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ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER

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Poems found: 484

A CHINESE FAN PAINTING

A CLEARING BY A STREAM

A CLEARING BY THE STREAM

A GLASS PANE TOWARD THE SPECTRAL, MYSTERIOUS GARDEN'

A GLASS PANE TOWARD THE SPECTRAL, MYSTERIOUS GARDEN'

A MEDITATION IN SEVEN DAYS

A MINOR VAN GOGH (HE SPEAKS)

A QUESTION OF TIME

A YOUNG WOMAN, A TREE

AARON

ABOUT TIME

ABOUT TIME

AFTER ILLNESS

AFTER THE REUNION (1)

AFTER THE REUNION (2)

AFTER THE SHIPWRECK

AFTER THE SHIPWRECK

ALICE BEFORE HER WIDOWHOOD

AMERICAN LONELINESS

ANECDOTE WITH FLOWERS: 1919

ANECDOTE WITHOUT FLOWERS: 1919

ANGINA

ANNIE, APHRODITE, AND THE ELEVATOR

ANSELM KIEFER

ANSELM KIEFER

ANXIETY ABOUT DYING

ANXIETY ABOUT DYING

APPEARANCE AND REALITY

APPEARANCE AND REALITY

APRIL

APRIL ONE

APRIL ONE

AS IN A GALLERY

AT THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM

BALLAD OF LYLE AND ERIC

BECKY AND BENNY IN FAR ROCKAWAY

BECKY AND BENNY IN FAR ROCKAWAY

BEER

BEER

BEFORE DAWN

BERKELEY: YOUTH AND AGE

BIRDCALL

BIRTH OF VENUS: 1

BIRTH OF VENUS: 10

BIRTH OF VENUS: 11

BIRTH OF VENUS: 12

BIRTH OF VENUS: 2

BIRTH OF VENUS: 3

BIRTH OF VENUS: 4

BIRTH OF VENUS: 5

BIRTH OF VENUS: 6

BIRTH OF VENUS: 7

BIRTH OF VENUS: 8

BIRTH OF VENUS: 9

BIRTHDAY SUITE, SELS.

BLOOD

BOIL

BOIL

BONNARD RETROSPECTIVE

BOOK OF LIFE

BORN IN THE U.S.A.

BOYS, THE BROOM HANDLE, AND THE RETARDED GIRL

BRIDE

BUS STATION

CAIN AND ABEL: A QUESTION OF ETHICS

CALL

CAMBODIA

CAMBODIA

CAMPING BY THE PACIFIC

CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTING OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE: 1

CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTING OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE: 2

CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTING OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE: 3

CARAVAGGIO: THE PAINTING OF FORCE AND VIOLENCE: 4

CAVE

CEREMONY OF HOUSES

CEREMONY OF THE BATHTUB

CEREMONY OF THE BOX

CHANGE

CHINESE FAN PAINTING

CLASS

CLEARING BY A STREAM

CONTEST

CONTEST

CORRESPONDENCE

COURAGE

COVENANT: 1. PREPARING FOR PASSOVER

COVENANT: 2. DURING THE BOMBING OF KOSOVO

COVENANT: 3. QUESTION AND ANSWER

COVENANT: 4. THE WHEEL

COWS

COWS

CRAZY LADY SPEAKING

CROSSTOWN

CROSSTOWN

DAFFODILS

DAFFODILS

DAY OF HEAVY FOG

DEAF CITIES

DEATH GHAZALS

DEATH IS ONLY

DEATH OF THE POET, HARTFORD 1955

DEMETER TO PERSEPHONE

DEMONSTRATION

DIASPORA

DIASPORA

DIGGING TO CHINA

DISCO

DISSOLVE IN SLOW MOTION

DISSOLVE IN SLOW MOTION

DIVER

DOGS AT LIVE OAK BEACH, SANTA CRUZ

DON'T BE AFRAID

DOOR CLICKS. HE RETURNS TO ME'

