Classic and Contemporary Poets

MAXINE W. KUMIN

Poems found: 321

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ACCOLADE OF THE ANIMALS

ADDRESS TO THE ANGELS

AFTER THE CLEANSING OF BOSNIA

AFTER THE HARVEST

AFTER THE HEAT WAVE

AFTER THE POETRY READING; FOR MARIE HOWE

AGNOSTIC SPEAKS TO HER HORSE'S HOOF

ALMOST SPRING, DRIVING HOME, RECITING HOPKINS

AMANDA DREAMS SHE HAS DIED AND GONE TO THE ELYSIAN FIELDS

AMANDA POEMS, SELS.

ANCIENT LADY POETS

APOSTROPHE TO A DEAD FRIEND

ARCHAEOLOGY OF A MARRIAGE

AT A PRIVATE SHOWING IN 1982

AT THE END OF THE AFFAIR

ATLANTIC CITY 1939

BEANS BEANS BEANS

BODY AND SOUL: A MEDITATION

BRINGING DOWN THE BIRDS

BRUSHING THE AUNTS

CARING: A DREAM

CHAMBERMAIDS IN THE MARRIOTT IN MID-MORNING

CHAMBERMAIDS IN THE MARRIOTT IN MID-MORNING

CHANGING THE CHILDREN

CONNECTING THE DOTS

CONTINUUM: A LOVE POEM

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

DEATH OF UNCLES

DISTANT GRANDCHILD LISTENS TO FARM SOUNDS

DOWN EAST NEWS ITEM

DREAMER, THE DREAM

DREAMING IN POETRY

EARLY THOUGHTS OF WINTER

END OF THE EATING OF GRASSES

EXTRAPOLATIONS FROM HENRY MANLEY'S PIE PLANT

FAINT-HEARTED SUICIDE

FAIREST ONE OF ALL

FINDING THE ONE BRIEF NOTE

FIRST RAIN OF SPRING

FOR A SHETLAND PONY BROOD MARE WHO DIED IN HER BARREN YEAR

FOR ANNE AT PASSOVER

FOR MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER: A MESSAGE LONG OVERDUE

FOR MY SON ON THE HIGHWAYS OF HIS MIND

FOUR ALLEGORIES IN H, TWO IN D, ONE IN B

FRAULEIN READS INSTRUCTIVE RHYMES

FROM THE 18TH FLOOR

GAME OF MONOPOLY IN CHAVANNES

GAME OF NETTLES

GEOGRAPHIC CENTER

GETTING THE MESSAGE

GETTING THROUGH

GOING TO JERUSALEM

GRACE OF GELDINGS IN RIPE PASTURES

HARD FROST: ON A LINE BY HOPKINS

HEIGHT OF THE SEASON

HELLO, HELLO HENRY

HENRY MANLEY BLUES

HENRY MANLEY LOOKS BACK

HENRY MANLEY, LIVING ALONE, KEEPS TIME

HERMIT GOES UP ATTIC

HERMIT HAS A VISITOR

HERMIT MEETS THE SKUNK

HERMIT PICKS BERRIES

HERMIT POEMS, SELS.

HERMIT WAKES TO BIRD SOUNDS

HOMAGE TO BINSEY POPLARS

HOW TO SURVIVE NUCLEAR WAR; AFTER READING IBUSE'S 'BLACK RAIN'

IDENTIFYING THE DISAPPEARED

IMAGINING MARIANNE MOORE IN THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN

IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY

IN APRIL, IN PRINCETON

IN MEMORIAM P.W., JR., 1921-1980: OUT-OF-THE-BODY TRAVEL

IN MEMORIAM P.W., JR., 1921-1980: RETROSPECT IN THE KITCHEN

IN MEMORIAM P.W., JR., 1921-1980: THE INCEST DREAM

IN MEMORIAM P.W., JR., 1921-1980: THE MAN OF MANY L'S

IN MEMORIAM P.W., JR., 1921-1980: THE UNFINISHED STORY

IN MEMORY OF DANNY L

IN MEMORY OF DANNY L

IN PRAISE OF THE NEW TRANSFER STATION

IN ST. LOUIS WITH HOWARD NEMEROV

IN THE ABSENCE OF BLISS

IN THE ABSENCE OF BLISS

IN THE PEA PATCH

IN THE ROOT CELLAR

IN THE UNEASY SLEEP OF THE TRANSLATOR

IN THE UPPER PASTURE

IN THE UPPER PASTURE

IN WARM ROOMS, BEFORE A BLUE LIGHT

INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE GARDEN

INSOMNIA; TO HEAR THE OWL IS THE POETS' PEROGATIVE

INTRODUCING THE FATHERS

IT DID NOT MATTER

ITINERARY OF AN OBSESSION

JESUS INFECTION

JOPPA DIARY: JANUARY 25TH

JOPPA DIARY: JUNE 15TH

JOPPA DIARY: MAY 10TH

JOURNEY: FOR JANET AT THIRTEEN

JOY OF COOKING, 1931

JULY, AGAINST HUNGER

JUNIOR LIFESAVING

LANCASTER COUNTY

LAST WORDS OF HENRY MANLEY

LEAVING MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE

LINES WRITTEN IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AFTER CLEANETH BROOKS

