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Author: TATE, JAMES Matches Found: 409 Tate, James Poet's Biography 409 poems available by this author 50 VIEWS OF TOKYO First Line: Only fly-specks remain Last Line: These are my memories, a white navy hospital, %a kiss outside the british embassy A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE Poem Text First Line: The woman I love is typing in a nearby room A KNOCK ON THE DOOR Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: They ask me if I've ever thought Subject(s): Earth; Judgment Day; World; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man A NEW LIFESTYLE Poem Text First Line: People in this town drink too much Subject(s): Coffee; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A SHIPWRECKED PERSON Poem Text First Line: When I woke from my afternoon nap, I wanted Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares A VAGABOUND Poem Text First Line: A vagabond is a newcomer Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes A WEDDING Poem Text First Line: She was in terrible pain the whole day Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives ABANDONED CONCEPTIONS First Line: A leaf stirred on the aspen Last Line: Going nowhere for a long, long time ACTING ON A TIP Recitation by Author First Line: We went to the bug-eating state Subject(s): Camping; Insects; Camps; Summer Camps; Bugs ACTING ON A TIP First Line: We went to the bug-eating state Last Line: They announced in unison, 'we are camped here.' Subject(s): Camping; Insects ACUPUNCTURE First Line: Not the sleep of a baby, maybe Last Line: Stares for hours down the throat of a nightingale ACUTE HOMESICKNESS First Line: It was saturday, and wendy was curled up on the couch Last Line: See you,' I said. 'it was the book,' she said ADMIRABLE BIRD First Line: Hers was a docile parrot of few words Last Line: It shrieked, and, with that, they both retired ADMIRABLE BIRD First Line: Hers was a docile parrot of few words Last Line: It shrieked, and with that, they both retired Subject(s): Parrots AFTERNOON IN HELL First Line: He cries awhile, for no apparent reason Last Line: Haven't you finished changing the baby yet? %almost finished, he chirps AFTERNOON STROLL First Line: You don't know if you are being followed Last Line: And choppy, too. They were very choppy ALL BUT PERFECT EVENING ON THE LAKE First Line: We were at the lake for the weekend. We Last Line: He said. 'good night' ALL OVER THE LOT First Line: We were at the ballgame when a small child came up to me and Last Line: To each I replied, 'god, I love this game, I love this game' AMOS AND THE CHAINSAW First Line: Reasons no to write are rife Last Line: Cause I'm cool as a moose and twice as hairy ANATOMY First Line: The beautiful one studies anatomy AND THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS First Line: The man in the pharmacy yesterday Last Line: In a bathtub of black ink Subject(s): Sickness ANIMISTS First Line: At the motel, the man said, 'this is a Last Line: Thank you and come back any time' ANNUAL REPORT First Line: Only one disorderly person was reported Last Line: (well pardon us for existing) ANSWERING SERVICE First Line: Brother, the telephone Last Line: To answer %the telephone ringing %for one of us %in the blackbean field AT THE CLOTHESLINE Poem Text First Line: Millies was in the backyard hanging Subject(s): Love; Pleasure; Laundry & Laundering AT THE CLOTHESLINE First Line: Millie was in the backyard hanging the Last Line: In the great storm AT THE DAYS END MOTEL Poem Text First Line: I turned on the waterworks and said Subject(s): Hotels; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses AT THE DAYS END MOTEL First Line: I turned on the waterworks and said Last Line: And was surprisingly convivial Subject(s): Hotels AUNT SOPHIE'S MORNING First Line: A spinster swats a worm on her tabletop Last Line: They're not bad worms, she says, they're just different AUTOSUGGESTION: USS NORTH CAROLINA First Line: And that is the largest battleship in the world, I said Last Line: We have decided to travel by hydroplane, %though, sadly, there is no water anywhere as yet BACK TO NATURE First Line: You should drive a big red convertible as fast as you can Last Line: When you roll over never let your body touch the ground BANKING RULES Poem Text First Line: I was standing in line at the bank and Subject(s): Banks & Bankng' Human Behavior BANKING RULES First Line: I was standing in line at the bank and Last Line: Of me, I was almost gone BANNER First Line: I tugged at her sleeve: doorbell BEAUTIFUL NEW MIRRORS HAVE ARRIVED First Line: Of course that doesn't mean anything Last Line: Is a flamingo having its lunch upside down in the water BEAUTIFUL NEW MIRRORS HAVE ARRIVED First Line: Of course that doesn't mean anything Last Line: Is a flamingo having its' lunch psidedown in the water BEAVERTOWN First Line: Thanks to the new beaver dam, mr. Foley's Last Line: A beaver. That's what the rest of us do,' %crothers said BECOMING A SCOUT First Line: Alone in my tree house Last Line: My name is spoimo, which I find strange BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR First Line: Thaddeus had said he wanted to get together, but Last Line: A siren sped by. I couldn't see my own hand in front of my %face BEING PRESENT AT MORE THAN ONE PLACE AT A TIME First Line: I took a step and looked around. No one Last Line: And jumped backward, surprising myself BERNIE AT THE PAY PHONE First Line: I came out of the post office and there was bernie stapleton Last Line: Thanks, bernie, I'll see you tomorrow,' I said BEWITCHED First Line: I was standing in the lobby BLIND HERON First Line: Now kiki's gone and lost her cockatiel, lilith Last Line: Australia, not tasmania, of that I am almost certain BLUE BOOBY First Line: The blue booby lives %on the bare rocks Last Line: Like the eyes of a mild savior Subject(s): Birds; Galapagos Islands BOOK OF LIES First Line: I'd like to have a word Last Line: That? I give you my word BOUNDEN DUTY First Line: I got a call from the white house, from the Last Line: Know,' I said, feeling better BRAVE FACE First Line: It seemed as if, for as long as we could remember Last Line: That and the sound of its own name BREATHING First Line: I hear something coming %something like a motorcycle Last Line: She's thinking %about something else BUDDHISTS HAVE THE BALL FIELD Last Line: Begins. It would have been called anyway, they %think suddenly Subject(s): Baseball; Sports BURN DOWN THE TOWN, NO