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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Author: SIMPSON, LOUIS Matches Found: 343 Simpson, Louis Poet's Biography 343 poems available by this author A BOWER OF ROSES First Line: The mixture of smells Last Line: Were real, and applied to you Subject(s): World War Ii; Second World War A CLEARING Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: I had come to australia Subject(s): Australia A FAREWELL TO HIS MUSE Poem Text First Line: The floorboards creak Subject(s): Old Age; Death; Poetry & Poets; Dead, The A LETTER FROM BRAZIL Poem Text First Line: An old friend from schooldays Last Line: Have been damaged and have to be replaced Subject(s): Friendship A STORY ABOUT CHICKEN SOUP Poem Text First Line: In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup Last Line: But to live in the tragic world forever. Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Minorities - United States; United States - Race Relations; World War Ii; Shoah; Judaism; Second World War A WANDERING LIFE Poem Text First Line: Breathes there the man with soul so dead Last Line: Or the one that permits us to live? Subject(s): United States - Immigration & Emigration ACADEMIC STORY First Line: One day during his office hour Last Line: For a mind as romantic as henry's ACCIDENT First Line: Why are the cars slowing up? Last Line: It's either pointing at the sky %or falling off an edge into space Subject(s): Automobile Accidents; Traffic ADAM YANKEV First Line: Memory rising in the steppes AEGEAN First Line: Where only flowers fret Last Line: Of battles on the plain %and the bright oar and the oar spray Subject(s): Aegean Sea; Trojan War AFFAIR IN THE COUNTRY First Line: As he lived on east 82nd street AFTER A LIGHT SNOWFALL First Line: On a day when snow has fallen Last Line: And yet I see that he does AFTER MIDNIGHT Poem Text First Line: The dark streets are deserted, Subject(s): Night; City & Town Life; Bedtime AFTER MIDNIGHT First Line: The dark streets are deserted Last Line: Counting the singles carefully AGAINST THE AGE First Line: Under broad banners and barbarian AKHMATOVA'S HUSBAND Poem Text First Line: Akhmatova's husband, gumilev / was a poet and an explorer Subject(s): Akhmatova, Anna (1889-1966); Poetry & Poets AKHMATOVA'S HUSBAND First Line: Akhmatova's husband, gumilev %was a poet and an explorer Last Line: And let's get it over with Subject(s): Akhmatova, Anna (1889-1966); Poetry And Poets AL AND BETH Poem Text First Line: My uncle al worked in a drugstore Subject(s): Immigrants; Patriotism; Family Life; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Relatives AL AND BETH First Line: My uncle al worked in a drugstore Last Line: Of such is the kingdom %of heaven. Say that I sent you ALL SORTS OF THINGS Poem Text First Line: He would stoop, pick up something Last Line: The garden keeps me on my toes Subject(s): Hobbies; Boredom ALLAN FOX First Line: After the show the silver stars were out AMERICAN CLASSIC First Line: It's a classic american scene Last Line: That's why I say, an american classic AMERICAN DREAMS First Line: In dreams my life came toward me AMERICAN IN THE THIEVE'S MARKET First Line: In italy the dead have all the passion AMERICAN POETRY Poem Text First Line: Whatever it is, it must have Last Line: Uttering cries that are almost human. Subject(s): Language; Men; Poetry & Poets; Words; Vocabulary AMERICAN PRELUDES First Line: This isle hath many goodly woods and deer AN OLD BUILDING ON HUDSON STREET Poem Text First Line: It was an old building Last Line: Coming closer, trying to hear Subject(s): New York City – Buildings AN ORCHID Poem Text First Line: I must have been asleep Last Line: Fading through the pages Subject(s): Orchids; Love – Complaints ARM IN ARM First Line: Arm in arm in the dutch dyke ARMIDALE First Line: It's a strange country Variant Title(s): As A Man Walk ART OF STORYTELLING First Line: Once upon a time there was a shocket AS BIRDS ARE FITTED TO THE BOUGHS Poem Text Subject(s): Love AS BIRDS ARE FITTED TO THE BOUGHS ASH AND THE OAK First Line: When men discovered freedom first Last Line: Oh, the ash and the oak and the willow tree %and that's an end of the infantry ASSOCIATE