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LINDA PASTAN

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Poems found: 572

1932

1932

1936, UPSTATE NEW YORK

25TH ANNIVERSARY

25TH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

25TH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

27-Mar

4 A.M.

5-Mar

A CRAVING FOR SALT

A DANGEROUS TIME

A NEW POET

A RAINY COUNTRY

A REAL STORY

A SHORT HISTORY OF JUDAIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

A TOURIST AT ELLIS ISLAND

ACCIDENT

ACCIDENTS

ACCIDENTS

ADULTERY;

AFTER

AFTER A LONG ABSENCE, I RETURN TO A SITE OF FORMER HAPPINESS

AFTER A MONTH OF RAIN

AFTER AGATHA CHRISTIE

AFTER AGATHA CHRISTIE

AFTER AN ABSENCE

AFTER AN ABSENCE

AFTER MINOR SURGERY

AFTER MINOR SURGERY

AFTER READING NELLY SACHS

AFTER READING PETERSON'S GUIDE

AFTER X-RAY

AGORAPHOBIA

AGORAPHOBIA

AIR WAR

ALGEBRA

ALGEBRA

ALL I WANT TO SAY

ALL I WANT TO SAY

ALL WE HAVE TO GO BY

ALL WE HAVE TO GO BY

ALMANAC OF LAST THINGS

ALMOST AN ELEGY

ALOMST AN ELEGY

AM

AM

AN EARLY AFTER LIFE

AN EVENING OUT

ANGELS

ANGELS

ANGER

ANIMALS

ANNA AT 18 MONTHS

ANNA AT 18 MONTHS

ANON.

ANOTHER AUTUMN

ANSWERING MACHINE

APPLE SHRINE

APRIL

APRIL

APRIL AGAIN

APRIL AGAIN

ARCADIA

ARITHMATIC LESSON: INFINITY

ARITHMETIC LESSON: INFINITY

ARITHMETIC OF ALTERNATION

ARK

ARK

ARMONK

ARS POETICA 2. WRITING

ARS POETICA 3. REJECTION SLIP

ARS POETICA 4. REVISION

ARS POETICA 5.ARS POETICA

ARS POETICA 1. THE MUSE

ASK ME

ASPECTS OF EVE

ASPECTS OF EVE

AT GETTYSBURG

AT HOME

AT INDIAN RIVER INLET

AT MY DESK

AT MY DESK

AT THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

AT THE EQUESTRIAN MUSEUM

AT THE EQUESTRIAN MUSEUM

AT THE GYNECOLOGIST'S

AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM

AT THE LOOM

AT THE LOOM

AT THE STILL POINT

AT THE TRAIN MUSEUM

AT THE TRAIN MUSEUM

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 1.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 2.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 3.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 4.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 5.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 6.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN: 7.

AUTUMN

AUTUMN

BALANCE

BALANCING ACT: FOR N

BARBECUE

BASEBALL

BASEBALL

BEALL MOUNTAIN SEASONAL: 1. COLUMBUS DAY

BEALL MOUNTAIN SEASONAL: 2. THANKSGIVING

BEALL MOUNTAIN SEASONAL: 3. THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER

BEAUTY SHOP

BEAUTY SHOP

BEAVERS

BECAUSE

BEECH AVENUE: THE FOURTH OF JULY

BESS

BESS

BETWEEN GENERATIONS

BICENTENNIAL WINTER

BIRDS

BLIZZARD

BLIZZARD

BLOCK

BOOK

BOOKSTALL

BOREDOM

BREAD

BRONX, 1942

BUTTER

CALL

CAMELLIAS

CAMPING AT THE HEADLAND OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK

CAMPING AT THE HEADLANDS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK

CARNIVAL EVENING

CAROLINE

CIRCE

CLINIC

CLOCK

COMING ON OF NIGHT

CONSOLATIONS

CORONARY BYPASS

COSSACKS

COUNTING BACKWARDS

COURBET'S STILL LIFE WITH APPLES AND POMEGRANATE

COUSINS

COUSINS

CROCUSES

CROCUSES

CROSSING

CROWS

CYCLONE

DANGEROUS MONTH OF MARCH

DANGEROUS TIME

DAVID

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

DEATH IS INTENDED

DEATH OF A PARENT

DEATH OF A RIDGEBACK

DEATH OF THE SELF

DEATH'S BLUE-EYED GIRL

DEATH'S BLUE-EYED GIRL

DEATHWATCH BEETLE

DECEMBER 18: FOR M

DECEMBER 18: FOR M

DEER

DEPARTURES

DESCENT

DETAIL FROM THE ALTARPIECE AT GHENT

DIDO'S FAREWELL

DIRGE

DOGWOODS

DON'T THINK OF THIS

DONATELLO'S MAGDALENE

DONATELLO'S MAGDALENE

DREAM PLANTS

DREAMING OF RURAL AMERICA

DREAMS

DREAMS

DRIFT

DUET FOR ONE VOICE

EARLY AFTERLIFE

ECLIPSE

EFFETS DE NEIGE: IMPRESSIONISTS IN WINTER

EGG

EGG

ELEGY

ELEGY

ELIZABETHAN

ELSEWHERE

EMILY DICKINSON

EMILY DICKINSON

ENGLISH NOVEL

EPILOGUE

EPILOGUE

EROSION

EROSION

ESPALIERED PEAR TREES

ESPALIERED PEAR TREES

ETHICS

ETHICS

EVENING AT BIRD ISLAND

EXCURSION

EXCURSION

EXTREMITIES

EXTREMITIES

EYES ONLY

EYES ONLY

FAITH

FAITH

FALL IN THE LITERARY REVIEW

FAME

FAMILY SCENE: MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY

FAMILY TREE

FAMILY TREE

FIRING THE MUSE

FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF

FLOWERS

FLOWERS

FOLK TALE

FOLK TALE

FORESHADOWING

FRANCES AND MARY ALLEN, SEWING GROUP, CA. 1900

FRESCO

FRUIT OF THE TREE

FUNERARY TOWER: HAN DYNASTY

GENETICIST

GEOGRAPHY

GHOSTS

GLADIOLA

GLADIOLA

GLASS OF COLD WATER

GLEANING

GO GENTLE

GOLDWASSER

GRACE

GRAFFITI, ROUTE 22

GRAMMAR LESSON

GREEN THUMB

GRIEF

GRUDNOW

GRUDNOW

HAPPIEST DAY

HARDWOOD

HAT LADY

HELEN BIDS FAREWELL TO HER DAUGHTER HERMIONE

HIGH SUMMER

HIPPOLYTE AT BREAKFAST

HOME FOR THANKSGIVING

I AM LEARNING TO ABANDON THE WORLD

I MARRIED YOU

ICE AGE

IDEAL CITY

IDEAL CITY

IF I HAD TO LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN

IF I HAD TO LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN

IMPERFECT PARADISE: IN THE GARDEN

IMPERFECT PARADISE: SEASONAL

IMPERFECT PARADISE: SOMEWHERE IN THE EUPHRATES

IMPERFECT PARADISE: THE IMPERFECT PARADISE

IN A NORTHERN COUNTRY

IN A NORTHERN COUNTRY

IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

IN BACK OF

IN EARLY MARCH

IN MIDAIR

IN THE ABSENCE OF WINGS

IN THE FALL

IN THE FOREST

IN THE KINGDOM OF MIDAS

IN THE MIDDLE OF A LIFE

IN THE OLD GUERILLA WAR

IN THE OLD GUERRILLA WAR

IN THE REALM OF PURE COLOR

IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR

IN THIS SEASON OF WAITING

INSOMNIA

INSOMNIA

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECANTING WINE

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE READER

INTERLUDE

INVALID

ISLANDS

IT IS RAINING ON THE HOUSE OF ANNE FRANK

IT IS RAINING ON THE HOUSE OF ANNE FRANK

JANUARY, 7 A.M.

