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MARILYN NELSON

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Poems found: 205

A CANTICLE FOR ABBA JACOB

A CHARMED LIFE

ABBA JACOB AND MIRACLES

ABBA JACOB AND ST. FRANCIS

ABBA JACOB AND ST. FRANCIS

ABBA JACOB AND THE ANGEL

ABBA JACOB AND THE BUSINESSMAN

ABBA JACOB AND THE THEOLOGIAN

ABBA JACOB AT BAT

ABBA JACOB AT BAT

ABBA JACOB GETS DOWN

ABBA JACOB IN THE WELL

ABBA JACOB IN THE WELL

ABBA JACOB'S SEVEN DEVILS

ACHES AND PAINS

ACHES AND PAINS

ALDERMAN

ALDERMAN

ANNUNCIATION

ANNUNCIATION

APE-GODS

APRIL RAPE

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA

ARMED MEN

ARMED MEN

AS SIMPLE AS THAT

AT PRAYER

AUNT ANNIE'S PRAYER

AUNT ANNIE'S PRAYER

BALANCE

BALANCE

BALI HAI CALLS MAMA

BALI HAI CALLS MAMA

BALLAD OF AUNT GENEVA

BEAUTY SHOPPE

BEAUTY SHOPPE

BLACK PIONEERS

BLACK PIONEERS

BLESSING THE BOATS

BOYS IN THE PARK

CACHOEIRA

CAFETERIA FOOD

CAFETERIA FOOD

CANTICLE FOR ABBA JACOB

CENTURY QUILT

CHOPIN

CHOPIN

CHOSEN

CHOSEN

CHURCHGOING

CHURCHGOING

CIRCUS OF HUNGER

CLOWN NOSE

COAL

COAL

CONFESSIONAL POEM

COVER PHOTOGRAPH

CURVE-BREAKER

DANGEROUS CARNIVAL

DAUGHTERS, 1900

DAUGHTERS, 1900

DEATH OF POLYXENA

DINOSAUR SPRING

DINOSAUR SPRING

DIVERNE'S HOUSE

DIVERNE'S HOUSE

DIVERNE'S WALTZ

DIVERNE'S WALTZ

DON'T THROW OUT WINE BOTTLES

DREAM'S WISDOM

DUSTING

DUSTING

EMILY DICKINSON'S DEFUNCT

EMILY DICKINSON'S DEFUNCT

EPITHALAMIUM AND SHIVAREE

FASTER THAN LIGHT

FISH AND FLOOR-DUST BOUQUET

FOR MARY, FOURTH MONTH

FORTUNATE SPILL

FOUR A.M. IN THE WOODS

FREEMAN FIELD

FREEMAN FIELD

HECUBA MOURNS

HECUBA MOURNS

HERBS IN THE ATTIC

HIGH AND HAUGHTY

HIGH AND HAUGHTY

HOME

HOME

HOUSE ON MOSCOW STREET

HOW I DISCOVERED POETRY

HOW I DISCOVERED POETRY

HURRAH, HURRAH

HURRAH, HURRAH

I AM YOU AGAIN

I DECIDE NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN

I DREAM THE BOOK OF JONAH

I IMAGINE DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY

I KNEW THAT

I SEND MAMA HOME

I SEND MAMA HOME

IMPALA

INTERMEZZO

INTERMEZZO

INVISIBLE

IS SHE OKAY?

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD

JUNETEENTH

JUNETEENTH

LA PESTE

LAUGHTER AS THE HIGHEST FORM OF CONTEMPLATION

LEAVING THE HOSPICE

LEAVING THE HOSPICE

LETTER TO A BENEDICTINE MONK

LEVITATION WITH BABY

LIFE OF A SAINT

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

LIGHT UNDER THE DOOR

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

LITTLE WHITE CHURCH

LIVE JAZZ, FRANKLIN PARK ZOO

LONELY EAGLES

LONELY EAGLES

LONELY EAGLES

LOST DAUGHTER

LOVESONG

LOVESONG

MAMA I REMEMBER

MAMA'S MURDERS

MAMA'S PROMISE

MAMA'S PROMISE

MARRIAGE NIGHTMARE

MAY YOUR LOVE CONVERT LUCIFER

MEMENTO

MEN IN THE KITCHEN

MINOR MIRACLE

MINOR MIRACLE

MY GRANDFATHER WALKS IN THE WOODS

MY GRANDFATHER WALKS IN THE WOODS

MY PEOPLE

MY SECOND BIRTH

NAMING THE ANIMAL

NEGRO HERO

NO NO, BAD DADDY

NO WORST

OLD BIBLES

OTHER WOMEN'S CHILDREN

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MEDUSA

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MEDUSA

PLOTINUS SUITE

PORTER

PORTER

POST-PRANDIAL CONVERSATION

PRAYER OF SILENCE

PROPOSITIONS

PSALM

PSALM

RECURRENT DREAM

RILKE'S THIRD ELEGY

RUELLIA NOCTIFLORA

SACRAMENT OF POVERTY

SAWED-THROUGH-LINK

SIMPLE WISDOM

SISTERS

SISTERS

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

SOLITUDE IN SOWETO

SORT OF A CALLING

STAR-FIX

STAR-FIX

STRANGE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

STRANGE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

TH FRUIT OF FAITH

THE BALLAD OF AUNT GENEVA

THE CENTURY QUILT

THE DREAM'S WISDOM

THE FORTUNATE SPILL

THE HOUSE ON MOSCOW STREET

THE LACE-MAKER

THREE MEN IN A TENT

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 1. SERMON IN THE COTTON FIELD

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 2. SERMON IN THE WOODLOT

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 3. SERMON IN THE RUINED GARDEN

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 4. MEDITATION OVER THE WASHTUB

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 5. PALM SUNDAY, 1866

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 6. GOOD FRIDAY PRAYER

THUS FAR BY FAITH: 7. EASTER SERMON, 1866

TO MARKET

TO MARKET

TRIOLETS FOR TRIOLET

TUSKEGEE AIRFIELD

TUSKEGEE AIRFIELD

TWIST THE THREAD

TWO EXCERPTS FROM THE CACHOIERA TALES: CACHOIERA

TWO EXCERPTS FROM THE CACHOIERA TALES: GENERAL PROLOGUE

TWO-SEATER

UNRHYMED PEACE SONNET

UNRHYMED PEACE SONNET

UPPER-TEN

WAR OF THE HEART

WILD PANSIES

WOMAN KILLS AND EATS OWN INFANT

WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM



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