SURVIVORS First Line: Those were my orders CAGES First Line: The insular firebird Last Line: Marooned in the brain CAMP OF NO RETURN Poem Text First Line: I sat in the old tree swing without swinging. My loafer had fallen off Subject(s): Sisters; Absence; Separation; Isolation CAVE DWELLERS First Line: We had been camping for a week. Three Last Line: Heads, and everyone was crying, including me CERTAIN NUANCES, CERTAIN GESTURES First Line: The way a lady %entertaining an illicit desire touches her earlobe CHASTE STRANGER First Line: All the sexually active people in westport CHERUBIC First Line: I took my daughter kelsey to the train Last Line: Sleep, I said, sleep, little baby CHINESE CHICKENS First Line: The man said he had some chinese chickens Last Line: They're a work of art,' I said, 'always changing' CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS First Line: God knows we've never thought of you Last Line: This was revealed to me around 2:24 p.M., 9/27/95 CITY AT NIGHT Poem Text First Line: The blue-black plumes of the fountain Subject(s): City & Town Life; Night; Bedtime CITY AT NIGHT First Line: The blue-black plumes of the fountain CLUMSY WITH BOTH HANDS First Line: I was washing dishes and thinking about Last Line: From the window I could see a tree and a cloud %and a couple of birds CODA Poem Text First Line: Love is not worth so much Subject(s): Love CODA First Line: Love is not worth so much Last Line: In the night to be sad %when they can sing no more Subject(s): Love COLOR IN THE GARDEN First Line: It is important to forget, if possible Last Line: A deep sea of fleecy clouds, over whose rim %the water spills continually like a veil COMING DOWN CLEVELAND AVENUE First Line: The fumes from all kinds Last Line: Into her proud, white skin COMING DOWN IN CLEVELAND Poem Text First Line: The fumes from all kinds Last Line: Into her proud, white skin Subject(s): Love – Erotic CONDEMNED MAN First Line: The condemned man clutches his lucky penny CONJURING ROETHKE First Line: Prickle a lamb Last Line: Down to the clear %glad river CONSOLATIONS AFTER AN AFFAIR First Line: My plants are whispering to one another CONSTANT DEFENDER First Line: My little finger's stuck in a %coca-cola bottle CONTAGION First Line: When I drink Last Line: And has led the other %into some huddle of extinction CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE First Line: When I was released from the hospital, no one was Last Line: Above the sea under a pile of crumbling stones. Ah, the beautiful %sea! CRIMES AGAINST THE LYRIC First Line: She throws her ragdoll to within earshot CROSSING THE DELAWARE First Line: Jessie came over last night, but he was Last Line: No pain. Great good fortune. No blame CRYPTOZOA Poem Text First Line: I wish the stone lady would come to me Subject(s): Singers & Singers DAMAGED STOPPER WITH MARIGOLD First Line: The woman I love is a forest of enormous whispers Last Line: Through peach and fiddle, chant and shine DANGEROUS ADVENTURE (1) First Line: She's thinking, like a jaguar, or a dagger Last Line: And has no use for the old ritual of 'dinner.' DANGEROUS ADVENTURE (2) First Line: The woman I love is typing in a nearby room Last Line: And has no use for the old ritual of 'dinner.' Subject(s): Love DAUGHTER First Line: Patsy appeared to me in the rain yesterday Last Line: River. The last glimpse of my face, whispering DAYS OF PIE AND COFFEE Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: A motorist once said to me Subject(s): Automobile Drivers; Conduct Of Life; Salespersons; Selling DAYS OF PIE AND COFFEE First Line: A motorist once said to me Last Line: But he didn't miss them that much DEAF GIRL PLAYING First Line: This is where I once saw a deaf girl playing in a field Last Line: Deaf girl playing. No one speaks of anything but nails %and her amazing linen DEATH ON COLUMBUS DAY First Line: Sometimes you can hear the naked will DEFINITION OF GARDENING First Line: Jim just loves to garden, yes he does Last Line: Is also a factor to keep in mind DEMIGODDESS Poem Text First Line: Aunt myrtle was very old now and lived Subject(s): Aunts; Old Age; Raccoons DEMIGODDESS First Line: Aunt myrtle was very old now and lived Last Line: Enough in this world Subject(s): Aunts; Old Age; Raccoons DENIED AREAS First Line: Some zones you have to walk around. We have no idea what goes Last Line: To weep and anything seems possible, like a glistening rainy pavement, %or a lodging house, a toothp DESCENT First Line: I imagine that these thousand DESIRE First Line: Crayons could melt upon us for all I care Last Line: I desire her still DESTINATION First Line: All day red hatpins fall out DIFFERENT KINDS OF EMBROIDERY First Line: Many queens were famous for their needlework Last Line: I disremember that sick cow on the bicycle DISTANCE FROM LOVED ONES Poem Text First Line: After her husband died, zita decided to get the face-lift she had Subject(s): Surgery, Plastic; Cosmetic Sugery; Face Lifts DISTANCE FROM LOVED ONES First Line: After her husband died, zita decided to get the face-lift she had Last Line: But, mother, I say, I am dying Subject(s): Surgery, Plastic DOCUMENTARY WE WERE MAKING First Line: The children ate battered fish wedges Last Line: Indicating that a sequel was still possible DOCUMENTS OF HORROR First Line: Jerome was a distinguished war photographer Last Line: Spoke of his past, though I knew it was there %at all times DOLLS SEEM LIKE OLD FRIENDS First Line: On mature reflection Last Line: And still she's your little babydoll DOPPELGANGER First Line: A man gave me a funny look, so I gave him Last Line: Politely, and walked away, promising to return DREAM ON Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Some people go their whole lives Subject(s): Dreams; Human Behavior; Nightmares; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature DREAM ON First Line: Some people go their whole lives Last Line: Or so the story is told DREAMY CARS GRAZE ON THE DEWY BOULEVARD Last Line: A leaf is falling inside of me! DREAMY DUSKYWING BUTTERFLY First Line: I saw mimi at the farmer's market. She looked sad Last Line: Little. At lunch, I'd ask her where she'd been EARLY YEARS First Line: Minnesota is the gopher state Last Line: Some air freshener in the hold EDGE CITY First Line: At the intersection, cool as a moose Last Line: Little boyo saying, pass the buddha, please EDITOR Poem Text First Line: It was a foggy day anyway Subject(s): Editors EDITOR First Line: It was a foggy day anyway Subject(s): Editors ELAND, IN RETIREMENT First Line: Once the eland was very common Last Line: Bureaucratic gossip, don't take any notice of it ELEGY FOR SPOOKY First Line: My dog, spooky, would bring me the paper Last Line: To be alive. 