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JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

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Poems found: 510

16.IX.65

164 EAST 72ND STREET

18 WEST 11TH STREET (HOUSE EXPLODED BY 'WEATHERMEN' .. 1970)

1939

642719

ABDICATION

ABOUT THE PHOENIX

ACCUMULATIONS OF THE SEA

ACROSTIC

AFTER CAVAFY

AFTER GREECE

AFTER GREECE

AFTER THE BALL

AFTER THE FIRE

AFTERNOONS AT THE NOH

ALABASTER

ALESSIO AND THE ZINNIAS

ALESSIO AND THE ZINNIAS

AMSTERDAM

ANGEL

ANNIE HILL'S GRAVE

ANOTHER APRIL

ANOTHER AUGUST

ANOTHER CEMETERY

ANOTHER POSTSCRIPT

ARABIAN NIGHT

ARCLIGHT

ARRIVAL IN TOKYO

ART DEALER

ASCENDANCY OF CHILDREN

ASK FOR NOTHING

AT A TEXAS WISHING-WELL

AT MAMALLAPURAM

AUTUMN ELEGY

BAG OF PEANUTS FOR JOHN HOLLANDER

BANKS OF A STREAM WHERE CREATURES BATHE

BATH POEM

BED

BEGINNER'S GREEK

BEQUEST

BETWEEN US

BIG MIRROR OUTDOORS

BIRTHDAY

BLACK MESA

BLACK SWAN

BLUE

BLUE AND BLUE

BLUE GROTTO

BODY

BROKEN BOWL

BROKEN HOME

BROKEN HOME, SELS.

BROKEN HOME, SELS.

BRONZE

BUNRAKU

CANDID DECORATOR

CARPET NOT BOUGHT

CASEWORKER

CASTAWAY

CATCH-ALL

CHANGING LIGHT AT SANDOVER, SELS.

CHANNEL 13

CHARIOTEER OF DELPHI

CHARLES ON FIRE

CHARLES ON FIRE

CHILD OF THE EARTH

CHILDLESSNESS

CHIMES FOR YAHYA

CHINESE POEM

CHRISTMAS TREE

CLEARING THE TITLE

CLOUD COUNTRY

CONSERVATORY

CORNWALL

COSMO

COSMOLOGICAL EYE

COUNTRY MUSIC

COUNTRY OF A THOUSAND YEARS OF PEACE

CROCHETED CURTAIN

CRUISE

CUPID

CURRENT

DANCING, JOYOUSLY DANCING

DAVID'S NIGHT IN VELIES

DAVID'S WATERCOLOR

DAY OF THE ECLIPSE

DAY ON THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

DAYS OF 1935

DAYS OF 1941 AND '44

DAYS OF 1941 AND '44

DAYS OF 1964

DAYS OF 1971

DAYS OF 1994

DEAD CENTER

DECLARATION DAY

DEDICATION

DELFT

DESERT MOTEL WITH FROG AMULET

DEVELOPERS AT CRYSTAL RIVER

DIARY OF THE DUC DE L***

DIVINE COMEDIES, SELS.

DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE

DOMINO

DONALD'S NEIGHBORHOOD

DOODLER

DOOR

DOWNWARD LOOK

DOZEN

DREAM: ESCAPE FROM THE SCULPTURE MUSEUM AND WAKING

DREAMING IN SWEDISH

DREAMS ABOUT CLOTHES

DROWNING POET

DUNES

DUST AND MEMORY

EARLY SETTLERS

ECONOMIC MAN

EDWARD LIEBERMAN, ENTREPRENEUR, FOUR YEARS AFTER THE BURNING

EIGHT BITS: 1. LASER MAJESTY

EIGHT BITS: 2. IF U CN RD THS

EIGHT BITS: 3. VOLTAIRE: A STATUE OF CHRIST IN JESUIT ATTIRE

EIGHT BITS: 4. ANAGRAM/ANAGRAMME

EIGHT BITS: 5. LIPSTICK, 1935

EIGHT BITS: 6. SNAKE PIT

EIGHT BITS: 7. TO AN ACTOR ON LOCATION FOR A FILM ...