JAPANESE LANTERN

JOURNEY'S END

JUMP CABLING

JUNP CABLING

KEEPER

KNOTS

LAST TRAIN

LAST UNCLE

LAST WILL

LAST WORDS

LATE AFTERNOON, ST. JOHN

LATE LOVE SONGS: 1. CLERESTORY

LATE LOVE SONGS: 2. MARCH HAIKU

LATE LOVE SONGS: 3. FLOODPLAIN

LATE LOVE SONGS: 4. ENVOI

LAWS OF PRIMOGENITURE

LE SENS DE LA NUIT

LE SENSE DE LA NUIT

LEAVES

LEAVING THE ISLAND

LEAVING THE ISLAND

LETTER

LETTERS

LIBATION, 1966

LISTS

LOST KINGDOM

LOST LUGGAGE

LOVE LETTER

LOVE POEM

LOVE POEM

LOW TIDE

LULLABY FOR 17

LULLABYE FOR 17

LUMBERJACKS

MARIA IM ROSENHAAG

MARKET DAY

MARKET DAY

MARKS

MARKS

MCGUFFEY'S FIRST ECLECTIC READER

MEDITATION AT 30,000

MEDITATION BY THE STOVE

MEMORIAL GARDENS, QUEENS

MERCY

MIGRAINE

MIGRAINE

MISREADING HOUSMAN

MISREADING HOUSMAN

MONTHS

MOSAIC

MOSAIC 1. THE SACRIFICE

MOSAIC 2. NEAR SINAI

MOSAIC 3. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

MOSAIC 4. AT THE ARMENIAN TILE SHOP

MOTHER EVE

MUSE

MUSE

MY ACHILLES SON

MYTH OF PERFECTABILITY

NAME

NARCISSUS AT 60

NATURE MORTE

NEAR THE SACRIFICAL SITE

NEW POET

NEWBORN

NEWS OF THE WORLD

NIGHT FALLS ON NANTUCKET SOUND

NIGHT SOUNDS

NOCTURNAL

NOCTURNAL

NOEL

NOSTALGIA

NOTES FOR AN ELEGY

NOTES FROM THE DELIVERY ROOM

NOTES FROM THE DELIVERY ROOM

NOTES TO MY MOTHER

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER POEM

NOVEMBER RAIN

OBLIGATION TO BE HAPPY

OCTOBER CATECHISMS

OCTOBER FUNERAL

ODE TO LYSENKO

ODE TO LYSENKO

OLD PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

OLD SONG

OLD WOMAN

ON HEARING THE TESTIMONY OF THOSE REVIVED AFTER CARDIAC ARREST

ON THE MARGINALITY OF POETS

ON THE QUESTION OF FREE WILL

ON THE STEPS OF THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

ONLY CHILD

ORDINARY WEATHER OF SUMMER

ORPHEUS

ORPHEUS

OVERTURE

OVERTURE

PAIN

PAIN

PASS/FAIL

PASS/FAIL

PASSOVER

PASSOVER

PEARS

PENELOPE

PENULTIMATE THINGS

PM

POET

POETRY READING

POETRY READING

POISON IVY

POPCORN

POSSIBILITIES

POSTCARD FROM CAPE COD

POSTERITY

PRACTICING

PRACTICING

PRINCE CAMILLE DE ROHAN

PRINTER

PROCLAMATION AT A BIRTH

PROCLAMATION AT A BIRTH

PROLOGUE

PROSODY 101

PYTHON AT THE CHILDREN'S ZOO

RACHEL (RACHEL [RA'CHAL,] A EWE)

RACHEL (RACHEL [RA'CHAL,] A EWE)

RAINY COUNTRY

REAL STORY

REALMS OF GOLD: 1. RECESS

REALMS OF GOLD: 2. THE QUARREL

REALMS OF GOLD: 3. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS

RECOVERY ZONE

RED FOX

REMEMBERING FROST AT KENNEDY’S INAUGURATION

REMISSION

REQUIEM

REQUIEM

REREADING FROST

REREADING THE ODYSSEY IN MIDDLE AGE

RESPONSE

RESPONSE

ROOT CANAL

ROOT CANAL

ROOT PRUNING

ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH

ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM

RSVP REGRETS ONLY

SACRED TO APOLLO

SAFECRACKER

SCULPTURE GARDEN

SECRETS

SELF-PORTRAIT

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER

SESTINA AT 3 A.M.