'spooky,' I said, 'spooky, spooky' ENDLESS TIME First Line: The donkey stood alone in the paddock Last Line: Explains to the farmer's wife EVERYTHING FOR THE HORSE First Line: Oftentimes, when the melancholy has gripped me Last Line: Too many mornings all that sounds like heaven to me EXOTIC GUEST First Line: The man went on and on about how distinguished Last Line: I was glad. It demanded absolute silence EXPERT First Line: Talks on and on Last Line: And no one can catch him now, %no one, that is, except his lost mother FAILED TRIBUTE TO THE STONEMASON OF TOR HOUSE, ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Text First Line: We traveled down to see your house Subject(s): Disappointment; Carmel, California; Jeffers, Robinson (1887-1962) FATHER'S DAY Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: My daughter has lived overseas for a number Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters FAULTS OF THE MARINER'S COMPASS First Line: He collects bakelite from jerkwater towns like this Last Line: With a joy rarely afforded in a hospital or a bank FAULTY DICTION First Line: My, but don't you look positively zodiacal today! Last Line: Runic alphabet, mellifluent memorandum whack whack FERRET SUBSTITUTE First Line: Not long after lola ran off with that Last Line: He said, then scampered down woody's back %and disappeared FIGURE IN THE CARPET First Line: Even the abandoned husk of a person can sometimes Last Line: And that's all I asked for was a clue FLIGHT Poem Text First Line: Like a glum cricket Subject(s): Neighbors FLORIST First Line: I realized mother'day was just two days Last Line: My way to the cleaners, the bank, and the gas station FOR MOTHER ON FATHER'S DAY First Line: You never got to recline FRAGRANT CLOUD First Line: I woke in a spacious room with lavender Last Line: Sat there waiting, incredibly lonesome with my %awful knowledge FROM AN ISLAND First Line: Fogged in all day, the long, low horns announcing Last Line: We remember you FROM MEMOIR OF THE HAWK : THE ETERNAL ONES OF THE DREAM First Line: I was walking down this dirt road out Last Line: His nose a last time and waved him on, little %man that I was FROM MEMOIR OF THE HAWK: A LORNETTE, A PARACHUTE First Line: I had been rooting around in the basement Last Line: That this is just the tip of the iceberg FROM MEMOIR OF THE HAWK: HANGING BY A THREAD First Line: It was almost midnight, but the full moon Last Line: Much homework, 'sophie said. Ben and peter %agreed FROM MEMOIR OF THE HAWK: IN THE RING OR ON THE FIELD, IGOR HUMMED First Line: Although stravinsky's fame rests entirely Last Line: Say, 'no, igor, like this, fortissimo' FROM MEMOIR OF THE HAWK: JUST TO FEEL HUMAN First Line: A single apple grew on our tree, which Last Line: She started to undress, and so did I FROM MEMOIR OF THE HAWK: THE RUG First Line: We were more than satisfied with the new Last Line: A rudderless boat is not so bad FROM MEMOIR OF THE HAWK: THE SHADOWLIFE First Line: They had been married fifty-five years Last Line: Perhaps death will have weakened him just a %little FROM MEMOIR OF THE HAWK: WHEN YOU ARE LOST First Line: Ben and andy had been friends since Last Line: Them as though they weren't even there FUCK THE ASTRONAUTS Poem Text First Line: Eventually we must combine nightmares Subject(s): Relationships; Desire; Love - Complaints GEESE AT IGHT Poem Text First Line: I hear geese passing over high in the darkness Subject(s): Geese; Night; Bedtime GEESE AT IGHT First Line: I hear geese passing over high in the darkness Last Line: Floats back to me, an immortal celebration and a %brief farewell Subject(s): Geese; Night GENEALOGY First Line: A man named owen metcalf approached me Last Line: I said, handing him his money GLOWWORM, A LEMUR, AND SOME WOMEN First Line: A glowworm drove lby Last Line: And the hotdogs cooing, paradigmatically, in their buns GO, YOUTH First Line: I was in a dreamstate and this was causing a problem Last Line: Whose child is that GOOD NEWS First Line: I found joel asleep on his chaise lounge Last Line: Man, I said, and don't forget it. Fierce magenta %blossoms to light the way, milord GOODTIME JESUS Poem Text First Line: Jesus got up one day a little later than usual. Subject(s): Jesus Christ GOODTIME JESUS First Line: Jesus got up one day a little later than usual Last Line: Hell, I love eberybody GOT BLINDSIDED First Line: Sometimes she calls me chance Last Line: That is, our fingernails are on edge GRAND OPERA First Line: Looky here, these little children Last Line: Great is the day with its potato nestled in the dark GREAT ROOT SYSTEM First Line: When the birds talk, I answer Last Line: Less bird-like than myself HALF-EATEN Poem Text First Line: The fortune-teller told me I was going to Subject(s): Fortune Tellers; Cougars; Marriage; Palmistry; Weddings; Husbands; Wives HALF-EATEN First Line: The fortune-teller told me I was going to Last Line: I can feel it, you're a marked man' HAPPY AS THE DAY IS LONG Poem Text First Line: I take the long walk up the staircase to my secret room. Subject(s): Social Commentaries; Wit & Humor HAPPY AS THE DAY IS LONG First Line: I take the long walk up the staircase to my secret room Last Line: And this makes me very happy HAUNTED AQUARIUM First Line: A white pigeon is digging for something in the snow HAYDEN AND MADGE First Line: Hayden and madge had both inherited Last Line: The two. She at least wants it to look %right HEAD OF A WHITE WOMAN WINKING Poem Text First Line: She has one good bumblebee Subject(s): Bees; Beekeeping HEAD OF A WHITE WOMAN WINKING First Line: She has one good bumblebee Last Line: Forward, on a mission %from some sick, young godhead HEALING GROUND First Line: Mimi was going to take me to her special Last Line: And snow. And his great peace when he met the lion HEATHER'S MEN First Line: A man stopped me on the street and said Last Line: Suffocating me with his fraternal bear hug HER FIRST NOVEL Poem Text First Line: When connie finished her novel she came Subject(s): Novels & Novelists HER SILHOUETTE AGAINST THE ALPENGLOW First Line: Climbing a mountain is very hard work so we just sat at the bottom Last Line: Damily. You know I'll always love you. All's hotsie-dandy here, thank %you very much' HOLY SATURDAY First Line: I came out of the store, and the first thing I saw Last Line: I never even saw his face or got his name HONEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME Poem Text First Line: Alison stared into the mirror and combed her hair. How Subject(s): Hearing HOW CHINA BECAME CHINESE First Line: A plant I have had for over thirty years Last Line: All the wrong turns that led me here to this %late, spectacular blossoming HOW THE FRIENDS MET First Line: So what do you do? What Last Line: Hell, no. You can charge him rent HOW THE PEOPLE LIVE First Line: Every five minutes or so, a police car drove by telling Last Line: Beautiful day,' he said. 