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PETER DAVISON


Poems found: 285

THE WINNER

GIFTS

THE OBITUARY WRITER

THE PASSING OF THISTLE

THE UNFROCKED GOVERNESS

I HARDLY DREAM OF ANYONE WHO IS STILL ALIVE

LIKE NO OTHER

ON MOUNT TIMPANOGOS, 1935

NO ESCAPE

FALLING WATER

THESE DAYS

BEST FRIEND

YOU

ARTEMIS

EQUINOX 1980

JULY MEETING

MOTHER & CHILD #3

MOVING INTO MEMORY

REMEMBERING EURYDICE

EPITAPH FOR AN ENEMY

I HARDLY DREAM OF ANYONE WHO IS STILL ALIVE'

TRUE FEELING LEAVES NO MEMORY'

BALLAD

HISTORY OF READING: 1. THE BODY

HISTORY OF READING: 2. THE PAGE

HISTORY OF READING: 3. THE BOOK

HISTORY OF READING: 4. THE LIBRARY

HISTORY OF READING: 5. THE CIRCUIT

HISTORY OF READING: 6. THE OUTCOME

ABOUT TIME

ABSALOM

ACCUSTOMED TO EXISTENCE

ADAGIO IN G-MINOR (MOLIERE AND ALBINONI)

AFTER BEING AWAY

AFTER THE EXORCISM

AFTERWARDS

ARTEMIS

AS I LIVE AND BREATHE AND HAVE MY BEING

ASKING NOTHING

AT SIXTY

AT THE SITE OF LAST NIGHT'S FIRE

ATMOSPHERES: 1. BOULDER 1935

ATMOSPHERES: 2. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN 1944

ATMOSPHERES: 3. NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RFESEARCH 19

ATMOSPHERES: 4. BOULDER 1979

AUTUMN ZODIAC

BARN FEVER

BED TIME

BEST FRIEND

BREATHING ROOM

CALYPSO

CASTAWAY

CIRCOLO DELLA CACCIA

CONCENTRATION

CONFEDERATES

CRACKS IN THE UNIVERSE

CREATURES OF THE GENITIVE

CROSSING THE VOID

DANCE OF THE SHAKING SHEETS

DARK HOUSES

DEATH IS THE MOTHER OF BEAUTY

DEATH SONG: THE MOMENT

DOORS

DUST BOWL

EASTER ISLAND: THE STATUES SPEAK

EMBRACES

EMERALD

EPITAPH FOR S.P.

EQUINOX 1980

EQUINOX 1990

EURYDICE IN DARKNESS

EVENING GROSBEAKS

FALLING WATER

FARMER & WIFE

FAWN

FINALE: PRESTO

FOGGED IN

FOOT

FOR JANE, WRITING

FOR LACK OF A TREATY

FROM THE OUTLAND

GENERATIONS OF SWAN

GETTING OVER ROBERT FROST

GIFTS

GLITTERING TROUT

GOODBYE

GREAT GRANDMOTHER

GROUND

HASKELL'S MILL

HAVING SAINTS

HOUSE HOLDING

HOUSING STARTS

HUNGER

IL SE SAUVE

IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE

IN QUERCY, 1993

IN THE SEVENTIES: 1. IS ANYTHING WRONG

IN THE SEVENTIES: 2. LOVERS BY SEA-LIGHT

IN THE SEVENTIES: 3. CALL SIGN AQUARIUS

IN THE SEVENTIES: 4. MOTLEY

IN THE SEVENTIES: 5. INTO THE FUTURE

IN THE SEVENTIES: 6. POEM OF FORCE

IN THE SEVENTIES: 7. AT THE CLOSE

IN THE SIXTIES: 1. THE PLEADERS

IN THE SIXTIES: 2. THE GUN HAND

IN THE SIXTIES: 3. WHAT COUNTS

IN THE SIXTIES: 4. 1968

IN THE SIXTIES: 5. THE TWO OF YOU

IN THE SIXTIES: 6. A WORD IN YOUR EAR ON INDIFFERENCE

INTERVAL

INTIMACIES

Jan-77

JENNY

JOURNEY TO THE INTERIOR

JULY MEETING

KEEPING ACCOUNTS

LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA

LA CATHEDRALE ENGLOUTIE

LAMBKILL

LAST INFIRMITY

LATE SUMMER LOVE SONG

LETTER FROM A CITY DWELLER

LIFE MASK

LIKE NO OTHER

LITERARY PORTRAITS

LITTLE DEATH

LOSING IT

LOVE BETWEEN NOVICES

LOW LANDS

LUCIFER ASHORE

LUNCH AT THE COQ D'OR

LYING IN THE SHADE (AFTER TRILUSSA)

MAGPIE

MAKING MARKS

MELONS

MOTHER & CHILD #3

MOTHER CHURCH

MY FATHER'S HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY (1)

MY FATHER'S HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY (2)