SESTINA AT 3 A.M.

SEVEN DEADLY SINS

SHADBLOW

SHADOWS

SHORT HISTORY OF JUDAIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

SHORT STORY

SILENT TREATMENT

SIRENS

SKYLIGHT

SMOKE SCREEN

SNOW SHOWERS, A PROTHALAMION

SNOW SHOWERS, A PROTHALAMION

SNOWING: A TRIPTYCH

SNOWSTORM

SOMETHING ABOUT THE TREES

SOMETIMES

SOMETIMES IN WINTER

SOMETIMES IN WINTER

SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD

SONORAN DESERT, JANUARY

STATIONARY BICYCLE

STILL LIFE

SUBWAY

SUBWAY

SUFFOCATION

SUFFOCATION

SURVIVORS

SYMPOSIUM: APPLES

TEARS

THE ALMANAC OF LAST THINGS

THE ANIMALS

THE ANSWERING MACHINE

THE APPLE SHRINE

THE BIRDS

THE BOOK

THE COMING ON OF NIGHT

THE COSSACKS

THE DEATH OF THE SELF

THE DEATHWATCH BEETLE

THE DOGWOODS

THE HAPPIEST DAY

THE HAT LADY

THE IMPERFECT PARADISE

THE LAST TRAIN

THE LAST UNCLE

THE LOST KINGDOM

THE LUMBERJACKS

THE MONTHS

THE MYTH OF PERFECTABILITY

THE NEWBORN

THE OBLIGATION TO BE HAPPY

THE ORDINARY WEATHER OF SUMMER

THE PRINTER

THE QUARREL

THE SAFECRACKER

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS

THE SONORAN DESERT, JANUARY

THE WAY THE LEAVES KEEP FALLING

THERE ARE POEMS

THERE ARE POEMS

THERE IS A FIGURE IN EVERY LANDSCAPE

THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW I LOVED: AFTER NAZIM HIKMET

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 1. RUMPELSTILTSKIN

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 2. SNOW WHITE

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 3. THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 4. THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 5. GRETEL

THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 5. GRETEL

THREADS TO BE WOVEN LATER

THREE PERFECT DAYS

THRESHOLD

TO A DAUGHTER LEAVING HOME

TO A DAUGHTER LEAVING HOME

TO A HUSBAND ON FATHER'S DAY

TO A LOVER NOT TAKEN

TO A POET, RECENTLY SILENT

TO A SECOND SON

TO CONSIDER A HOUSE

TO MY IMAGINARY SIBLINGS

TO MY IMAGINARY SIBLINGS

TO THE FIELD GOAL KICKER IN A SLUMP

TO THE FIELD GOAL KICKER IN A SLUMP

TOPIARY GARDENS

TRAVELING LIGHT

TRAVELOGUE

TURNABOUT

UNVEILING

UNVEILING

VERMILION

VERTICAL

VOICES

WAITING FOR E. GULARIS

WAITING FOR MY LIFE

WAITING ROOM

WAITING ROOM

WAKU

WAKU

WALK BEFORE BREAKFAST

WARM FRONT

WATER WHEEL

WAY THE LEAVES KEEP FALLING

WAY THINGS ARE

WEATHER

WEATHER

WEATHER FORECAST

WHAT WE FEAR MOST

WHAT WE LOOK AT LAST

WHAT WE WANT

WHAT WE WANT

WHEREVER WE TRAVEL

WHITE

WHITE

WHO IS IT ACCUSES US?

WHOM DO YOU VISUALIZE AS YOUR READER?

WHOM DO YOU VISUALIZE AS YOUR READER?

WHY ARE YOUR POEMS SO DARK?

WHY ARE YOUR POEMS SO DARK?

WHY NOT?

WIDOW'S WALK, SOMEWHERE INLAND

WILDFLOWERS

WILDFLOWERS

WIND CHILL

WIND CHILL

WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA

WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA

WITH THE PASSING OF THE LEAVES

WOMAN HOLDING A BALANCE

WRITER AT 16

WRITING WHILE MY FATHER DIES

YOM KIPPUR

YOM KIPPUR

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS



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