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CHARLES SIMIC

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Poems found: 635

A BOOK FULL OF PICTURES

AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S ENCROACHING

AT THE COOKOUT

AUTUMN SKY

BEGOTTEN OF THE SPLEEN

BESTIARY FOR THE FINGERS OF MY RIGHT HAND

CLEO DE MERODE

CRAZY ABOUT HER SHRIMP

CREPUSCULE WITH NELLIE

FOR THE SAKE OF AMELIA

FREE THE GOLDFISH

COCKROACH

HOTEL INSOMNIA

LATE TRAIN

LITTLE UNWRITTEN BOOK

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

LOVE TALK

NOTE

PARADISE MOTEL

PIETY

PRIVATE EYE

SHELLEY

THE ELUSIVE SOMETHING

THE MAN ON THE DUMP

THE NORTH

THE SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS

THE VICES OF THE EVENING

PROSE POEM

TOY FACTORY

BREASTS

BUTCHER SHOP

CHARON'S COSMOLOGY

COUNTRY FAIR

FORK

MY SHOES

PRODIGY

SUMMER MORNING

TAPESTRY

THE INNER MAN

THE LESSON

THE PARTIAL EXPLANATION

WATCH REPAIR

WATERMELONS

ANIMAL ACTS

HARSH CLIMATE

DON'T WAKE THE CARDS

ROMANTIC SONNET

FEAR

NOTE SLIPPED UNDER A DOOR

THE INVITATION

POEM

EYES FASTENED WITH PINS

IN THE LIBRARY

LATE SEPTEMBER

ON THIS VERY STREET IN BELGRADE

PIGEONS AT DAWN

READ YOUR FATE

RIDDLE

SECRET HISTORY

THE INITIATE

THE SOMETHING

THE WHITE ROOM

THIS MORNING

MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE

PROMISES OF LENIENCY AND FORGIVENESS

SERVING TIME

LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

WINDY EVENING

CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES

THE ALTAR

HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES?

BRETHREN

HITCHHIKERS

HEIGHTS OF FOLLY

BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK

THE PROMPTER

COME WINTER

VOYAHE TO CYTHERA

CONCERNING MY NEIGHBORS, TGHE HITTITES

EMPIRE OF DREAMS

EVENING WALK

EXPLORERS

FURNITURE MOVER

GREEN LAMPSHADE

HENRI ROUSSEAU'S BED

HOUSE

MIRRORS AT 4 A.M.