'you couldn't ask for a better one,' %I said HOW THE POPE IS CHOSEN Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Any poodle under ten inches high is a toy. Subject(s): Dogs; Popes; Hair; Wit & Humor; Papacy HOW THE POPE IS CHOSEN First Line: Any poodle under ten inches high is a toy Last Line: In search of a sheep HOW WAS YOUR DAY First Line: After a morning of miniature golf I AM A FINN Poem Text First Line: I am standing in the post office, about Subject(s): Finland I AM A FINN First Line: I am standing in the post office, about Last Line: Darkness, mine! I shall always be a finn I AM A FINN First Line: I am standing in the post office, about Last Line: Winner of the 1939 nobel prize in literature. %as a finn, this infuriates me I AM STILL A FINN First Line: I failed my exam, which is difficult Last Line: For 73 days the sun %never sinks below the horizon. O%darkness, mine! I shall always be a finn I LEFT MY COUCH IN TATAMAGOUCHE First Line: I desired lemonade Last Line: And that has made a big difference I MUST HAVE BEEN THAT MAN First Line: Over at archie's soda & sandwich shop Last Line: Even if it was just a little stumble.' I NEVER MEANT TO HARM HIM First Line: I was sitting at my desk in my second floor Last Line: With you. We're having fun' I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TREE First Line: Isabelle had moved to our town from Last Line: That I had told her where to find the duck mousse IF IT WOULD ALL PLEASE HURRY First Line: I have escaped from the two acre rolled garden IMAGES OF LITTLE COMPTON, RHODE ISLAND Poem Text First Line: Here the tendons in the swans' wings stretch Subject(s): Airships IMAGES OF LITTLE COMPTON, RHODE ISLAND First Line: Here the tendons in the swans' wings stretch Last Line: And who do you think you are? Subject(s): Airships IN A MOTEL ON LAKE ERIE First Line: Tequila & chicken %causing lunar distress Last Line: From minute to minute %splits us down the middle IN A PAST LIFE First Line: This man named gordon came over to me at Last Line: That stuff up,' he said. 'I wasn't,' I said IN HIS HUT SAT BABA JAGA, HAG-FACED AND WITH A LEG OF CLAY Poem Text First Line: After the narrator's abrupt departure IN HIS HUT SAT BABA JAGA, HAG-FACED AND WITH A LEG OF CLAY First Line: After the narrator's abrupt departure Last Line: Dotes only on agrarian prosperity IN MY OWN BACKYARD First Line: I've seen fox, deer, wild turkey, pheasant, skunk Last Line: I listen intently: sky and daisies burlesque each other, %bivouacked between worlds IN SEARCH OF First Line: Angela was sleeping all the time now, except Last Line: I can see why you were excited' INCENSE MAN First Line: Outside the cigar store a man was selling Last Line: Took flight, and I thought, this day is not over %yet INDIVISIBLE First Line: Some genetic prodding in the termite's nest INSECT TALK First Line: Kitty and dixie are identical twins Last Line: Love with the delicate china dolls INSPIRATION First Line: The two men sat roasting in their blue suits Last Line: Of two men, even-tempered and level-headed, %and of what they did next there is no record INTERROGATION First Line: The police asked me where I was on the Last Line: Great show, isn't it? They said. 'it's the best,' %I declared INTIMIDATIONS OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY First Line: I am walking a trail IT HAPPENS LIKE THIS Poem Text First Line: I was outside st. Cecelia's rectory Subject(s): Goats; Patience IT HAPPENS LIKE THIS First Line: I was outside st. Cecilia's rectory Last Line: To wonder where we would spend the night IT WASN'T ME Poem Text First Line: I recall a miser's Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature JANGLING YARN First Line: Anonymous captive of the pensive habit Last Line: It is carnival again in the world, and I must try %to harmonize with its proud or shabby downfall JELKA REVISITED First Line: Jelka's profile decorates the doorway to my secret JIM LEFT THE PET CEMETERY WITH A FEELING OF DISGUST First Line: We hope to avoid everlasting mistakes Last Line: Would haunt, henceforth, their seemingly interminable days JIM'S ALL-NIGHT DINER Poem Text First Line: Solemnity around the samovar Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners JULES TO THE RESCUE First Line: Jules said he would come over and see if Last Line: On it, and call me if anything funny happens. Okay? JUST TO FEEL HUMAN Poem Text First Line: A single apple grew on our tree, which Subject(s): Apples; Adam & Eve; Eve KINGDOM COME First Line: One night, after dinner, amy announced to me that she Last Line: But there was none. There was only the little baby from now on KNOCK ON THE DOOR First Line: They ask me if I've ever thought Last Line: And they see nothing without end Subject(s): Earth; Judgment Day LABYRINTH First Line: It was about 10:30 at night when a car Last Line: In the living room for the next hour, happy and with %no need to speak LAFCADIO First Line: He was never mean to me Last Line: And he never crept, never crept, never crept LAND OF LITTLE STICKS, 1945 Poem Text First Line: Where the wife is scouring the frying pan Last Line: Against his forearm, leaning up against the barn. Subject(s): Antinuclear Movement; Atomic Bomb - Victims; Hiroshima, Japan; Nuclear War; Nuclear Freeze; Atomic Bomb; Hydrogen Bomb LATE HARVEST First Line: I look up and see %a white buffalo LESS SAID First Line: The parents of the deceased LIFE A SCARF First Line: The directions to the lunatic asylum were confusing Last Line: Recycling like a sorry whim, sincerest regrets %are always best LIKE A SCARF Poem Text First Line: The directions to the lunatic asylum were confusing, Subject(s): Psychiatric Hospitals; Mad Houses; Insane Asylums LIST OF FAMOUS HATS First Line: Napoleon's hat is an obvious choice I guess to list as a famous hat, but Last Line: There was another head and it was a pyramid or something LITTLE BROTHER First Line: Back then the streets were