EIGHT BITS: 8. A BIT OF BLUE TILE ON THE BEACH

ELECTRA: A TRANSLATION

EMBARKATION SONNETS

EN ROUTE

ENTRANCE FROM SLEEP

ENVOI

ENVOYS

EPITHALAMIUM

ESCAPE

EUROPA

FAMILY WEEK AT ORACLE RANCH

FEBRUARY 14TH

FEVER

FIFTEENTH SUMMER

FIGURES IN A LEGENDARY GLADE

FIRE POEM

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 1. WITH A GREEK COIN (HEADS, ATHENA IN PROFILE

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 2. COPIED ONTO THE THING ITSELF

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 3. IN A NOTEBOOK FROM DELPHI

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 4. ON A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR PRESENTED TO HIS

FIVE INSCRIPTIONS: 5. WITH A FOUNTAIN PEN

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 1. A DREAM OF OLD VIENNA

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 2. THE MIDNIGHT SNACK

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 3. SUNDOWN AND STARLIGHT

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 4. EVENT WITHOUT PARTICULARS

FIVE OLD FAVORITES: 5. THE DANDELION SERMON

FLECHE D'OR

FLINT EYE

FLYING FROM BYZANTIUM

FOLIAGE OF VISION

FOR A BESTIARY: 1. CARP

FOR A BESTIARY: 2. SPELL

FOR A BESTIARY: 3. MONDAY MORNING

FOR A SECOND MARRIAGE

FOR PROUST

FORMAL LOVERS

FORT LAUDERDALE

FOUNTAIN IN DISUSE: ATHENS

FOUR LITTLE POEMS: 1. PROCESSION

FOUR LITTLE POEMS: 2. PORTRAIT

FOUR LITTLE POEMS: 3. PARABLE

FOUR LITTLE POEMS: 4. PROVERB

FRIEND OF THE FOURTH DECADE

FROM 'THE BROKEN HOME'

FROM A NOTEBOOK

FROM MORNING INTO MORNING

FROM THE CUPOLA

FROM THE CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR

FULL MOON: LETTER TO T

FURNISHED ROOM

GADFLY TRIOLETS

GARONCE

GEIGER COUNTER

GETTING THERE

GETTING THROUGH

GINGER BEEF

GOTHIC NOVEL

GRACE

GRAFFITO

GRAND CANYON

GRAPE CURE

GRASS

GREAT EMIGRATION

GREEN EYE

GREENHOUSE

HELP

HER CRAFT

HERE TODAY

HILL

HINDU ILLUMINATION

HOME FIRES

HOSPITABLE TRANSLATORS

HOTEL DE L'UNIVERS ET PORTUGAL

HOURGLASS

HOURGLASS (2)

HOUSE

HOUSE FLY

HUBBELL PIERCE: 1925-1980

ICECAP

IDEA

IDEAS

ILLUSTRATIONS

IMAGE MAKER; A PLAY IN ONE ACT

IMAGINING IT

IN MONUMENT VALLEY

IN NINE SLEEP VALLEY

IN THE DARK (1)

IN THE DARK (2)

IN THE HALL OF MIRRORS

IN THE PINK

IN THE SHOP

INDIA: THE DANCE OF GIVING

INSTILLING

INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDIA

ISLAND IN THE WORKS

JUAN BURNING THE DIARY

KEY WEST AQUARIUM: THE SAWFISH

KIMONO

KITCHEN KNIGHT

KITE POEM

KOI

KOMBOLI (THE GREEK 'WORRY-BEADS')

KOSTAS TYMPAKIANAKIS

KYOGEN INTERLUDE: AT THE BANK

KYOTO

KYOTO: AT THE DETACHED PALACE

LABORATORY POEM

LAME DUCKS, MCKESSON & ROBBINS, 1945

LANDSCAPE WITH TORRENT

LANDSCAPE WITH VW

LAST MORNINGS IN CALIFORNIA

LAST WORDS

LAWN FETE OF HOMUNCULUS ARTIFEX

LECTURE: THE SKELETON

LENSES: 1. CONTACTS

LENSES: 2. MICROSCOPIC

LENSES: 3. TELESCOPE

LENSES: 4. CAMERA

LETTER FROM EGYPT

LIGHT OF THE STREET, DARKNESS OF YOUR OWN HOUSE'