First Line: I would read until I was sure Last Line: He would day, 'about my life' Subject(s): Publishing AUGUST First Line: Gulls float on the sound Last Line: Returned to the sea where it came BACK IN THE STATES First Line: It was cold, and all they gave him to wear BALLADE: WOMEN OF TIME PAST Poem Text First Line: Tell me in what country is Subject(s): Women BARUCH First Line: There is an old folk saying BATTLE First Line: Helmet and rifle, pack and overcoat Last Line: Around a cigarette, and the bright ember %would pulse with all the life there was within Subject(s): World War Ii BAYMAN First Line: He walks backward across the deck Last Line: How to make more money... %what for? BEADED PEAR First Line: Dad in bermuda shorts, mom her hair in curlers BEFORE THE POETRY READING Poem Text First Line: This is the poetry reading Subject(s): Poetry Readings BEFORE THE POETRY READING First Line: This is the poetry reading BELIEVER First Line: She comes once a week...And talks Last Line: And I have to agree, it does BERNIE First Line: Bernie was part lithuanian Last Line: And we no longer keep in touch BIG DREAM, LITTLE DREAM Poem Text First Line: The elgonyi say, there are big dreams and little dreams Subject(s): Men; War BIG DREAM, LITTLE DREAM First Line: The elgonyi say, there are big dreams and little dreams Last Line: And before you know there is war Subject(s): Men; War BIRCH Poem Text First Line: Birch tree, you remind me Subject(s): Love BIRCH First Line: Birch tree, you remind me Subject(s): Love BIRD First Line: Sang heinrich, I would fly Subject(s): Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews BIRD First Line: Ich wunscht', ich ware ein voglein,' %sang heinrich... Last Line: It makes his children cry Subject(s): World War Ii BLACK KETTLE RAISES THE STARS AND STRIPES First Line: Nits make lice, said chivington Last Line: And it's no use playing the tuba to a dead indian BOARDER First Line: The time is after dinner. Cigarettes BOOK OF THE OPERA First Line: The victor book of the opera BOWER OF ROSES First Line: The mixture of smells Last Line: Were real, and applied to you Subject(s): World War Ii CABIN First Line: A woodpile and a fence Last Line: Like a clashing of shields %and swords, and flights of arrows CARENTAN O CARENTAN Poem Text Recitation First Line: Trees in the old days used to stand / and shape a shady land Subject(s): D Day (june 6, 1944); World War Ii; Normandy (france), Invasion Of; Second World War CARENTAN O CARENTAN First Line: Trees in the old days used to stand %and shape a shady land Last Line: We never yet had lost a man %or known what death could do Subject(s): D Day (june 6, 1944); World War Ii CAVIARE AT THE FUNERAL First Line: On the way back from the cemetery CHAMPION SINGLE SCULLS First Line: Green leaves lit by the sun CHANGE OF RAIMENT First Line: There was a room on the third floor Last Line: And surely he will be glad to see me %and will meet me with loving kindness CHOCOLATES Poem Text First Line: Once some people were visiting chekhov Last Line: Unusual conversation. Subject(s): Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904); Chocolates; Conversation CHOIR MASTER'S EVENING PARTY First Line: Mr. Cooper, the physics teacher Last Line: In the wind from across the sea CLEARING First Line: I had come to australia Last Line: There's nothing that stands between me %and it, whatever it is CLIMATE OF PARADISE First Line: A story about indians Last Line: O even in paradise %the mind would make its own winter COLONIAL EDUCATION First Line: Every sunday he takes us in his boat COLUMBUS First Line: As I walked with my friend %my singular columbus Last Line: An angel or a demon %and they rowed him from the land CONSTANT LOVER First Line: I have continued to seek her Last Line: And seems more beautiful as time passes Subject(s): Fidelity COTE D'AZUR First Line: Christian says, 'you know, it's paradise' COUNTRY First Line: People drive on summer nights Last Line: With light. A sense of rain COUNTRY HOUSE First Line: You always know what to expect Last Line: And I can't think or write CRADLE TRAP First Line: A bell and rattle DAMNED SUITCASE First Line: Her suitcase wasn't in the car DAVE, ERNIE, EDOUARDO First Line: Dave climbs