made of goose-down Last Line: And who would want them, anyway, my souvenirs LITTLE POEM WITH ARGYLE SOCKS First Line: Behind every great man Last Line: Now now now, darling, drink your tea LITTLE SKULL First Line: I found a skull on the beach LONG JOURNEY HOME First Line: Jeannie had worked as a waitress at the duck pond Last Line: He was somebody's father or husband or something, but he might %as well be invisible LOST PILOT First Line: Your face did not rot Last Line: That placed you in that world %and me in this; or that misfortune %placed these worlds in us Subject(s): World War Ii LOST RIVER First Line: Jill and I had been driving for hours Last Line: Thank him. Tomorrow: lost river LOUSY IN CENTER FIELD First Line: Thank god %the manager is blind, %the coach is deaf %and the owner dead Last Line: Wriggling at the hairdresser, %I chatter before abrupt sleep Subject(s): Sports LOYALTY Poem Text First Line: This is the hardest part Subject(s): Reincarnation; Dogs; Politics & Government; Wit & Humor; Transmigration; Pretas LOYALTY First Line: This is the hardest part Last Line: And recited a poem about my many weaknesses, %for which I loved him so LUCINDA First Line: Lucinda said she was going to take a shower Last Line: Breasts. I was afraid for my life. Then the soap %traveled south LUST FOR LIFE First Line: Veronica has the best apartment in town Last Line: Veronica has the best apartment in town MAINE Poem Text First Line: Driving north at sunset, we were sure we'd Subject(s): Maine (state); Night; Travel; Bedtime; Journeys; Trips MAINE First Line: Driving north at sunset, we were sure we'd Last Line: Out of the wilderness and we were much obliged Subject(s): Maine (state); Night; Travel MAKING THE BEST OF THE HOLIDAYS Poem Text First Line: Justine called on christmas day to say she Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The MAKING THE BEST OF THE HOLIDAYS First Line: Justine called on christmas day to say she Last Line: Did she say?' I asked. 'she said she wasn't my %mother,' she said MANNA Poem Text First Line: I do remember some things Last Line: And said something like my name Subject(s): Memory MANUAL OF ENLARGEMENT First Line: Early on %I did some hopeful scratching Last Line: And that was good enough for me MARAUDERS First Line: I had never seen the town so crowded. People Last Line: Poverty,' I said, peeking up and down the street %at the empty storefronts MEMORIES OF FISH First Line: Stanley took a day off from the office Last Line: Their very fishiness, and for this there can be %no forgiveness MEMORY Poem Text First Line: A little bookstore used to call to me Subject(s): Memory MEMORY First Line: A little bookstore used to call to me Last Line: And I haven't the heart to name it Subject(s): Memory MENTAL-HEALTH WORKERS Poem Text First Line: Mostly we were able to ignore the hairy thing Subject(s): Insanity; Labor & Laborers; Madness; Mental Illness; Work; Workers MENTAL-HEALTH WORKERS First Line: Mostly we were able to ignore the hairy thing Last Line: There anymore, not lost but gone before Subject(s): Insanity; Labor And Laborers MIMI First Line: After the train wreck MISSED OPPORTUNITY First Line: A word sits on the kitchen counter Last Line: Cold dark of the human parking lot MORE LATER, LESS THE SAME Poem Text First Line: The common is unusually calm--they captured the storm MORE LATER, LESS THE SAME First Line: The common is unusually calm -- they captured the storm Last Line: By a dentist. So said james the lesser to james the more MORNING NEWS First Line: Satellites document a shift Last Line: On her pink valise beneath a tulip tree MOTORCYCLISTS First Line: My cuticles are a mess. Oh honey, by the way Subject(s): Popular Culture - United States MR. TWIGGY First Line: Fatty told smiley that slim was getting Last Line: Fatty said, 'mrs. Lazy, mr. Too-goo-to-march. %mr. Twiggy' MY FELISBERTO Poem Text First Line: My felisberto is handsomer than your mergotroid Subject(s): Love MY FELISBERTO First Line: My felisberto is handsomer than your mergotroid Last Line: That is always and always about to begin Subject(s): Love MY GREAT GREAT ETC. UNCLE PATRICK HENRY First Line: There's a fortune to be made in just about everything Last Line: Well then think of your great great etc. Uncle %patrick henry MY GREAT UNCLE PATRICK HENRY Poem Text First Line: There's a fortune to be made in just about everything Subject(s): Family Life; Disappointment; Ancestors & Ancestry; Relatives; Heritage; Heredity NEIGHBORS Poem Text First Line: Will they have children? Will they have more children? Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS First Line: Will they have children? Will they have more children? Last Line: It's just all so damned %difficult! Subject(s): Neighbors NEVER AGAIN THE SAME Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Speaking of sunsets Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight NEVER AGAIN THE SAME First Line: Speaking of sunsets Last Line: Was not even our own NEVER ENOUGH DARTS First Line: A bear walked right into town last week Last Line: Eat they weren't going to complain NEW BEGINNING First Line: Evangeline told stories around the campfire Last Line: Before blowing out the stars and drifting off %into a deep and unsettling sleep NEW BLOOD First Line: A huge lizard was discovered drinking Last Line: One of them whispered. 'change is good,' the %other one whispered back NEW CHINESE FICTION First Line: Although the depiction of living forms Last Line: A young man on a horse appearing and then disappearing NEW ERGONOMICS First Line: The new ergonomics were delivered Last Line: I wanted to sleep there, too NEW WORK First Line: The great at was dreaming of me Last Line: That spreads mayonnaise over the deserts of north africa NICE CAR, CAMILLE First Line: Camille drove by in her sports car with Last Line: Camille. That was my contribution to making her %life unforgettable NIRVANA Poem Text First Line: At the retreat, lee wasn't allowed Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise NIRVANA First Line: At the retreat, lee wasn't allowed Last Line: At the sight of her getaway car Subject(s): Heaven NITROGEN CYCLE First Line: Before the break-up of my country Last Line: O thank you, thank you, thank you.' NO EXPLANATION First Line: Down the street they are pulverizing the old Last Line: Over my shoulder. I longed to be arrested, %to be saved NO SPITTING UP Poem Text First Line: People in glass elevators shouldn't caary snow shovels Subject(s): Elevators; Anxiety NO