NANCY JANE

OLD COUPLE

PAST-LIVES THERAPY

PUPPET-MAKER

ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE

SUFFERING

TATTOOED CITY

THE BODY

THE FLIES

THE PILLOW

THE GRASS

THE FRIENDS OF HERACLITUS

THE IMMORTAL

THE MELON

THE WOODEN TOY

THE CLOCKS OF THE DEAD

CAMEO APPEARANCE

LEAVING AN UNKNOWN CITY

I'M CHARLES

GHOSTS

SUNDAY PAPERS

TO THE ONE UPSTAIRS

COAL

HOW TO PSALMODIZE

POEM WITHOUT A TITLE

WHEREIN OBSCURELY

THE BATHER

INNER MAN

THE SUPRFEME MOMENT

CLOUDS GATHERING

MUMMY'S CURSE

WHITE

THE OLDEST CHILD

ERRATA

AGAINST WINTER

TALKING TO LITTLE BIRDIES

STONE

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

FALL DAY

FORCE ILLEGIBLE

LANDSCAPE WITH CRUTCHES

PLACE IN THE COUNTRY

QUIET TALK WITH ONESELF

SUITCASE STRAPPED WITH A ROPE

THEORY

THOUSAND YEARS WITH SOLITUDE

WALL

AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S ENCROACHING

AGAINST WINTER

ALL THESE MIRRORS

AMBIGUITY'S WEDDING

AMOUR FOU

ADDRESS WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS

EVENING WITH THE MASTER

ANCIENT AUTUMN

ANCIENT ENGINES AND BEASTS

ANIMAL ACTS

AT THE COOKOUT

AT THE NIGHT COURT

AT THE VACANCY SIGN

AT THE VACANCY SIGN

AUSTERITIES

AUTUMN AIR

AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

AX

BABY PICTURES OF FAMOUS DICTATORS

BABYLON

BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK

BALLAD

BATTLING GRAYS

BEAUTY

BED

BED MUSIC

BEDTIME STORY

BEGOTTEN OF THE SPLEEN

BESTIARY FOR THE FINGERS OF MY RIGHT HAND

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

BIRTHDAY STAR ATLAS

BLINDMAN'S BLUFF

BLOOD ORANGE

BREAD

BREAKFAST

BREASTS

BROOMS

BROOMS

BUTCHER SHOP

CABBAGE

CAFE PARADISO

CAGED FORTUNETELLER

CAMEO APPEARANCE

CARAVAN

CHARLES SIMIC

CHARM SCHOOL

CHARON'S COSMOLOGY

CHILD RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

CHILDHOOD STORY

CHORUS FOR ONE VOICE

CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES

CLEO DE MERODE

CLOUDS GATHERING

CLUB MIDNIGHT

COLD BLUE TINGE

COLLARD GREENS AND BLACK-EYE PEAS

COLLECTOR'S TWEEZERS

COME WINTER

CONCERNING MY NEIGHBORS, THE HITTITES

CONEY ISLAND INSIDE EVERY HEAD

CONTRIBUTOR'S NOTE

CORNELL'S WHITE NIGHTS

COUNTRY FAIR

COUNTRY LUNCH

CRAZY ABOUT HER SHRIMP

CREPUSCULE WITH NELLIE

CROWS

DANDELIONS

DARK CORNER

DARK FARMHOUSES

DARK TV SCREEN

DEAR HELEN

DEAR ISAAC NEWTON

DEATH, THE PHILOSOPHER

DECEMBER

DECEMBER TREES

DEMONOLOGY (1)

DEMONOLOGY (2)

DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC MONUMENTS

DESCRIPTION

DISMANTLING THE SILENCE

DIVINE COLLABORATOR

DIVINE KALEIDOSCOPE

DOG ON A CHAIN

DOGS HEAR IT

DON'T WAKE THE CARDS

DRAWING THE TRIANGLE

DRAWN TO PERSPECTIVE

DREAMSVILLE

EARLY EVENING ALGEBRA

EARLY MORNING IN JULY

EAST EUROPEAN COOKING

EL LIBRO DE LA SEXUALIDAD

ELEGY

ELEGY

ELEMENTARY COSMOGONY

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS, 11

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 1

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 10

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 2

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 3

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 4

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 5

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 6

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 7

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 8

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 9

EMILY'S THEME

EMPIRE OF DREAMS

ENTERTAINING THE CANARY

ERASER

ERRATA

EUCLID AVENUE

EUPHEMIA GRAY'S PUBIS

EVENING

EVENING CHESS

EVENING WALK

EVER SO TRAGIC

EXPLAINING A FEW THINGS

EXPLORERS

EYES FASTENED WITH PINS

FABULOUS SPECIES

FEAR

FEBRUARY

FIGURE IN THE LANDSCAPE

FIGURING

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

FIRST FROST

FOLK SONGS

FOR THE LOVERS OF THE ABSOLUTE

FOR THE SAKE OF AMELIA

FOR THE VERY SOUL OF ME

FOREST BIRDS

FORK

FREE THE GOLDFISH

FRESH NOTIONS & CO.