DOWNSTAIRS

DREAM: THE DISCLOSURE

DREAM: THE DISCLOSURE

DREAMING OF HER

EIGHTH AND THIRTEENTH

ELEGY FOR ALLEN

ENCOUNTERING THE DEAD

END OF THE LINE

EVERYWOMAN HER OWN THEOLOGY

EVERYWOMAN HER OWN THEOLOGY

EXCHANGE

EXILE

EXODUS

EXTRATERRESTRIAL: A WEDDING FOR NINA AND JOHN

FIFTY

FIFTY

FIGURE OF METAPHOR

FISHERMAN

FISHERMAN

FIX

FOOL STANDS UP TO TEACH KING LEAR AGAIN

FOR THE DAUGHTERS

FROM PRADO ROTUNDA: THE FAMILY OF CHARLES IV, AND OTHERS

FROM PRADO ROTUNDA: THE FAMILY OF CHARLES IV, AND OTHERS

FROWNING AT EMILY

FROWNING AT EMILY

GAME

GEORGE IN HOSPITAL

GEORGE IN HOSPITAL

GLASS PANE TOWARD THE SPECTRAL, MYSTERIOUS GARDEN'

GLASSBLOWER'S BREATH

GLOBULE

GLOBULE

GRANDCHILD

GREEDY BABY

GREEDY BABY

GUARDS KNEELED, THEY RAISED THEIR WEAPONS, THEY FIRED'

HATING THE WORLD

HAWK'S SHADOW

HE GETS DEPRESSED WHENEVER WE ARGUE

HE GETS DEPRESSED WHENEVER WE ARGUE

HELIUM

HELIUM

HERE IS THE STRONG ONE, THE OTHER ONE'

HERE IS THE STRONG ONE, THE OTHER ONE'

HERE IS THE STRONG ONE, THE OTHER ONE'

HIS SPEED AND STRENGTH

HIS SPEED AND STRENGTH

HISTORY OF AMERICA

HOLOCAUST

HOLOCAUST

HOMAGE TO DANTE

HOMAGE TO MATISSE

HOMAGE TO RUMI, SELS.

HOMECOMING

HOMECOMING

HORSES

HORSES

HURT EYE

I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE

I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE

I CAN'T SPEAK

I COME THE WAY THAT'

I COME THE WAY THAT'

IDEA OF MAKING LOVE

IMPULSE OF SINGING

IN EVERY LIFE

IN OUR TIME: A POEM TO APHRODITE

IN SPRING RAIN

IN THE AUTUMN OF MY THIRTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY

IN THE DUST

IN THE DUST

IN THE FORTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE IT GOES ON

IN THE FORTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE IT GOES ON

IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE, IT GOES ON

IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE, IT GOES ON

IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF MARRIAGE, IT GOES ON: 1

INITIATION

INSOMNIA

IRISES: 1

IRISES: 2

IRISES: 3

IRISES: 4

IT HURTS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE'

IT HURTS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE'

IT HURTS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE'

JERSEY TRANSIT

JERSEY TRANSIT

JONAH'S GOURD VINE

JONAH'S GOURD VINE

KH'BIN GEKUMIN ZAYEN ZEYEN IN DER VELT, SAYS THE HOLY MAN

LAMENTING THE INEVITABLE

LAMENTING THE INEVITABLE

LEAF PILE

LETTING THE DOVES OUT

LETTING THE DOVES OUT

LIKE AN ORPHAN

LIKE FRUIT

LISTEN

LOCKER ROOM CONVERSATION

LOCKER ROOM CONVERSATION

LOCKOUT

LONG HORN

LOOKOUT

MARIE AT TEA

MARIE AT TEA

MARRIAGE NOCTURNE

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 1. THE BRIDGE

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 10. YEARS OF GIRLHOOD (FOR MY STUDENTS)

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 11. THE RIVER

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 12. EPILOGUE: NEVERTHELESS

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 2. THE GURNEY

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 3. RIDDLE: POST-OP

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 4. MASTECTOMY

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 5. WHAT WAS LOST

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 6. DECEMBER 31

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 7. WINTERING

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 8. NORMAL

MASTECTOMY POEMS: 9. HEALING

MATISSE TOO

MATISSE, TOO

MAY RAIN, PRINCETON

MEDITATION IN SEVEN DAYS

MEETING THE DEAD

MEETING THE DEAD

MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 1. THE POET TO HER BOOK

MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 2. MOTHER

MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 3. FIRST SISTER

MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 4. SECOND SISTER

MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 5. GODDESS

MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH

MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH

METAPHOR

MID-FEBRUARY

MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AT A POND

MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AT A POND

MIGRANT

MIGRANT

MILLENNIAL POLKA

MILLENNIAL POLKA

MINOR VAN GOGH (HE SPEAKS)