LISTEN CAREFULLY

LITTLE FALLACY

LITTLE FANFARE FOR FELIX MAGOWAN

LLANTO

LOCUSTS

LOG

LOOK ASKANCE

LORELEI

LOSING THE MARBLES

LOST IN TRANSLATION; FOR RICHARD HOWARD

LOST IN TRANSLATION; FOR RICHARD HOWARD

LOVER BY FULL MOON

LOVERS

LUNCH WITH A SCHOLAR

MAD SCENE

MAGPIETY

MAISIE

MANDALA

MANOS KARASTEFANIS

MARSYAS

MASTER AND MAN

MATINEES

MATINEES

MCKANE'S FALLS

MEDUSA

MEN'S SONG AT WEDDING

MENU

METRO'

MIDAS AMONG GOLDENROD

MIDSUMMER EVENING ON THE PRINSENGRACHT

MINOTAUR

MIRABELL'S BOOK OF NUMBERS

MIRROR

MONTH

MORE BITS: 1. THE POEM AS CRUTCH

MORE BITS: 2. WOMAN LEAVING SHOP

MORE BITS: 3. IN CARAVAGGIO'S STUDIO

MORE BITS: 4. PEOPLE WILL TALK

MORE BITS: 5. APRIL IN ATHENS

MORE BITS: 6. REST HOME

MORE BITS: 7. LIFE IN THE MEZZOGIORNO

MORE BITS: 8. WORD MADE FLESH

MORE BITS: 9. HOW LONG?

MORE ENTERPRISE

MORE OR LESS

MORNING EXERCISE

MORNING GLORY

MORNINGS IN A NEW HOUSE

MOSQUITO

MOUTHPIECE

MUSIC FROM ABOVE

MY BROTHER ABEL, THE WOUNDED

MY FATHER WITH CIGARETTE TWELVE YEARS BEFORE THE NAZIS COULD

MY FATHER'S IRISH SETTERS

MY MOTHER WITH PURSE THE SUMMER THEY MURDERED THE SPANISH

MY SISTER'S VOICE

NARROW ESCAPE

NAVARINO

NIGHTGOWN

NIKE

NINE LIVES

NO BUYERS

NO WORD

NOVELETTES

NOVEMBER ODE

OCTOPUS

ODE TO MRS. WILLIAM SETTLE

OLD TESTAMENT

OLIVE GROVE

ON THE BLOCK: 1. LAMP, TERRACOTTA BASE, U. S., CA. 1925

ON THE BLOCK: 2. MANTEL CLOCK, IMITATION SEVRES

ON THE BRIDGE

ON THE MEETING OF GARCIA LORCA AND HART CRANE

ONE DAY

OPAGUE MORNING

OPERA COMPANY

ORACLE

ORANGES

ORFEO

OUT BY DARK

OUZO FOR ROBIN

OVERDUE PILGRIMAGE TO NOVA SCOTIA

PACT WITH THE ASTROLOGER

PAGE FROM THE KORAN

PALM BEACH WITH PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

PARDONER'S TALE

PARNASSIANS

PARROT

PARROT FISH

PART OF THE VIGIL

PAUL VALERY: PALME

PEACOCK

PEARL

PEELED WANDS

PELICAN

PERFUME

PERIWINKLES

PERSPECTIVES OF A LONESOME EYE

PETER

PHENOMENAL LOVE SONG

PHILIP LARKIN: 1922-1985

PHOTOGRAPHY

PIECES OF HISTORY

PIER: UNDER PISCES

PIPE DREAM

PLEDGE

POEM IN SPRING

POEM OF CHALK

POEM OF SUMMER'S END

POETS AT HOME

POLA DIVA (AFTER CHRISTIAN AYOUB)

PONCHIELLI COMPLEX

POWER STATION

PREFACE TO THE MEMOIRS

PRESS RELEASE

PRIMER

PRISM (A PAPERWEIGHT)

PROCESSIONAL

PYROXENES

QUATRAINS FOR PEGASUS

RADIO

RADIOMETER

RAIN

RECONNAISSANCE

REMORA

REMORA

RENEWAL

RESCUE

RETURN: ORIHUELA, 1965

REVIVALS OF TRISTAN

RHAPSODY ON CZECH THEMES

RING' CYCLE

RIVER POEM (1)

RIVER POEM (2)