FURNITURE MOVER

GALLOWS ETIQUETTE

GHOST STORIES WRITTEN

GHOSTS

GRANDMOTHER LOGIC

GRAVEYARD ON A HILL

GRAVITY

GREAT INFIRMITIES

GRIM CONTINGENCIES

GROCERY

HAPPINESS

HAPPY END

HAPPY HARD TIMES

HARSH CLIMATE

HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES

HEARING STEPS

HEIGHTS OF FOLLY

HELP WANTED

HENRI ROUSSEAU'S BED

HEROIC MOMENT

HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY BOOK

HITCHHIKERS

HOT NIGHT

HOTEL INSOMNIA

HOTEL STARRY SKY

HURRICANE SEASON

IN A FOREST OF WHISPERS

IN ECSTASY OF SURRENDER

IN MIDSUMMER QUIET

IN PITTSFIELD

IN STRANGE CITIES

IN THE ALLEY

IN THE COURTHOUSE

IN THE LIBRARY

IN THE RATHOLE

IN TIMES OF WIDESPREAD EVIL

INHERITANCE

INSOMNIACS' DEBATING SOCIETY

INTERLUDE

INVENTION OF NOTHING

IT'LL BURST INTO FLAMES

KITCHEN HELPER

KNIFE

LATE ARRIVAL

LATE CALL

LATE TRAIN

LE DAME E I CAVALIERI

LEAVES

LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

LITTLE UNWRITTEN BOOK

LIVE AT CLUB MOZAMBIQUE

LONE TREE

LOST GLOVE

LOVE POEM

LOVE WORKER

MADONNAS TOUCHED UP WITH A GOATEE

MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE

MAKERS OF LABYRINTHS

MANY ZEROS

MARCHING

MARCHING MUSIC

MARINA'S EPIC

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

MATCHES

MEDICI SLOT MACHINE 1942-1952

MEDITATION IN THE GUTTER

MEMORY

MEN DEIFIED BECAUSE OF THEIR CRUELTY

MIDPOINT

MINDS ROAMING

MIRRORS AT 4 A.M.

MISFORTUNE ON THE WAY

MISS NOSTRADAMUS

MISSING CHILD

MUTTERING PERHAPS, OR HUMMING

MY DARLING PREMONITION

MY FATHER'S DREAM

MY FRIEND SOMEONE

MY MAGICIAN

MY PROGRESS ON STILTS

MY QUARREL WITH THE INFINITE

MY SHOES

MY WEARINESS OF EPIC PROPORTIONS

MY WIFE LIFTS A FINGER TO HER LIPS

MYSTERY WRITER

NAVIGATOR

NAVIGATOR

NEAREST NAMELESS

NEW YORK POEMS

NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF CARDS

NIGHT PICNIC

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

NOTE

NOTE SLIPPED UNDER A DOOR

NURSERY RHYME

O FADING MEMORY!

OBSCURE BEGINNINGS

OCTOBER ARRIVING

OCTOBER LIGHT

ODD SYMPATHIES

OFFICIAL INQUIRY AMONG THE GRAINS OF SAND

OLD COUPLE

OLD MOUNTAIN ROAD

OLD POSTCARD OF 42ND STREET AT NIGHT

ON PRETEXT

ON THE ROAD TO SOMEWHERE ELSE

ON THE SAGGING PORCH

ON THURSDAY

ORACULO ASTRAL

OUR ANGELIC ANCESTOR

OUTSIDE A DIRTROAD TRAILER

OUTSIDE BIAGGI'S FUNERAL HOME

PAIN

PAINTERS OF ANGELS AND SERAPHIM

PARADISE MOTEL

PART OF THE MISSING WHOLE

PAST THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL

PASTORAL

PASTORAL HARPSICHORD

PEACEFUL KINGDOM

PEACEFUL TREES

PIETY

PIGEONS AT DAWN

PLACE AT THE OUTSKIRTS

POEM

POEM

POEM

POEM WITHOUT A TITLE

POPULAR MECHANICS

POSITION WITHOUT A MAGNITUDE

POVERTY

PRIMER

PRIVATE EYE

PRODIGY

PROMISES OF LENIENCY AND FORGIVENESS

PSALM

PYRAMIDS AND SPHINXES

QUICK EATS

RASKILNIKOV

READ YOUR FATE

READING HISTORY

RELAXING IN A MADHOUSE

ROACH MOTEL

ROADSIDE STAND

ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE

ROMANTIC SONNET

ROSALIA

ROUGH OUTLINE

RURAL DELIVERY

RUSTY KEY

SCHOOL FOR DARK THOUGHTS

SELF-PORTRAIT IN BED

SEVERE FIGURES

SHADOW PUBLISHING COMPANY

SHAVING AT NIGHT

SHELLEY

SHIP OF FOOLS

SHIRT

SILENT CHILD

SIX PROSE POEMS

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FLIES

SLEEP

SLURRED WORDS

SOAP BUBBLE SET (1936)