MY LADY BY THE LAKE

NEW YEAR'S EVE

NEW YOR I

NO ESCAPE

NORTH SHORE

NOT FORGOTTEN

NOT FORGOTTEN: 1. WATCHING HER GO

NOT FORGOTTEN: 2. DREAM

NOT FORGOTTEN: 3. REALITY

NOT FORGOTTEN: 4. SELF-DEFENSE

NOT FORGOTTEN: 5. AFTERMATH

NOTHING SUDDEN

OFFISA POPP; A MANEUVER IN CLASS WARFARE

OLD PHOTOGRAPH

ON ITHACA

ON MOUNT TIMPANOGOS

ON THE ISLAND: THE DARKENED SUN

ONE OF THE MUSES

OUR EYES: A FAMILY GALLERY

PARADISE AS A GARDEN

PASSAGES FOR PURITANS

PATHWAY

PEACHES

PERIPHERAL VISION

PHANTOM PAIN: 1. SURGERY: MORPHINE

PHANTOM PAIN: 2. HALLUCINATION: PERCOCET

PHANTOM PAIN: 3. CONVALESCENCE: CODEINE

PHANTOM PAIN: 4. RECOVERY: DISTANT EFFECTS

PRAYER TO THE VERB

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 1. THE DESERTED POET

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 10. FIRST VOICE: THE CHILD

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 11. SECOND VOICE: THE YOUTH

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 12. THIRD VOICE: THE WIDOWER

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 13. FOURTH VOICE: THE GRANDMOTHER

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 14. POSSESSION

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 2. IN THE DOCK

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 3. UNDER PROTECTION

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 4. THE FLOWER OF SLEEP

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 5. THE PUBLIC GARDEN

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 6. THE VISITANT

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 7. PRETENDING TO BE AWAKE

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 8. THE COST OF PRETENDING

PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP: 9. THE VOICES

QUESTIONS OF SWIMMING, 1935

RING OF RINGS

RITES OF PASSAGE: 1946

RUFFED GROUSE

SACRIFICIAL MASK

SATAN IN GOATSKIN

SEASIDE SUMMER QUARRY

SECOND NESTING

SLEEPING BEAUTY VARIATIONS

SONG: BRIGHT BEING

SORRY

SPELLS IN SAWYER'S COVE

STANDING FAST: FOX INTO HEDGEHOG

STEEP

STUMPS

SUMMER SCHOOL

TAKING PLEASURE

THATCH

BLACK ASPEN

BREAKING OF THE DAY

BREATH OF LIFE

CITY AND THE ISLAND: 1. FOR AMPHIBIANS

CITY AND THE ISLAND: 3. THE EMIGRATION: NEWFOUNDLAND '65

CITY AND THE ISLAND: 4. THE IMMIGRANT'S APOLOGY

CITY AND THE ISLAND: 5. TRAVELLING AMONG ISLANDS

COLLECTOR

COMPOUND EYE

DANCE OF THE HOURS, OR, IT'S A LIVING

DEATH OF THE VIRGIN (REMBRANDT)

DESTROYER

DIAMOND PIPE

FACE IN THE FIELD

FALL OF THE DOLL'S HOUSE

FARM ANIMALS' DESERTION

FIRE IN THE HOUSE

FIRSTLING

FORKED TONGUE

GREAT LEDGE

HANGING MAN

HAWK OF THE MIND

HEROINE

HOUSEWIFE'S PARADISE

KEEPSAKE

LAST WORD

LAUGHTER OF WOMEN

LEVEL PATH

LOSING STRUGGLE

MOCKINGBIRD

MONEY CRY

NARCISSISTS

OBITUARY WRITER

ORACLE: SAMPLE QUESTIONS, STOCK ANSWERS

ORDEAL TREE

ORIGIN OF SPECIES

PASSING OF THISTLE

PEEPER

PHILANDERER

POEM IN THE PARK

RAM BENEATH THE BARN

RIME OF THE ANCIENT MAGAZINE

RITUALS

SILENT PIANO

SOUND OF WINGS

STAR WATCHER

SUICIDE

SWORDLESS STATUE (THOMAS BALL'S 'WASHINGTON')

UNFROCKED GOVERNESS

VANISHING POINT

WAR OF THE PELICANS

WINNER

THESE DAYS

THEY THAT HAVE THE POWER TO HURT

TO A MAD FRIEND

TO A TAME PLANT

TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC LIFE

TWO MIDRASHIM

TWO PERPLEXITIES: 1. FORGETTING NAMES

TWO PERPLEXITIES: 2. WHAT AILS YOU

TWO SNAPPING TURTLES: 1. JUNE CLUTCH

TWO SNAPPING TURTLES: 2. SEPTEMBER HATCH

UNCOMPROMISING POSITIONS

UNDER THE LANGUAGE SEA

UNDER THE ROOF OF MEMORY

UNSUNG HOURS

VILLA DEI PINI

WALKING THE BOUNDARIES

WALKING THROUGH THE BIG DIG

WINTER SUNRISE

WINTERING OVER

WORDLESS WINTER

WORDS FOR A SLOW MOVEMENT

WORDS FOR MY FATHER

WREN

YE HAVE YOUR CLOSES

YOU

ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 1. HEAD STONE

ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 2. BICENTENNIAL

ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 3. MAKING MUCH OF ORIOLES

ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 4. ZENITH: WALKER CREEK

ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 5. DAY OF WRATH

ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 6. CROSS CUT

ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 7. THANKSGIVING

ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 8. SKIING BY MOONLIGHT



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