the tree Last Line: He just drags brush and looks wise DENTAL ASSISTANT First Line: She has a steady boyfriend Last Line: Sex. It usually is DINNER AT THE SEA-VIEW INN First Line: Peter said, 'I'd like some air' DOCTOR GOODMAN'S THEATER First Line: It is cold,' says pa-feng Last Line: Each man mad in his own way DONKEY NAMED HANNIBAL First Line: At times I am visited by a donkey DOOR First Line: They still talk about the wagners Last Line: They say. Emily knows them all DOUBTING First Line: I remember the day I arrived DREAM OF GOVERNORS First Line: The knight from the world's end Last Line: That creeps, begins to rise, %and spreads the dragon's wing DVONYA Poem Text First Line: In the town of odessa Subject(s): Love; Odessa, Ukraine DVONYA First Line: In the town of odessa Last Line: All that passed long ago %on a summer night in odessa Subject(s): Love; Odessa, Ukraine EARLY IN THE MORNING Last Line: On the cold morning %of a cold day ED Poem Text First Line: Ed was in love with a cocktail waitress Subject(s): Marriage; Disappointment; Weddings; Husbands; Wives ED First Line: Ed was in love with a cocktail waitress Last Line: Well,' they said, 'why didn't you?' ELEGY FOR JAKE First Line: Taking off the old paint ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT First Line: Do you know the eleventh commandment' ENCOUNTER ON THE 7:07 First Line: He got on at cold spring harbor FAME First Line: What a thing to be in the mouth Last Line: Leaving not a mark to show %that you ever lived. %so what? FARM IN MINNESOTA First Line: The corn rows walk the earth FINE DAY FOR STRAW HATS First Line: He bought an old ship's lifeboat FLEET FOR TSUSHIMA First Line: Now we're at sea, like the russians FLIGHT TO CYTHEREA First Line: There are designs in curtains that can kill FOGGY LANE First Line: The houses seem to be floating FRIEND OF THE FAMILY First Line: Once upon a time in california FRIENDS Poem Text First Line: Even after j.B. Left and went to a better house Subject(s): Teaching & Teachers; Editors; Educators; Professors FRIENDS First Line: Even after j.B. Left and went to a better house FROGS Poem Text First Line: The storm broke, and it rained, Subject(s): Frogs; Longing; Conversation FROGS First Line: The storm broke, and it rained Last Line: In the country I long for conversation-- %our happy croaking GARDENER First Line: She is on her knees pulling weeds GENIUS IN THE FAMILY First Line: They still haven't stopped talking Last Line: He said. 'it's commonsense.' GOODNIGHT First Line: He stood still by her bed Last Line: Each night as though the night %were always only good GRADUATION Poem Text First Line: My ex-wife comes over Subject(s): Graduation & Graduates; Divorce; Parents; Parenthood GRAND FORKS First Line: The old woman who still %bears some strong vestiges Last Line: Is with us, and nowhere else GREEN SHEPHERD First Line: Here sit a shepherd and a shepherdess Last Line: For time was sympathetic all the while %and on the magic mountain nothing moved Subject(s): Shepherds And Shepherdesses HAWAII First Line: It's good to be back,' Last Line: She said, 'and twenty-three cents.' HE'S ASLEEP Poem Text First Line: The phone was ringing Last Line: In the room, except his wife Subject(s): Sleep; Marriage; Man-woman Relationships HER WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY First Line: My wife's sister is visiting Last Line: On grass and a child's swing HEROES First Line: I dreamed of war-heroes, of wounded war-heroes Last Line: And count the long night by the stroke of their hearts Subject(s): War HIS AND HERS First Line: We've a cook named gaston HIS FUNNY VALENTINE First Line: He said, 'I'd like to be a beautiful woman' HONEYMOON Poem Text First Line: Uncle bob prayed over the groom: Subject(s): Honeymoons HONEYMOON First Line: Uncle bob prayed over the groom Last Line: What makes you so superior? HOT NIGHT ON WATER STREET First Line: A hot midsummer night on water street Last Line: And bought the new york times, and went to bed. Subject(s): Towns HOUR OF FEELING First Line: A woman speaks HOW TO LIVE ON LONG ISLAND First Line: Lilco, $75.17 I DREAMED THAT IN A CITY DARK AS PARIS Poem Text I DREAMED THAT IN A CITY DARK AS PARIS Last Line: For dreams are