MISERY AND FRUSTRATION

MISERY AND FRUSTRATION

MOON AND EARTH

MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: A GROUP ON THE TOP FLOOR

MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: BOOKSTORE

MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: CLAES OLDENBURG: 3 SOFT SCULPTURES

MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: JIM DINE

MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: LOBBY: LADY TO OTHER LADY

MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: MARK ROTHKO: THREE PAINTINGS

MORNING IN THE MUSEUM: SEGAL'S DINER

MOTH IN APRIL

MOTH IN APRIL

MOTHER IN AIRPORT PARKING LOT

MOTHER IN AIRPORT PARKING LOT

MOTHER/CHILD: CODA

MOTHER/CHILD: CODA

MOTHER: 1. EYESIGHT

MOTHER: 2. OUR MOTHERS: A CORRESPONDENCE

MOTHERWORDS

MOVE

MOVE

NATURE OF BEAUTY

NEOPLATONIC RIFF

NORMAL LIGHT

NOSTOS

NUDE DESCENDING

NUDE DESCENDING

NULIAJUK, A SEQUENCE

O'KEEFFE

O'KEEFFE

OLD MEN

ONCE MORE OUT OF DARKNESS, SELS.

ONE IS INSIDE'

ONE IS INSIDE'

ONE IS INSIDE'

OPINION OF HAGAR

ORANGE CAT

OTHER STANZAS, TO YOU, PYTHAGORAS

PLEIADES IN DECEMBER: LINE OF SIGHT

POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY DICKINSON

POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY DICKINSON

POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY FITZGERALD/HEMINGWAY

POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY FITZGERALD/HEMINGWAY

PORTRAIT OF A MAN

PORTRAIT OF A MAN

PORTRAITE DE L'ARTISTE

PORTRAITE DE L'ARTISTE

PRAYING FOR THE END OF ANGER

PROPAGANDA POEM: MAYBE FOR SOME YOUNG MAMAS

PSALM

PSALM

PSALM

PSALM

PSALM

PURE PRODUCTS OF AMERICA

PURE UNKNOWN

QUESTION OF TIME

RAINY SEASON

RAVEL PIANO TRIO

RAVEN OF DEATH

REBECCA'S WAY

REDON

REVOLUTION AS DESIRE

RUNNER

RUSSIAN ARMY GOES INTO BAKU

RVR: WORK AND LOVE

SAN JUAN WATERFRONT

SATURDAY NIGHT

SATURDAY NIGHT

SEASONAL

SECRET SHARER

SEX

SEX DREAM

SINGING SCHOOL

SINGLE WOMAN SPEAKING

SISTERS

SOFTEN AND MELT

SOMALIA

SOME DAYS IN MARCH

SONG

SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE

SONGS OF MIRIAM

SONNET. TO TELL THE TRUTH

SONNET. TO TELL THE TRUTH

SPACE OF THIS DIALOGUE, SELS

SPOON

STANZAS IN OCTOBER

STARING AT THE PACIFIC, AND SWIMMING IN IT

STARING AT THE PACIFIC, AND SWIMMING IN IT

STILL LIFE: A GLASSFUL OF ZINNIAS ON MY DAUGHTER'S KITCHEN TABLE

STILL LIFE: A GLASSFUL OF ZINNIAS ON MY DAUGHTER'S KITCHEN TABLE

STOPPED AT A CORNER, NEAR MIDNIGHT, I WATCH

STORM

STORY OF JOSHUA

STREAM

STREAM

STUDIO (HOMAGE TO ALICE NEEL)

SUNLIGHT

SURFER DAYS

SURVIVING

SURVIVING

TAKING THE SHUTTLE WITH FRANZ

TAKING THE SHUTTLE WITH FRANZ

TAVERNA, ATHENS 1974

TAYLOR LAKE

TEARING THE POEM UP AND EATING IT

TERROR

TERRORIST TRIAL AND THE GAMES

THE ANNIVERSARY

THE BLESSING OF THE OLD WOMAN, THE TULIP, AND THE DOG

THE BOOK OF LIFE

THE BOYS, THE BROOM HANDLE, AND THE RETARDED GIRL

THE BRIDE

THE CHANGE

THE CLASS

THE CRAZY LADY SPEAKING

THE DEATH GHAZALS

THE DOGS AT LIVE OAK BEACH, SANTA CRUZ

THE DOOR CLICKS. HE RETURNS TO ME'

