Classic and Contemporary Poets
ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER
Poet Analysis
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
Home: PoetryExplorer.net