RIVER TRIP

ROGER CLAY'S PROPOSAL

ROMANCE LANGUAGE

ROOM AT THE HEART OF THINGS

ROUGH SCHEME FOR AN EON IN THE ALPS

SAINT

SALOME

SAMOS

SANCTUM

SANTO

SANTORINI: STOPPING THE LEAK

SCENES OF CHILDHOOD

SCHOOL PLAY

SCRAPPING THE COMPUTER

SCRIPTS FOR THE PAGEANT

SEASIDE DOORWAY, SUMMER DAWN

SELF-PORTRAIT IN TYVEK (TM) WINDBREAKER

SERENADE

SEVENTH ROUND

SIESTAS OF AN ARCHITECT

SILENCE

SIMPLE TRUTH

SMILE

SNAPSHOT OF ADAM

SNOW JOBS

SOME NEGATIVES: X AT THE CHATEAU

SONG

SOUL

SPANISH LESSON

STONES

STORM

STRATEGIES

STRATO IN PLASTER

SUMMER PEOPLE

SUPPLIANT

SURVIVAL

SUSPENSE OF LOVE

SWIMMING BY NIGHT

SWIMMING BY NIGHT

SYRINX

TABLE TALK

TENANCY

THE 'RING' CYCLE

THE BROKEN HOME

THE CHARIOTEER OF DELPHI

THE COUNTRY OF A THOUSAND YEARS OF PEACE

THE MAD SCENE

THE OCTOPUS

THE PEACOCK

THE VICTOR DOG

THESE EARLY VERSIONS OF DESIRE

THINK TANK

THISTLEDOWN

THOUSAND AND SECOND NIGHT

THREE CHORES: 1. WATER BOILING

THREE CHORES: 2. NIGHT LAUNDRY

THREE CHORES: 3. ITALIAN LESSON

THREE SKETCHES FOR EUROPA: 1. THE TOURIST

THREE SKETCHES FOR EUROPA: 2. GEOGRAPHY

THREE SKETCHES FOR EUROPA: 3. AT THE BULLFIGHT

TIME

TIMEPIECE

TO A BUTTERFLY

TO A BUTTERFLY

TO A POCKET CALCULATOR

TO MY GREEK

TO THE READER

TOMORROWS

TONY: ENDING THE LIFE

TOPICS: 1. CASUAL WEAR

TOPICS: 2. POPULAR DEMAND

TOPICS: 3. CAESARION

TRADE

TRANSFIGURED BIRD

TREES LISTENING TO BACH

TRELLIS

TRISTAN

TSIKOUDHIA

TWO DOUBLE DACTYLS: 1. ABOVE ALL THAT?

TWO DOUBLE DACTYLS: 2. NEO-CLASSIC

TWO FROM FLORIDA: 1. GREEN COVE SPRINGS

TWO FROM FLORIDA: 2. THE DRESDEN DOLL

TWO POEMS FOR DAVID KALSTONE: 1. INVESTITURE AT CECCONI'S

TWO POEMS FOR DAVID KALSTONE: 2. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE

TWO POEMS FOR DAVID KALSTONE: 2. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE

UNDER LIBRA: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

UNDER MARS

UP AND DOWN: 1. SNOW KING CHAIR LIFT

UP AND DOWN: 1. SNOW KING CHAIR LIFT

UP AND DOWN: 2. THE EMERALD

UP AND DOWN: 2. THE EMERALD

UPSET

UPWARD LOOK

URBAN CONVALESCENCE

VALENTINE IN CRAYONS

VARIATIONS AND ELEGY: WHITE STAG, BLACK BEAR

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 1

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 2

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 3

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 4

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 5

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS: 6

VERSE FOR URANIA

VICTOR DOG

VIEW OF THE BURNING

VIOLENT PASTORAL

VISION OF THE GARDEN

VOICES FROM THE OTHER WORLD

VOL. XLIV. NO. 3

VOLCANIC HOLIDAY

WALKING ALL NIGHT

WALKS IN ROME

WATCHING THE DANCE: 1. BALANCHINE'S

WATCHING THE DANCE: 2. DISCOTHEQUE

WATER HYACINTH

WATERSPOUT

WE WALK IN WOODS

WHITEBEARD ON VIDEOTAPE

WHO GUESSED AMISS THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

WILL

WILLOW

WILLOWWARE CUP

WILLOWWARE CUP

WINTER WORDS, MANHATTAN

WINTERING WEEDS

WORDS FOR MARIA

WORDS FOR THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT

WORLD AND THE CHILD

WREATH FOR THE WARM-EYED

YAM

YANNINA

ZENO REMINDED OF A FAMILY QUARREL



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