licensed as they never were ICE CUBE MAKER First Line: Once the ice was in a tray IN A TIME OF PEACE First Line: He changes dollars into francs IN CALIFORNIA Poem Text First Line: Here I am, troubling the dream coast Subject(s): California IN CALIFORNIA First Line: Here I am, troubling the dream coast Subject(s): California IN OTTO'S BASEMENT First Line: At the meeting of the village board IN THE SUBURBS Poem Text First Line: There's no way out Subject(s): Suburbs IN THE SUBURBS First Line: There's no way out Subject(s): Suburbs INDIAN COUNTRY First Line: This prairie light ... I see INDIAN STUDENT First Line: I said, I can' talk to you Last Line: All those people in the street %who stay up all night long INNER PART First Line: When they had won the war Last Line: As black as death, emitting a strange odor Subject(s): Men INSPIRATION Poem Text First Line: Thank you, jon! Your card Last Line: We can get on with art. It's long Subject(s): Inspiration; Poetry & Poets INVITATION TO A QUIET LIFE First Line: Come, amaryllis, let us go ISIDOR First Line: Isidor was always plotting ISLAND First Line: Driven by the wind, black billows ISLANDERS First Line: Poetry has no place, still you must choose IT FIGURES First Line: I've been talking to our cleaning woman IT WAS THE LAST OF THE PARADES Last Line: Another war? No thanks Subject(s): Peace IVERSON BOY First Line: I met the iverson boy Last Line: Shows like jeopardy and wheel of fortune JABEZ First Line: I am walking in a moonlit lane JAMAICA First Line: Far from your crumbled mountains, plains that vultures ponder JOHN THE BAPTIST First Line: The prophet, scourged by his own hand, progressed LAERTES IN PARIS First Line: Decades of disaster, a deluge LANDSCAPE WITH BARNS Poem Text First Line: The barns like scarlet lungs are breathing in Subject(s): United States; America LAUREL TREE First Line: In the clear light that confuses everything LAZARUS CONVALESCENT First Line: These are the evening hours and he walks LEGEND OF SUCCESS, THE SALESMAN'S STORY Last Line: But each one to his taste, I always say Subject(s): Success LIBERATED CHARACTERS' BALL First Line: The street used to be full of carriages Last Line: At the liberated characters' ball! LIKE A GLASS OF TEA First Line: Life,' said joe butensky Last Line: Why. Am I a philosopher? LILIES OF THE FIELD Poem Text First Line: The road is full of people Last Line: And her english has much improved Subject(s): United States - Immigration & Emigration LINES WRITTEN NEAR SAN FRANCISCO Poem Text First Line: I wake and feel the city trembling. Subject(s): Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921); United States; Social Commentaries; America LINES WRITTEN NEAR SAN FRANCISCO First Line: I wake and feel the city trembling LITTLE COLORED FLAGS First Line: Lines of little colored flags LORENZO First Line: In the mornings I would write, sitting on the veranda LOVE AND POETRY Poem Text First Line: My girl the voluptuous creature Subject(s): Love LOVE AND POETRY First Line: My girl the voluptuous creature Subject(s): Love LOVE, MY MACHINE LOVER'S GHOST First Line: I fear the headless man Subject(s): Fantasy LUMINOUS NIGHT First Line: I love the dark race of poets MAGRITTE SHAVING First Line: How calm the torso of a woman MAN SHE LOVED First Line: In the dusk MAN WHO MARRIED MAGDALENE Subject(s): Prostitution MANNEQUINS First Line: Whenever I passed saks fifth avenue MARIA ROBERTS First Line: In the kingdom of heaven MARRIAGE OF POCAHONTAS First Line: These episodes are taken Subject(s): Native Americans; Pocahontas (1595-1617) MASHKIN HILL First Line: When levin mowed mashkin hill Subject(s): Labor And Laborers MEMORIES OF A LOST WAR First Line: The guns know what is what, but underneath Subject(s): World War Ii; Second World War MEMORIES OF A LOST WAR First Line: The guns know what is what, but underneath Last Line: They will be proud a while of something death %still needs to need Subject(s): World War Ii MEXICAN WOMAN First Line: All he needed was fifty cents MEYER First Line: In russia there were three students MIDDLEAGED MAN First Line: There is a middleaged man, tim flanagan Subject(s): Middle Age MISSISSIPPI First Line: When we went down the river on a raft MORNING LIGHT