FORGIVENESS

PYRAMIDS AND SPHINXES

READING HISTORY

RELAXING IN A MADHOUSE

ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE

ROMANTIC SONNET

SCHOOL FOR DARK THOUGHTS

SELF-PORTRAIT IN BED

SHADOW PUBLISHING COMPANY

SHAVING AT NIGHT

SIX PROSE POEMS

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FLIES

SOAP BUBBLE SET (1936)

SOLVING THE RIDDLE

SPOONS WITH REALISTIC DEAD FLIES ON THEM

SQUINTING SUSPICIOUSLY

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

STORY OF MY LUCK

STREET CORNER THEOLOGY

STREET OF JEWELERS

STRICTLY BUCOLIC

STUB ON A RED PENCIL

SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY

SUNSET'S COLORING BOOK

TALKING TO LITTLE BIRDIES

TALKING TO THE CEILING

TERRA INCOGNITA

THAT SLANT OF LIGHT

ANT AND THE BIRD

BALLAD OF THE WHEEL

BEGGAR ON HOUSTON STREET

CHESSBOARD OF THE SOUL

CHICKEN WITHOUT A HEAD

CHILDHOOD OF PARMENIDES

CLEAR AND THE OBSCURE

CONGRESS OF THE INSOMNIACS

CONQUERING HERO IS TIRED

DEAD IN PHOTOGRAPHS

FRIENDS OF HERACLITUS

GAZE WE KNEW AS A CHILD

GREAT HORNED OWL

HISTORY OF COSTUMES

IMPLEMENTS OF AUGURY

INANIMATE OBJECT

LITTLE TEAR-GLAND THAT SAYS

MAGIC STUDY OF HAPPINESS

MAN ON THE DUMP

MARVELS OF THE CITY

MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

ONE TO WORRY ABOUT

PARTIAL EXPLANATION

PIECES OF THE CLOCK LIE SCATTERED

PUPPET SHOW: HEROIC AGE

PUPPET SHOW: IN THE NIGHT

PUPPET SHOW: PUPPET

PUPPET SHOW: QUICK EATS

PUPPET SHOW: STOREFRONT CHURCH

PUPPET SHOW: THE MYSTIC HOUR

QUALITY OF LIGHT

ROAD IN THE CLOUDS

SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS

SECRET OF THE YELLOW ROOM

STORY OF HAPPINESS

STREET PREACHER

STREET VENTRILOQUIST

TOMB OF STEPHANE MALLARME

TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFE

TROUBLE WITH POETRY

TRUTH OF POETRY

WOMAN AT THE BAR

WORLD DOESN'T END, SELS.

WORLD DOESN'T END, SELS.

WORM OF CONSCIENCE

WRITINGS OF THE MYSTICS

THEATRICAL COSTUMES

THESE ARE POETS WHO SERVICE CHURCH CLOCKS

THESE HOMEMADE DOLLS ARE NO GOOD

THESEUS AND ARIADNE

TO ALL HOG-RAISERS, MY ANCESTORS

TO THE ONE TUNNELLING

TO THE ONE UPSTAIRS

TO THINK CLEARLY

TOAD'S POOLHALL

TOWARD NIGHTFALL

TRAGIC ARCHITECTURE

TRAVELER IN A STRANGE LAND

TRAVELLING SLAUGHTERHOUSE

TREE OF SUBTLETIES

TREES IN THE OPEN COUNTRY

TURN ON THE LIGHTS

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

UNTITLED (PINK PALACE) C. 1946-48

UNTITLED (WHITE BALLS IN COTS) MID 1950

VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE

VIA DEL TRITONE

VOICE FROM THE CAGE

VOYAGE TO CYTHERIA

WATCHING THE HEARSE

WE COMPREHEND BY AWE

WEATHER OF THE SOUL

WHAT MOZART SAW ON MULBERRY STREET

WHAT THE GYPSIES TOLD MY GRANDMOTHER WHILE SHE WAS STILL A

WHAT THE WHITE HAD TO SAY

WHERE CHANCE MEETS NECESSITY

WHEREIN OBSCURELY

WHISPERS IN THE NEXT ROOM

WHOSE EYES TO CATCH, WHOSE EYES TO AVOID

WILLIAM AND CYNTHIA

WINDOW DECORATOR

WITH CHARLES AND HOLLY AT GIUBBE ROSSE IN FLORENCE

WITH EYES VEILED

WITH HEART RACING

WITHOUT A SOUGH OF WIND

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