THE DOOR CLICKS. HE RETURNS TO ME'

THE EIGHTH AND THIRTEENTH

THE END OF THE LINE

THE EXCHANGE

THE FOOL STANDS UP TO TEACH KING LEAR AGAIN

THE GUARDS KNEELED, THEY RAISED THEIR WEAPONS, THEY FIRED'

THE GUARDS KNEELED, THEY RAISED THEIR WEAPONS, THEY FIRED'

THE HISTORY OF AMERICA

THE IDEA OF MAKING LOVE

THE IMPULSE OF SINGING

THE LEAF PILE

THE MARRIAGE NOCTURNE

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 1. THE BRIDGE

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 10. YEARS OF GIRLHOOD (FOR MY STUDENTS)

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 11. THE RIVER

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 12. EPILOGUE: NEVERTHELESS

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 2. THE GURNEY

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 3. RIDDLE: POST-OP

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 4. MASTECTOMY

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 5. WHAT WAS LOST

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 6. DECEMBER 31

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 7. WINTERING

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 8. NORMAL

THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 9. HEALING

THE NATURE OF BEAUTY

THE ORANGE CAT

THE PLATEAU

THE PURE PRODUCTS OF AMERICA

THE RUNNER

THE RUSSIAN ARMY GOES INTO BAKU

THE SINGING SCHOOL

THE STORY OF JOSHUA

THE STUDIO (HOMAGE TO ALICE NEEL)

THE VOCABULARY OF JOY

THE WAITING ROOM

THE WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 1

THE WINDOW, AT THE MOMENT OF FLAME

THE WOMAN WHO RAN AWAY

THEY HOIST IT, SHINING, THEY SUPPORT IT, UNDER ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS,

THEY HOIST IT, SHINING, THEY SUPPORT IT, UNDER ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS,

THEY HOIST IT, SHINING, THEY SUPPORT IT, UNDER ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS,

THIS DREAMER COMETH

THISTLE

THISTLE

THOSE WHO KNOW DO NOT SPEAK, THOSE WHO SPEAK DO NOT KNOW

THREE MEN WALKING, THREE BROWN SILHOUETTES

THREE MEN WALKING, THREE BROWN SILHOUETTES

THREE WOMEN

TO KILL THE DOVE

TO LOVE IS

TO LOVE IS

TO ONE IN MOURNING

TRANSLATION

TRIPTYCH

TWO WRITERS: FOR J.D.

UNSAID, OR WHAT SHE THINKS WHEN SHE GETS MY LETTER

UPPER BROADWAY SUNDAY

UPPER BROADWAY SUNDAY

VOCABULARY OF JOY

VOCATION

VOICES

WAITING ROOM

WANTING ALL

WANTING TO BE IN LOVE AS IN SUNLIGHT

WANTING TO BE IN LOVE AS IN SUNLIGHT

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 1

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 2

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 3

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 4

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 5

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 6

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 7

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 8

WAR OF MEN AND WOMEN: 9

WARNING

WARNING

WAS DREAMING'

WAS DREAMING'

WATCHING THE FEEDER

WATCHING THE FEEDER

WATERLILIES AND JAPANESE BRIDGE

WATERLILIES AND JAPANESE BRIDGE

WEST FOURTH STREET

WHAT ELSE

WHAT ELSE

WHAT I WANT

WHAT I WANT

WHILE DRIVING NORTH

WHILE DRIVING NORTH

WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE

WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE: 1

WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE: 2

WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE: 3

WINDSHIELD

WINDSHIELD

WISHES

WISHES

WOMAN WALKING IN THE SUBURBS

WOMAN WHO RAN AWAY

WOODEN VIRGIN WITH CHILD

WOODLAND SPRING

WORDS FOR A WEDDING

WORDS FOR A WEDDING

WRINKLY LADY DANCER

WRINKLY LADY DANCER

YEARS

YEARS

YOM KIPPUR

YOU WHO DENY: A HARANGUE

YOU WHO DENY: A HARANGUE

YOUNG WOMAN, A TREE



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