SOLITUDE

SOLVING THE RIDDLE

SOME NIGHTS

SPOON

SPOONS WITH REALISTIC DEAD FLIES ON THEM

SPRING

SQUINTING SUSPICIOUSLY

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

STONE

STORY OF MY LUCK

STREET

STREET CORNER THEOLOGY

STREET OF JEWELERS

STREET SCENE

STRICTLY BUCOLIC

STRONG BOY

STUB ON A RED PENCIL

SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY

SUMMER MORNING

SUNSET'S COLORING BOOK

TALKING TO LITTLE BIRDIES

TALKING TO THE CEILING

TAPESTRY

TATTOOED CITY

TERRA INCOGNITA

THAT SLANT OF LIGHT

ABSENT SPIDER

ANIMAL TRAINER

ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY

ANT AND THE BIRD

ARTIST

BALLAD OF THE WHEEL

BEGGAR ON HOUSTON STREET

BETROTHAL

BIG MACHINE

BIG WAR

BIRD

BIRD

BOSS HIRES

CACKLE

CHAIR

CHESSBOARD OF THE SOUL

CHICKEN WITHOUT A HEAD

CHILDHOOD OF PARMENIDES

CITY

CLEAR AND THE OBSCURE

COLD

CONGRESS OF THE INSOMNIACS

CONQUERING HERO IS TIRED

DEAD IN PHOTOGRAPHS

EMPEROR

FATHER OF LIES

FLY

FLY

FOREST WALK

FRIENDS OF HERACLITUS

GAME

GAZE WE KNEW AS A CHILD

GREAT HORNED OWL

GREAT PICNIC

HEALER

HISTORY OF COSTUMES

IMMORTAL

IMPLEMENTS OF AUGURY

INANIMATE OBJECT

INEXPLICABLE

INFINITE

INITIATE

INNER MAN

LESSON

LITTLE TEAR-GLAND THAT SAYS

MAGIC STUDY OF HAPPINESS

MAN

MAN ON THE DUMP

MARVELS OF THE CITY

MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

MEANING

MYSTIC LIFE

NORTH

OLD WORLD

ONCE-OVER

ONE TO WORRY ABOUT

PARTIAL EXPLANATION

PIECES OF THE CLOCK LIE SCATTERED

PILLOW

PLACE

POINT

PRISONER

PRODIGAL

PROMPTER

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

SCARECROW

SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS

SECRET

SECRET OF THE YELLOW ROOM

SOMETHING

STORY OF HAPPINESS

STREAM

STREET PREACHER

STREET VENTRILOQUIST

SUMMONS

TERMS

TIGER

TOMB OF STEPHANE MALLARME

TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFE

TROUBLE WITH POETRY

TRUTH OF POETRY

UNSEEN HAND

VARIANT

WHITE ROOM

WINDOW

WOMAN AT THE BAR

WOODEN TOY

WORLD

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

THIS MORNING

THUS

TIDBIT

TO ALL HOG-RAISERS, MY ANCESTORS

TO HELEN

TO THE ONE TUNNELLING

TO THE ONE UPSTAIRS

TO THINK CLEARLY

TOAD'S POOLHALL

TOWARD NIGHTFALL

TOY FACTORY

TRAGIC ARCHITECTURE

TRAVELER IN A STRANGE LAND

TRAVELLING

TRAVELLING SLAUGHTERHOUSE

TREE OF SUBTLETIES

TREES AT NIGHT

TREES IN THE OPEN COUNTRY

TRUE HISTORY

TURN ON THE LIGHTS

TWO DOGS

TWO RIDDLES

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

UNTITLED (PINK PALACE) C. 1946-48

UNTITLED (WHITE BALLS IN COTS) MID 1950

UTOPIA CUISINE

VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE

VIA DEL TRITONE

VOICE FROM THE CAGE

VOYAGE TO CYTHERIA

WANTED POSTER

WAR

WATCH REPAIR

WATCHING THE HEARSE

WATER

WATERMELONS

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

WHITE: 1

WHITE: 2

WHOSE EYES TO CATCH, WHOSE EYES TO AVOID

WILLIAM AND CYNTHIA

WINDOW DECORATOR

WINDOW WASHER

WINDY EVENING

WINTER EVENING

WINTER NIGHT

WINTER SUNSET

WITH CHARLES AND HOLLY AT GIUBBE ROSSE IN FLORENCE

WITH EYES VEILED

WITH HEART RACING

WITHOUT A SOUGH OF WIND



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