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MAY SWENSON

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Poems found: 273

BRONCO BUSTING, EVENT #1

LIVING TENDERLY

MOTHERHOOD

WOMEN

ANALYSIS OF BASEBALL

FEEL ME

FOUNTAINS OF AIX

OCTOBER

THE DNA MOLECULE

THE JAMES BOND MOVIE

SLEEPING WITH BOA

DAY IS LAID BY

LOAF OF TIME

DEATH / GREAT SMOOTHENER

EACH LIKE A LEAF

FEEL LIKE A BIRD

SOMEBODY WHO'S SOMEBODY

UNCONSCIOUS CAME A BEAUTY

YES, THE MYSTERY

BIRD'S LIFE

CITY GARDEN IN APRIL

CLEAR NIGHT ON MT. HOPKINS

COUPLE

DAY LIKE ROUSSEAU'S DREAM

DREAM

FIXTURE

HURRICANE AT SEA

LAKE SCENE

NAVAJO BLANKET

NEW PAIR

PAIR

SUBJECT OF THE WAVES

TREE IN SPRING

ABOVE BEAR LAKE

ABOVE THE ARNO

AFTER THE DENTIST

AFTER THE FLIGHT OF RANGER 7

ALL THAT TIME

ALMANAC

ALMANAC

ALTERNATE HOSTS

ANALYSIS OF BASEBALL

ANGELS AT UNSUBDUED

ANOTHER SPRING UNCOVERED

ANY OBJECT

APRIL LIGHT

AS LONG AGO AS FAR AWAY

ASSUMING THE LOTUS

AT FIRST, AT LAST

AT THE POETRY READING

AT TRURO

AUGUST 19, PAD 19

BEAST

BEGINNING ENDED

BEGINNING TO SQUALL

BIG-HIPPED NATURE

BIRTHDAY

BISON CROSSING NEAR MT. RUSHMORE

BLEEDING

BLUE

BRONCO BUSTING, EVENT #1

CABALA

CAMOUFLEUR

CAMPING IN MADERA CANYON

CARDINAL IDEOGRAMS

CAT & THE WEATHER

CAUSE AND EFFECT

CHOSING CRAFT

COLORS WITHOUT OBJECTS

COME IN GO OUT

COMET WATCH ON INDIAN KEY -- NIGHT OF APRIL 10, 1986

CUMULI

DAFFODILDO

DEAR ELIZABETH

DEATH INVITED

DIGGING IN THE GARDEN OF AGE I UNCOVER A LIVE ROOT

DISTANCE AND A CERTAIN LIGHT

DOWNWARD

DREAM AFTER NANOOK

DUMMY, 51, TO GO MUSEUM. VENTRILOQUIST DEAD AT 75

EARLY MORNING: CAPE COD

EARTH YOUR DANCING PLACE

ELECTRONIC SOUND

EVOLUTION

FABLE FOR WHEN THERE'S NO WAY OUT

FEEL ME

FIREFLIES

FIT

FLAG OF SUMMER

FLYING HOME FROM UTAH

FOREST

FOUNTAIN PIECE

FOUNTAINS OF AIX

FOUR-WORD LINES

FROM A LETTER TO ELIZABETH BISHOP

FROM SEA CLIFF, MARCH

FRONTISPIECE

GODS CHILDREN

GOODBYE, GOLDENEYE

GOODNIGHT

GREEN RED BROWN AND WHITE

HAYMAKING

HEARING THE WIND AT NIGHT

HER EARLY WORK

HER MANAGEMENT

HORSE

HOW EVERYTHING HAPPEN

HOW EVERYTHING HAPPENS (BASED ON A STUDY OF THE WAVE)

HOW EVERYTHING HAPPENS (BASED ON A STUDY OF THE WAVE)