SPITTING UP First Line: People in glass elevators shouldn't carry snow shovels' NOBODY'S BUSINESS First Line: The telegram arrived Last Line: Minicing toward that housewarming %that is surely his NON-STOP Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: It seemed as if the enormous journey Subject(s): Railraods NONSTOP First Line: It seemed as if the enormous journey Last Line: I closed my eyes and dreamed of an emu I once loved NUISANCE Poem Text First Line: It was more of a nuisance Subject(s): Paranoia NUISANCE First Line: It was more of a nuisance OF TWO OR THREE MINDS First Line: With all my knickknack injuries Last Line: Of which we are both so inordinately fond OF WHOM AM I AFRAID? First Line: I was feeling a little at loose ends, so Last Line: Made me surprisingly happy, and for which I had no earthly use ON THE SUBJECT OF DOCTORS Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: I like to see doctors cough Subject(s): Physicians; Wit & Humor; Doctors ON THE SUBJECT OF DOCTORS First Line: I like to see doctors cough Last Line: Taking my plastic medicine, serioiusly %with the doctors, who are dying OVERHEARD ON THE DRIVING RANGE First Line: Did you ever meet old anthony now-now?' Last Line: Oh, yes, even better than the bee-lipped oracle!' PAINT 'TIL YOU FAINT First Line: House, house, go away, you're looking PARADE AND AFTER THE PARADE First Line: The parade was a sad little affair Last Line: Such as wearing camouflage in a forest of stray thoughts PASTORAL First Line: With lukewarm tongs I hold this swaying cow PER DIEM Poem Text First Line: Spherically wondrous sunbeam Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Women; Unemployment; Wine PER DIEM First Line: Spherically wondrous sunbeam Last Line: Never tire of their work PERFECTION Poem Text First Line: When cecilia smith moved to lunenburg Subject(s): Snobbery & Snobs PITY ASCENDING WITH THE FOG Poem Text First Line: He had no past and he certainly Last Line: Anything but august comedy. Subject(s): Pity PLEA BASED ON A SENTENCE FROM A LETTER .. WELFARE DEPARTMENT First Line: Like lemon jello in a dream- %child's hand, here is my heart PLENITUDE First Line: A thunderstorm has passed Last Line: Down to the slashes the mill-boy glides POEM First Line: Language was almost impossible in those days Last Line: Look, ma, I found something beautiful today %out in the forest, it's still alive POEM TO SOME OF MY RECENT POEMS Poem Text First Line: My beloved little billiard balls Subject(s): Poetry & Poets POEM TO SOME OF MY RECENT POEMS First Line: My beloved little billiard balls PORCH THEORY First Line: Lots of wicker and baskets, a victorian Last Line: Her grandfather brought back from the pacific PRECIOUS LITTLE WE CAN DO First Line: The clubhouse was bedecked with blue ribbons Last Line: Little we can do, precious little we can do PRESIDENT SLUMMING First Line: In a weird, forlorn voice Last Line: Smoking an orange PRIDE'S CROSSING Poem Text First Line: When the railroad meets the sea Subject(s): Railroads; Sea; Togetherness; Railways; Trains; Ocean PROPER STUDY First Line: Three bald eagles have been circling over Last Line: A colony of benighted hunters dreaming of home QUABBIN RESERVOIR First Line: All morning, skipping stones on the creamy lake RALLY First Line: There was some kind of rally going on in the Last Line: Disgusted, 'there is no pig,' he said RAPTURE First Line: If you sit here a long time and are real quiet Last Line: She was disappearing. She was becoming one of them READ THE GREAT POETS Poem Text First Line: What good is life without music Last Line: The great composers. It's the same everywhere. The masters. The thieves. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets REASONS FOR ROD'S BREAKDOWN First Line: Cybil said she wanted to talk to me about Last Line: It is perilous to dawdle in the combat zone RED BRICKS AND CAMPHOR TREES Poem Text First Line: A mandolin from the madhouse Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW First Line: We were listening to music on the radio Last Line: And her eyes were blank: 'you're welcome, mrs. %watson,' he replied REMEMBRANCER First Line: Mrs. Nesbit's ancient bulldog, pepper, died Last Line: Mulling over the offer for a long time RESCUE First Line: For the first time the only RESTAURANT BUSINESS First Line: Elsie and I were having a nice, little romantic Last Line: He said and walked off, erect, chest pushed out, proud, %possessed RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: After the burial Subject(s): Legs RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME First Line: After the burial %we returned to our units Last Line: And then, sure enough, it did REVENGE OF THE JAGGED AMBUSH BUG First Line: Please don't taunt the scrivener Last Line: There, now I can die with my boots on RIGHT CONDUCT Poem Text First Line: A boy and a girl were playing together Subject(s): Children; Play; Childhood RIGHT CONDUCT First Line: A boy and a girl were playing together Last Line: They could already faintly hear their mother scolding them Subject(s): Children; Play RIVEN DOGGERIES First Line: A miserable day, his dog had leapt ROAD OPEN AT BOTH ENDS First Line: What would a mute be doing I a phone booth Last Line: Drive slowly by in cars impossible to see ROAD OPEN AT BOTH ENDS First Line: What would a mute be doing in a phone booth Last Line: Drive slowly by in cars impossible to see Subject(s): Speech Disorders RUSTIN STEEL IS DRIVING THE CREW TO THE RIVER First Line: Rustin steel is driving the crew to the river Last Line: His course and stretches his arms toward exeter, twenty %miles downstream, his archenemy, his only h SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS IN PRISON Poem Text First Line: Browsing among the zero-hours Subject(s): John Of The Cross, Saint (1542-1591) SAME AS YOU First Line: I put my pants on one day at a time Last Line: Thus I was led into paths I had not known SAME AS YOUJ Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: I put my pants on one day at a time. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature SAME TITS First Line: It was one of those days. I was waling down the st. And this poster Last Line: It was still noon, hot as hell outside SATURDAYS ARE FOR BATHING BETSY First Line: I am thinking about betsy almost all the time SAVING MEMORY First Line: Summer nights we put pennies on the track Last Line: Like the sun. All the perspective curved, %curved and gone SCHOOL OF PADDLING First Line: Piscatorially speaking, %we were out of luck Last Line: Which is to say, jersey SCHOOL OF PADDLING First Line: Piscatorially speaking, %we were out of luck Last Line: And a free ride back to civilization - %which is to say, jersey SEANCE First Line: After much arm twisting, adrienne finally Last Line: Said. 