First Line: In the morning light a line MOVING THE WALLS First Line: The prince of monaco Last Line: Are there any at sea? %if so, they have not whispered lately MUSIC IN VENICE Poem Text First Line: Dismiss the instruments that for your pleasure Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Venice, Italy MUSIC IN VENICE First Line: Dismiss the instruments that for your pleasure Last Line: Even to envy, sharpening a knife, %his interest Subject(s): Music And Musicians; Venice, Italy MY FATHER IN THE NIGHT COMMANDING NO Poem Text Subject(s): Family Life; Relatives NEIGHBORS (1) First Line: The cold man Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS (2) First Line: Dick's bought an old boat Subject(s): Neighbors NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER First Line: I like stories about america NERO IN LOVE Poem Text First Line: G.L.B. Wiehen / w pronounec as v Last Line: Into a life of crime Subject(s): Teaching & Teachers; Nero, Roman Emperor (37-68 A.d.) NEW LINES FOR CUSCUSCARAWAY AND MIZA MURAD ALI BEG First Line: O amiable prospect! Last Line: I will sing unto the lord %in a voice that is cheerfully dry NEW LOTS First Line: On the sabbath when darkness falls NEWSPAPER NIGHTS First Line: After midnight when the presses were rolling NIGHT FLOWERS First Line: Leaves, what are you? NIGHT IN ODESSA First Line: Grandfather puts down his tea glass NOT GUILTY First Line: When the verdict was announced Last Line: A leader in his field, with a growing practice O WHAT CAN AIL THEE, KNIGHT AT ARMS First Line: The day the students were arrested O WHAT CAN AIL THEE, KNIGHT AT ARMS? Poem Text First Line: The day the students were arrested Subject(s): Antiwar Movements; Poetry & Poets; Love - Erotic; Anti-war Protests OLD FIELD STORIES First Line: He is querulous and constipated Last Line: For song, as far as I know OLD GRAVEYARD AT HAUPPAUGE First Line: In adam's fall we sinned all OLD SOLDIER First Line: A dream of battle on a windy night ON A DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MOON First Line: And I, who used to lie with the moon ON A PAINTING BY JIMMY ERNST First Line: A line of masked dancers ON THE EVE First Line: There is something sad about property ON THE LAWN AT THE VILLA Poem Text Subject(s): Arms & Armor; Americans; Weapons; Ammunition ON THE LAWN AT THE VILLA Last Line: So we sat there all afternoon ON THE LEDGE First Line: I can see the coast coming near Last Line: Watching an ant %climb a blade of grass and climb back down Subject(s): World War Ii ORPHEUS IN AMERICA First Line: Here are your meadows, love, as wide as heaven ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD First Line: Night, dark night, night of my distress OUT OF SEASON Poem Text First Line: Once I stayed at the grand hotel Subject(s): Hotels; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses OUT OF SEASON First Line: Once I stayed at the grand hotel Last Line: In one place rather than another Subject(s): Hotels OUTWARD First Line: The staff slips from the hand Last Line: The metal of the plane is breathing; %sinuously it swims through the stars Subject(s): Space And Space Travel OUTWARD FORMS First Line: At lewisburg, where I am Last Line: Perhaps, I'll make sense of it all OWNER OF THE HOUSE First Line: The movers came, and took Last Line: She'll have the run of it still PACIFIC IDEAS-A LETTER TO WALT WHITMAN Poem Text First Line: When the schooners were drifting Last Line: O anything, to hold her in my arms! Variant Title(s): Pacific Ideas - A Letter To Walt Whitman Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) PACIFIC IDEAS-A LETTER TO WALT WHITMAN First Line: When the schooners were drifting Last Line: O anything, to hold her in my arms! Variant Title(s): Pacific Ideas - A Letter To Walt Whitma Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) PATSY First Line: When the whip is still and the ferris wheel Last Line: And crazy for loving you PAWNSHOP First Line: The first time I saw a pawnshop PEACE MARCH First Line: We are carrying lighted candles Last Line: And more and more go wandering off %down cedar and livingston and buena vista PEAT-BOG MAN First Line: He was one of the consorts of the moon PEOPLE NEXT DOOR First Line: He isn't a religious man PERIODONTICS First Line: Am I hurting you?' says eubie PETER First Line: At the end of the lane a van moving slowly PHOTOGRAPHER First Line: A bearded man seated on a camp-stool PHYSICAL UNIVERSE Poem Text First Line: He woke at five and, unable Last Line: From the depths of sleep. Subject(s): Family Life; Relatives PIHIS First Line: Since I first read in zone PLUMBER PRESENTS HIS BILL First Line: Shortened bathtub spout connection Last Line: It's impossible to make poetry out of money POET'S PIPE First Line: I am a poet's pipe Last Line: And then his light goes out PORT JEFFERSON Poem Text First Line: My whole life coming to this place Subject(s): Long Island (n.y.) PORT JEFFERSON First Line: My whole life coming to this place Subject(s): Long Island (n.y.) PREVIOUS TENANT First Line: All that winter it snowed PROTESTANT First Line: The gray roof of saint germain PSYCHE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE First Line: The wind was packed with cold QUIET DESPERATION First Line: At the post office he sees joe mcinnes Subject(s): Modern Man RED-AVOIDING PICTURES First Line: In japan many years ago REDWOODS First Line: Mountains are moving, rivers are hurrying Last Line: Turning in our heads the stars and clouds, %considering whom to please Subject(s): Sequoia Trees REFLECTIONS IN A SPA First Line: The walls are lined with mirrors REMEMBERING THE SIXTIES First Line: If I close my eyes I can hear Last Line: Down side streets, and went out REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST First Line: For a long time I stayed in bed RESISTANCE First Line: On the winding road under the white alp RETURNING TO PARIS First Line: Paris changes, said baudelaire Last Line: With miriam, waiting to cross Subject(s): Paris, France RIDERS HELD BACK First Line: One morning, as we travelled in the fields Last Line: Were strewn like leaves; and there were many slain %in the dark fields RISE First Line: I fished out in the middle RIVER RUNNING BY First Line: The air was aglimmer, thousands of snowflakes RIVERSIDE DRIVE First Line: I have been staring at a sentence ROLL First Line: What, my friends! Dead only two years and already dumb ROOM AND BOARD First Line: The curtained windows of new york RUNNER First Line: And the condemned man ate a hearty meal' Last Line: For the other to see him off. And set off %in what seemed to be the right direction Subject(s): Bulge, Battle Of The; World War Ii SACRED OBJECTS Poem Text First Line: I am taking part in a great experiment Subject(s): Suburbs; Writing & Writers SACRED OBJECTS First Line: I am taking part in a great experiment Subject(s): Suburbs; Writing And Writers SAILORS First Line: When the last star breathes like a rose Last Line: Face the day heat, with blades of anger %threshing the salt green sea Subject(s): Sailors And Sailing SAUDI ARABIA First Line: He worked for an oil company Last Line: And he showed me a golden ring SEA AND THE FOREST First Line: A woman appears on deck SEARCHING FOR THE OX First Line: I have a friend who works in a mental hospital SHOO-FLY PIE First Line: The plain-faced mennonite woman Last Line: What am I doing here? SILENT GENERATION First Line: When hitler was the devil SILENT LOVER First Line: She sighs. What shall I say? SILENT PIANO First Line: We have lived like civilized people SIMPLICITY First Line: Climbing the staircase Last Line: Write me a poem SOCIETY NOTES First Line: This year there's a belly dancer Last Line: Why are you calling me sam? SON OF THE ROMANOVS First Line: This is avram the cello-mender SONG First Line: Rough winds do shake SONG First Line: Let's sing a song together once %of spring Last Line: And when it snows we'll sleep SPOT ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR First Line: A spot was moving slowly Last Line: Here. We might have talked SQUEAL First Line: I saw the best minds of my generation STAIRS First Line: He talked about his son Last Line: With a great deal on his mind STEVENSON POSTER First Line: Talking to someone your own age STREET First Line: Here comes the subway grating fisher Subject(s): Streets STUMPFOOT ON 42ND STREET Poem Text First Line: A negro sprouts from the pavement like an asparagus Subject(s): Physical