HOW TO BE OLD

I LOOK AT MY HAND

I SEE CAPTAIN HOLM

I WILL LIE DOWN

IF I HAD CHILDREN

IN A MUSEUM CABINET

IN FLORIDA

IN LOVE MADE VISIBLE

IN PROGRESS

IN THE BODIES OF WORDS

IN THE YARD

IN TUNE WITH THE SEITGEIST

INCANTATION

INNARDS

LANDING ON THE MOON

LAOCOON DREAM RECORDED IN DIARY DATED 1943

LAST DAY

LBJ ON TV

LIKE A LADY

LIVING TENDERLY

LOOK CLOSER

LOVE SLEEPING

LYING AND LOOKING

MANYONE FLYING

4-Mar-65

MICKEY'S PILLOW

MORNINGS INNOCENT

MOTHERHOOD

MY FARM

MY NAME WAS CALLED

NAKED IN BORNEO

NATURE

NEWS FROM THE CABIN

NIGHT VISITS WITH THE FAMILY II

NOTES MADE IN THE PIAZZA SAN MARCO

NOVEMBER NIGHT

OCEAN, WHALE-SHAPED

OCTOBER

OCTOBER TEXTURES

OF ROUNDS

OLD NO. 1

ON ADDY ROAD

ON HANDLING SOME SMALL SHELLS FROM THE WINDWARD ISLANDS

ON ITS WAY

ON THE EDGE

ONCE THERE WERE GLACIERS

ONE MORNING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

ONE OF THE STRANGEST

ORBITER 5 SHOWS HOW EARTH LOOKS FROM THE MOON

ORDER OF DIET

OUT OF THE SEA, EARLY

OVERBOARD

OVERVIEW

PICASSO: DREAM OIL 1932

PIGEON WOMAN

QUESTION

R.F. AT BREADLOAF-HIS HAND AGAINST A TREE

RAIN AT WILDWOOD

RIDING THE 'A'

RUNNING ON THE SHORE

RUSTY AUTUMN

SCROPPO'S DOG

SECURE

SEEING JUPITER

SEEING THE FROG [OR, THE FROG]

SHU SWAMP, SPRING

SKETCH FOR A LANDSCAPE

SKOPUS

SLEEPING OVERNIGHT ON THE SHORE

SLEEPING WITH BOA

SNOW BY MORNING

SOMETHING GOES BY

SOUTHBOUND ON THE FREEWAY

SPEED. WINNIPEG TO MEDICINE HAT, MANITOBA, CANADA

SPRING BY ROBERT LOWELL (PHOTOGRAPH BY TRUDI FULLER)

SPRING UNCOVERED

ST. AUGUSTINE-BY-THE-SEA

STARING AT THE SEA

STARING AT THE SEA ON THE DAY OF THE DEATH OF ANOTHER

STATEMENT

STAYING AT ED'S PLACE

STILL TURNING

STONE GULLETS

STRAWBERRYING

STRIPPING AND PUTTING ON

SUBCONSCIOUS SEA

SUMMER'S BOUNTY

SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY

SURVEY OF THE WHOLE

SWIMMERS

TELEOLOGY

THAT THE SOUL MAY WAX PLUMP

ALYSCAMPS AT ARLES

BEAUTY OF THE HEAD

BLUE BOTTLE

CENTAUR

CLOUD-MOBILE

CONTRAPTION

CROSSING

DAY MOON

DIGITAL WONDER WATCH

DREAM

ENGAGEMENT

EVEN SEA

EXCHANGE

FLUFFY STUFF

FUTURE IS TOMORROW MORNING

GARDEN AT ST. JOHN'S

HAIR, FR. POET TO TIGER

JAMES BOND MOVIE

KEY TO EVERYTHING

KISS

LIGHTNING

LITTLE RAPIDS

LONE PEDESTRIAN

MOST IMPORTANT

NORTH RIM

PEOPLE WALL

PLAYHOUSE

POPLAR'S SHADOW

PROCESS

PROMONTORY MOMENT

RED BIRD TAPESTRY

REST OF MY LIFE

SALT

SAND

SEA

SECRET IN THE CAT

SHAPE OF DEATH

SNOW GEESE AT JAMAICA BAY

SNOWY

SOLAR CORONA

STICK

SURFACE

THICKENING MAT

TIDE AT LONG POINT

TRUTH IS FORCED

UNIVERSE

WATCH

WAVE AND THE DUNE

WILLETS

WOODS AT NIGHT

THIRD FLOOR WALK-UP, 1984

THIS MORNING

THURSDAY THOUGHTS OF A POET

TO THE SHORE

TRINITY CHURCHYARD, SPRING 1961

UNCONSCIOUS CAME A BEAUTY

UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES

UNTITLED

VIEW TO THE NORTH

WAKING FROM A NAP ON THE BEACH

WATCHING THE JETS LOSE TO BUFFALO AT SHEA

WATER PICTURE

WATERBIRD

WEATHER

WEDNESDAY AT THE WALDORF

WHAT I DID ON A RAINY DAY

WILT CHAMBERLAIN

WOMAN IN A GARDEN II

WOMEN

WRITTEN WHILE RIDING THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD

ZAMBESI AND RANEE

ZERO IN THE COVE



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