'very sensible guy,' adrienne replied SEARCH FOR LOST LIVES First Line: I was chasing this blue butterfly down Last Line: When I first saw it, and now, again it was here SECOND GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD First Line: Billy tried several times to wave his hand through some solid object Last Line: Cried. 'I need you!' SENSITIVE EARS First Line: It's a tiny noise Last Line: I'm a flea with a thousand microphones %for eyes SEPTEMBER First Line: Near september the moose retreat to the Last Line: Out of his eyes and drew a thunderous applause %from everyone SHADOW BOXING Poem Text First Line: Sometimes you almost get a punch in Subject(s): Boxing & Boxers; Sports SHADOW BOXING First Line: Sometimes you almost get a punch in Last Line: And larger, darker and darker. The black moon Subject(s): Boxing And Boxers; Sports SHADOWMAN First Line: In the backyard, I saw the shadow of a Last Line: Turned and slithered into his hole SHROUD OF THE GNOME Poem Text First Line: And what amazes me is that none of our modern inventions Subject(s): Gnosticism SHROUD OF THE GNOME First Line: And what amazes me is that none of our modern inventions Last Line: About the pitiful, raw etiquette of the undeworld SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR TOAD Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: The disorganization to which I currently belong SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR TOAD First Line: The disorganization to which I currently belong Last Line: I was worried, I was starting to fret SLEEPING DISORDER TOUR First Line: She would awake in the middle of the night Last Line: And she'd rise up singing 'beautiful nebraska!' SLOOPS IN THE BAY SLOW DAY AT MANNY'S First Line: Appliances were on our minds all morning Last Line: To believe in the healing power of appliances SMART First Line: I had a theory for a while Last Line: As the golden goose %or some such rubbish SODOMY IN SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS' First Line: The boy found himself lost in a misty forest Last Line: Who fled with them into the deep waters SOMALI SHOPPING FOR ORGANIC FIGS Poem Text First Line: I was walking out of the health food store Subject(s): Beauty; Surprise; Women SOUND LIKE DISTANT THUNDER First Line: I had fallen asleep on the couch with the Last Line: Couldn't. I was busy elsewhere, tying my shoe SPIDERWEBS Poem Text First Line: The man sitting next to me on the airplane pulled our Subject(s): Air Travel; Computers; Eccentrics & Eccentricites SPRING FORWARD, FALL BACK First Line: I don't know if it is the right season, but I Last Line: It's a dreaming school that I long to forget STRAY ANIMALS Poem Text First Line: This is the beauty of being alone Last Line: This is where I am unborn. Subject(s): Contentment SUBURBAN BISON Poem Text First Line: Joshua and I had decided to go bowling Subject(s): Suburbs; Buffaloes SUBURBAN BISON First Line: Joshua and I had decided to go bowling Last Line: Their owners, and never putting them back %together again SUCCES COMES TO COW CREEK Poem Text First Line: I sit on the tracks Subject(s): Railroads; Failure; Railways; Trains SUMMER, MAINE COAST First Line: A boy fishng %what does he want? Last Line: And were never seen again SUMMONED First Line: Jan wanted to go out in our little rowboat Last Line: I had. And the ghosts, with their vague, unsubstantial %lives SUNDAY DRIVER IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF First Line: Rolling at eighty, now ninety TABLET First Line: Brooke and I were out walking in the woods Last Line: For a second. Get me your shotgun and the ax TALL TREES BY STILL WATERS First Line: Where the elk stood, stand I, wordly wise TATTERED BIBLE STUFFED WITH MEMOS First Line: I stood at the southwest window for Last Line: Feel the barometer dropping. This is where %the chicken catches the ax TEACHING THE APE TO WRITE POEMS Poem Text First Line: They didn't have much trouble Subject(s): Apes; Poetry & Poets; Gorillas; Chimpanzees; Gibbons; Orangutans TEACHING THE APE TO WRITE POEMS First Line: They didn't have much trouble Last Line: You look like a god sitting there. %why don't you try writing something?' Subject(s): Animals; Apes; Poetry And Poets THE BLEEDING MIND Poem Text First Line: A great man was giving a lecture in a town Subject(s): Lectures; Crucifixion; Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion THE BLUE BOOBY Poem Text First Line: The blue booby lives / on the bare rocks Subject(s): Birds; Galapagos Islands THE BOOK OF LIES Poem Text First Line: I'd like to have a word Last Line: That? I give you my word Subject(s): Lies THE BUDDHISTS HAVE THE BALL FIELD Poem Text THE CHASTE STRANGER Poem Text First Line: All the sexually active people in westport Subject(s): Sex; Suburbs THE COWBOY Poem Text First Line: Someone had spread an elaborate rumor about me, that I was Subject(s): Practical Jokes; Imagination; Motion Pictures; Pranks; Fancy; Movies; Cinema THE DEFINITION OF GARDENING Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Jim just loves to garden, yes he does. Subject(s): Gardening & Gardens THE EAGLE EXTERMINATING COMPANY Poem Text First Line: There are birds larger than us, I know that Last Line: There is the birdcall. There is the wingspan. Subject(s): Birds THE LIST OF FAMOUS HATS Poem Text First Line: Napoleon's hat is an obvious choice I guess to list as a famous hat Subject(s): Hats; Napoleon I (1769-1821) THE LOON Poem Text First Line: A loon woke me this morning. It was like waking up Subject(s): Loons; Anxiety THE LOST PILOT Poem Text First Line: Your face did not rot Subject(s): World War Ii; Fathers; Second World War THE MAN WITHOUT LEATHER BREECHES Poem Text First Line: Grocery shopping can be such a mysterious Subject(s): Shopping; Strangers THE MOTORCYCLISTS Poem Text First Line: My cuticles are a mess. Oh honey, by the way Subject(s): Popular Culture - United States THE NEW CHINESE FICTION Poem Text First Line: Although the depiction of living forms Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Motion Pictures; Wit & Humor; Movies; Cinema THE NEW ERGONOMICS Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: The new ergonomics were delivered Subject(s): Ergonomics THE PAINTER OF THE NIGHT Poem