Disabilities; Handicapped; Handicaps; Physically Challenged; Cripples STUMPFOOT ON 42ND STREET First Line: A negro sprouts from the pavement like an asparagus Subject(s): Physical Disabilities SUDDENLY Poem Text First Line: The truck came at me, Subject(s): Accidents; Driving SUDDENLY First Line: Nipkow and cosulich %exported 'seconds,' merchandise Last Line: And looking down again %to write, as I am now SUMMER MORNING First Line: There are whole blocks in new york Last Line: My life that I hold in secret SUMMER STORM First Line: In that so sudden summer storm they tried SUN AND THE MOON First Line: If the sun and moon should doubt ...' SUN IS SHINING SWAY Poem Text First Line: Everyone at lake kearney had a nickname: Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Women SWAY First Line: Everyone at lake kearney had a nickname THE APPOINTMENT Poem Text First Line: Genaro was standing Last Line: You can all go to hell Subject(s): Boxing & Boxers; Physicians THE ART OF STORYTELLING Poem Text First Line: Once upon a time there was a shocket, Subject(s): Story-telling THE ASSOCIATE Poem Text First Line: I would read until I was sure Subject(s): Publishing; Publishers THE BATTLE Poem Text Recitation First Line: Helmet and rifle, pack and overcoat Subject(s): World War Ii; Second World War THE BIRD Poem Text First Line: Sang heinrich, I would fly Subject(s): Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Shoah; Judaism THE BLUE COAST Poem Text First Line: Peter sat in the garden Last Line: Had given him for his journey: / sentimental education Subject(s): Travel; Friendship; Relationships THE BOARDER Poem Text First Line: The time is after dinner. Cigarettes Subject(s): Family Life; Relatives THE FLOOR LAMP Poem Text First Line: He threw his belongings Last Line: And the suitcase, and turned back Subject(s): Lamps THE GOODNIGHT Poem Text First Line: He stood still by her bed Subject(s): Children; Anxiety; Parents; Childhood; Parenthood THE GREEN SHEPHERD Poem Text First Line: Here sit a shepherd and a shepherdess Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses THE HEROES First Line: I dreamed of war-heroes, of wounded war-heroes Subject(s): War THE INNER PART Poem Text First Line: When they had won the war Subject(s): Men THE LAUREL TREE Poem Text First Line: In the clear light that confuses everything Subject(s): Trees; Korean War, 1950-1953 THE LISTENERS Poem Text First Line: I walked down the street Last Line: In the distance going away Subject(s): Home; Childhood Memories; Nostalgia THE LONG AFTERNOON Poem Text First Line: Behind the glass door Last Line: Dear brother, I do! Subject(s): Dolls; Time; Play THE LOVER'S GHOST Poem Text First Line: I fear the headless man Subject(s): Fantasy THE MAGIC CARPET Poem Text First Line: Every american is a movie critic Last Line: "and ""siponelle,"" large worm." Subject(s): Motion Pictures; Paris, France; Writing & Writers; Movies; Cinema THE MAN WHO MARRIED MAGDALENE Poem Text THE MARRIAGE OF POCAHONTAS Poem Text First Line: These episodes are taken Last Line: Uttering cries that are almost human Subject(s): Native Americans; Pocahontas (1595-1617); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America THE MIDDLEAGED MAN Poem Text First Line: There is a middleaged man, tim flanagan Last Line: Running from his eye to his ear Subject(s): Middle Age THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR Poem Text First Line: He isn't a religious man Subject(s): Neighbors; Family Life; Fatners; Transience; Mortality; Happiness; Relatives; Impermanence; Joy; Delight THE REDWOODS Poem Text First Line: Mountains are moving, rivers are hurrying Subject(s): Sequoia Trees; Redwoods THE RUNNER Poem Text First Line: And the condemned man ate a hearty meal' Subject(s): Bulge, Battle Of The; World War Ii; Second World War THE STREET Poem Text First Line: Here comes the subway grating fisher Subject(s): Streets; Avenues THE UNWRITTEN POEM Poem Text First Line: You will never write the poem about italy. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets THE WILLIES Poem Text First Line: I asked johan why he left home Subject(s): Immigrants THERE IS Poem Text Subject(s): City & Town Life THERE IS First Line: Look! From my window there's a view Last Line: O syllables of light...O dark cathedral THERE YOU ARE First Line: The concierge climbed five flights Last Line: I shout, 'where are you going?' %'to the station!' they shout back THINGS Poem Text First Line: A man stood in the laurel tree Subject(s): Religion; Materialism; Theology THINGS First Line: A man stood in the laurel tree TO A RUSSIAN POET First Line: The yoke of communism Last Line: What's the sound of one hand clapping TO THE WESTERN WORLD Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: A siren sang, and europe turned away Subject(s): United States; America TO THE WESTERN WORLD First Line: A siren sang, and europe turned away Last Line: And grave by grave we civilize the ground TODAY First Line: On days like this I rush to the pencil sharpener TOM PRINGLE First Line: The may moon rises bright and clear TRASIMENO First Line: When hannibal defeated the roman army TREE SEAT First Line: They are sitting outdoors Last Line: On the water a long way off TROIKA First Line: Troika, troika! The snow moon Last Line: Is flying through the world, across the sea TROUBLE First Line: I went to see my old friend TRUE WEATHER FOR WOMEN First Line: Young women in their april moodiness Last Line: How punctual death is, or else how slow TWO FRIENDS First Line: His wife came from new hampshire Last Line: And give my regards to the white horse. %as ever %mike %your friend' TYPHUS Poem Text First Line: The whole earth was covered with snow, Last Line: We were poor—a box was worth something Subject(s): Epidemics; Plums; Death; Plum Trees; Dead, The TYPHUS First Line: The whole earth was covered with snow ...' UNFINISHED LIFE First Line: The ' villages' begin further out UNION BARGE ON STATEN ISLAND First Line: The crazy pier, a roof of splinters UNWRITTEN POEM First Line: You will never write the poem about italy VANDERGAST AND THE GIRL Poem Text Subject(s): Extramarital Affairs; Divorce; Middle Age VANDERGAST AND THE GIRL First Line: Vandergast to his neighbors VENUS IN THE TROPICS First Line: One morning when I went over to bournemouth VIET-CONG First Line: One moonlit night in quinhon Last Line: Like cats from roof to roof VILLA ROSALINDA First Line: She took the clipper to new york VOLKSGRENADIERS First Line: A tank comes jingling up WALKER ON MAIN STREET First Line: He would be wearing an overcoat Last Line: Always in the same direction %for a reason only known to him WALL TEST First Line: When they say 'to the wall' Last Line: In every case %you find yourself standing against the wall WALT WHITMAN AT BEAR MOUNTAIN Poem Text First Line: Neither on horseback nor seated Last Line: Dances like italy, imagining red. Subject(s): Bear Mountain, New York; Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) WARRIOR'S RETURN First Line: Oh strict society, bright town WEST First Line: On us 101 WHITE OXEN Poem Text First Line: A man walks beside them Subject(s): Oxen WHITE OXEN First Line: A man walks beside them WHY DO YOU WRITE ABOUT RUSSIA First Line: When I was a child WHY DON'T YOU GET TRANSFERRED, DAD? Poem Text Subject(s): Family Life; Likes & Dislikes; Moving; Relatives WHY THIS WILLIES First Line: I asked johan why he left home %and came to america Last Line: But wedding with the wind and snow WIND, CLOUDS, AND THE DELICATE CURVE OF THE WORLD WIND, CLOUDS, AND THE DELICATE CURVE OF THE WORLD WINDOW First Line: These are the houses of the poor WITTY WAR First Line: Oh, we loved long and happily, god knows WOMAN TOO WELL REMEMBERED First Line: Having put on new fashions, she demands WORKING LATE Poem Text First Line: A light is on in my father's study Subject(s): Fathers & Sons; Law & Lawyers WORKING LATE First Line: A light is on in my father's study Last Line: At night in my father's study %now shines as late as mine Subject(s): Fathers And Sons; Law And Lawyers WORKING OUT First Line: A middleaged man named doherty Last Line: As though it were he or they %in a struggle to the death YARDMAN'S STORY First Line: Matt the yardman is here Last Line: And the hell out of new york YEN YU First Line: Talking about the avant-garde in china YES YES First Line: The sun hangs from a crag |
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