LIVING ALONE WITH JESUS

LONGING TO BE SAVED

LOOKING FOR LUCK IN BANGKOK

LOUISE BOURGEOIS EXHIBIT

LYING IN BED AWAY FROM HOME

MAGELLAN STREET, 1974

MAKING HISTORY IN FLORIDA

MAKING THE CONNECTION

MAKING THE JAM WITHOUT YOU

MARIANNE, MY MOTHER, AND ME

MORTAL DAY OF NO SURPRISES

MOTHER OF EVERYONE

MY ELUSIVE GUEST

MY FATHER'S NECKTIES

MY QUOTABLE FRIEND

NEW ENGLAND GARDENER GETS PERSONAL

NEW HAMPSHIRE, FEBRUARY 7, 2003

NEW YEAR'S EVE 1959

NIGHT, THE PADDOCK, SOME DREAMS

NIGHTMARE FACTORY

NOSTALGIA ON A SHROPSHIRE LAD

NOTED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

NOTES ON A BLIZZARD

NUNS OF CHILDHOOD: TWO VIEWS: 1

NUNS OF CHILDHOOD: TWO VIEWS: 1.

NUNS OF CHILDHOOD: TWO VIEWS: 2

NUNS OF CHILDHOOD: TWO VIEWS: 2.

OCTOBER, YELLOWSTONE PARK

ON BEING ASKED TO WRITE A POEM FOR CENTENARY OF CIVIL WAR

ON DIGGING OUT OLD LILACS

ON VISITING A FRIEND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

ONE SMALL DEATH IN MAY

OUR GROUND TIME HERE WILL BE BRIEF

PAIRING THE GEESE ON MY FORTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY

PANTOUM, WITH SWAN

PEELING FENCE POSTS

POEM FOR MY SON

POEM FOUND IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE WEEKLY

POET VISITS EGYPT AND ISRAEL

POETS OBSERVE THE ABSENCE OF GOD FROM THE ST. LOUIS ZOO

PRIMITIVISM EXHIBIT

QUARRY, PIGEON COVE

REHEARSING FOR THE FINAL RECKONING IN BOSTON

REJOICING WITH HENRY

RELEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF APRIL

REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR AT THE TUTANKHAMEN EXHIBIT

REMEMBERING YOU

REQUIEM ON I-89

RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

REVISITING THE MACDOWELL COLONY

RUNNING AWAY TOGETHER

SEEING THE BONES

SELLING OF SLAVES (LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY)

SHELLING JACOBS CATTLE BEANS

SHOPPING IN FERNEY WITH VOLTAIRE

SLEEPING WITH ANIMALS

SONG FOR SEVEN PARTS OF THE BODY

SPENDING THE NIGHT

SPLITTING WOOD AT SIX ABOVE

SPRING TRAINING

STOPPED TIME IN BLUE AND YELLOW

SUMMER OF THE WATERGATE HEARINGS

SUNBATHING ON A ROOFTOP IN BERKELEY

SUNDAYS IN MARCH

TAKING THE LAMBS TO MARKET

THE EXCREMENT POEM

THERE NEVER BLOWS SO RED THE ROSE

THINKING OF DEATH AND DOGFOOD

THINKING OF GORKI WHILE CLEARING A TRAIL

THIRTIES REVISITED

THIS DAY WILL SELF-DESTRUCT

THREE DREAMS AFTER A SUICIDE

TO AN ASTRONAUT DYING YOUNG

TO SWIM, TO BELIEVE (CENTRE COLLEGE, DANVILLE, KENTUCKY)

TURNING THE GARDEN IN MIDDLE AGE

VISITING FLANNERY O'CONNOR'S GRAVE

VISITING PROFESSOR

VOICE FROM THE ROSES

VOICES FROM KANSAS

WAITING FOR THE END IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA

WAKING TO MOONLIGHT

WATERING TROUGH

WITH THE CARIBOU

YOU ARE IN BEAR COUNTRY

YOUNG NUN AT BREAD LOAF

YOUTH ORCHESTRA, WITH DOGS

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