Text First Line: Someone called in a report that she had Subject(s): Paintings And Painters; Police THE SEARCH FOR LOST LIVES Poem Text First Line: I was chasing this blue butterfly down Subject(s): Butterflies THE SHADOWMAN Poem Text First Line: In the backyard, I saw the shadow of a Subject(s): Shadows THE SQUARE AT DAWN Poem Text First Line: Unconsumable material is everywhere Subject(s): Morning THE WHEELCHAIR BUTTERFLY Poem Text First Line: O sleepy city of reeling wheelchairs Subject(s): City & Town Life THE WHOLE WORLD'S SADLY TALKING TO ITSELF - W. B . YEATS Poem Text First Line: Hands full of sand, I say Subject(s): Language; Farewell; Words; Vocabulary; Parting THE WORKFORCE Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Do you have adequate oxen for the job? Subject(s): Jobs; Women; Wit & Humor THE WRONG WAY HOME Poem Text First Line: All night a door floated down the river Subject(s): Doors THEIR NUMBER BECAME THINNED First Line: Judd wrecked his car driving home from Last Line: And when I saw them I recognized them at once THINK OF YOUR ABSENT FRIEND Last Line: And is everywhere reminding me THINKING AHEAD TO POSSIBLE OPTIONS AND A WORST-CASE SCENARIO Poem Text First Line: I swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel Subject(s): Automobile Drivers; Animals TO EACH HIS OWN First Line: When joey returned from the war he worked on his motorcycle in Last Line: Us. It's going to be difficult. She's an elephant TO FUZZY Poem Text First Line: I was standing outside this cocktail bar, see. On the nile Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations TO STOP AND JUST BEGIN AGAIN OTHERGATES First Line: Sorrow says 'howdy' to the grand old man Last Line: And sat there poised for the tragic life TORTOISE RELOCATION First Line: I'm sorry about this, I thought Last Line: Or fidgeting in one's pockets hoping for a receipt that %is really worth nothing in the long run TREASON Poem Text First Line: The man that was following me looked like a government Subject(s): Antiwar Movements; Anti-war Protests TRUE STORY First Line: I was on my lunch break, sitting on a bench Last Line: Wits in the park suits me just fine TRUST First Line: You start with yourself TRYING TO HELP Poem Text First Line: On another planet, a silvery starlet is brooding Subject(s): Motion Pictures; Movies; Cinema TRYING TO HELP First Line: On another planet, a silvery starlet is brooding TWENTY-FIVE First Line: Twenty-five is such a big number Last Line: Congratulations on staying alive UNDER THE FALLING STARS First Line: We saw a star fall and started to make Last Line: Didn't know how he liked being called a poet VAGABOND First Line: A vagabond is a newcomer VERY LATE, BUT NOT TOO LATE Poem Text First Line: I was the last one to leave the party. I Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Love - Beginnings; Male-female Relations VERY LATE, BUT NOT TOO LATE First Line: I was the last one to leave the party. I Last Line: My life had begun VITO TAKES HIS NEIGHBOR'S DOG FOR A DRIVE First Line: A woodpecker is duplicating hellbent stitches Last Line: Was to drive drive and drive %that neighbor's dog around the world VOYAGE FROM STOCKHOLM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWER PRICES... First Line: Out through the frosty archipelago Last Line: Sees him waving, and is reminded of;-- %and in the distance,the distance WALK BY THE LAKE First Line: Patsy and I were walking around blue man lake Last Line: Take root, you'll see. We'll be just fine, all %green and violet and gray WAYLON'S WOMAN First Line: Loretta had a rooster that was so fierce Last Line: Pee behind my car in the darkness of my own private %darkness WE GO TO A FIRE First Line: Great blasts of hot air are pouring through broken windows Last Line: Luminescence, because nobody seems to worship her but ourselves WE LOVE THE VENERABLE HOUSE First Line: Full of dictionaries and photographs Last Line: Heel, brownie! Every few minutes WEDDING First Line: She was in terrible pain the whole day WHAT A PATIENT DOES First Line: I follow the tinkle of the lead llama's bell Last Line: Is a cloud of dust and gas located among the stars WHAT THE CITY WAS LIKE Poem Text First Line: The city was full of blue devils Subject(s): Cities; Urban Life WHAT THE CITY WAS LIKE First Line: The city was full of blue devils Last Line: You could set their hair on fire and, sure enough, they'd start screaming Subject(s): Cities WHEELCHAIR BUTTERFLY First Line: O sleepy city of reeling wheelchairs Last Line: Beware the warden of light has married %an old piece of str ing! WHERE BABIES COME FROM Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Many are from the maldives, Subject(s): Babies; Infants WHERE BABIES COME FROM First Line: Many are from maldives Last Line: And it is almost always the wrong shore WHERE WERE YOU? First Line: The poem has passed Last Line: As if some raggedy sense had snuck back into our lives WHO CAN TELL WHEN HE IS AWAKE First Line: Is no one awake yet this cold cold winter morn? WHO WILL SEE ME THRU First Line: Not the morphodite from oxnard Last Line: I said, who will see me thru WHY I WILL NOT GET OUT OF BED First Line: My muscles unravel WILD CHEESE First Line: A head of cheese raised by wolves WITCHES First Line: There are all kinds of druids and %witches living in the hills around here Last Line: To decorate their inner christmas trees %with bedevilled human chickenbones WITH A CHILD ALL DAY Poem Text First Line: Little raffamuffin, brat, a craving for sen-sen Subject(s): Children; Farewell; Childhood; Parting WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FLETCHERS First Line: I visited the little boy Last Line: And kissed me on the cheek WRONG WAY HOME First Line: All night a door floated down the river Last Line: Far away, a bell rang, and then a shot was fired YOU ARE MY DESTINATION AND DESIRE, FADING First Line: Dawn animal, why don't you come out now YOU BE THE ONE First Line: Some days I stand by the window Last Line: Tomorrow, the world! YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE THROUGH PSYCHIC POWER First Line: I was evidently just staring into space Last Line: Toothpaste, those were all I needed for the %good life YOUNG MAN WITH A HAM Poem Text First Line: I'm watching him from my window. He's clutching Subject(s): Mankind; Human Race YOUNG MAN WITH A HAM First Line: I'm watching him from my window. He's clutching Last Line: Clearly it's his ham now Subject(s): Mankind |
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