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D. A. POWELL

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Poems found: 119

CONCH: I WASHED ASHORE ON MORE THAN ONE ATOLL

LONG LINE OF BOHUNKS AND HUNYAKS:...

ALWAYS RETURNING: HOLIDAYS AND BURIALS. NOT EVERY WEEK

AND EVENTUALLY I WOULD TAKE HIM BACK...

ATTENDED BY MIRACLES. EVERY MAN HAS TWO ANGELS

AUTUMN SET US HEAVILY TO TASK: UNROOTED THE DAHLIAS

BABY'S ON A PALLET. IN THE SCREENPORCH YOU IRON

BECAUSE AS LIVES ARE ACHING I AM LUCKY: A POISONAL CUP

BECAUSE I WERE READY BEFORE DESTRUCTION. BEARING THE SIGN OF......

BETWEEN SCOTT'S ASSHOLE AND HIS MOUTH I COULD NOT SAY WHICH ...

CHERRY ELIXIR: THE FIRST MEDICATION. SO MARY POPPINS

CHOOSE EQUAL WEIGHTS: BERRIES AND SUGAR

DARLING CAN YOU KILL ME: WITH YOUR MICKEYMOUSE PILLOWS

DEAD BOYS MAKE THE SWEETEST LOVERS...

DEAREST PERDITION. YOUR SWEET PEACH KISSES LOST

DIVINING: WHERE I COME FROM IS DROUGHT...

DOGS AND BOYS CAN TREAT YOU LIKE TRASH, AND DOGS DO LOVE TRASH

DOWN WITH THE CHICKENBUMPS YOU CAME: KERPLUNK

FIFTEEN AND SMOOTH...

GARY ASLEEP IN HIS RECLINER...

HE ACHIEVED HIS ESCAPE: JOHN WESLEY

HE IMITATES HIS WIFE: NO YOUNG DROP FROM THE GAP

HE MUST HAVE BEEN A DEEJAY THIS ONE...

HE PLEASURES ME: A NASTY FLICK. QUIESCENT

HE'D MAKE MY BED JUMBLE AND SQUEAK...

HEAVEN IS A DISCOTHEQUE...

HERE COMES THE WELCOME WAGON WITH ITS

HOW HIS BODY STOOD AGAINST A THICKET...

HOW WOULD ED LOWER HIMSELF TO SLEEP WITH HER...

I WORE THE GREEN BANDANNA AS OFTEN AS I COULD...

IN THE COURSE OF TRAVEL: STRYCHNINE EVERY FEW HOURS. SOME ITALIAN..

IN THE NEW GENESIS: A PART OF HIS SKELETON BECAME ME. SHAPED ME

INTOLERABLE PHOENIX: THE PRAIRIE...

JACKBOOTED. BUTTONFLYED...

KENNY LOST IN THE MINESHAFT AMONG SILVER STALACTITES...

MANNEQUINS FROM THE SAME LUMBER...

MAYBE HE WEARS MY TROUSERS: LAGNIAPPE

MORNINGS SAGGED AND CREAKED IN BED...

MY BACK IS NOT STRAIGHT...

MY FATHER AND ME IN HOLLYWOOD: FADING AND RISING STARLETS

MY FATHER AND ME MAKING DRESSES: TOGETHER

MY FINGERS HAVE PERFORMED THEIR SERVICES: CHURCH STEEPLE PEOPLE

MY LOT TO SPIN THE PURPLE: THAT THE TABERNACLE SHOULD BE MADE

MY LOVER MY PHLEBOTOMIST. HIS ELASTIC FINGERS ENCIRCLE MY ARM

MY NECK A TOOTHSOME FEEDING GROUND...

MY RICHES I HAVE SQUANDERED. SPREAD WITH HONEY

MY SISTER-IN-LAW NEVER UTTERED HIS NAME...

MY STASIS MUST CONFOUND YOU...

NICHOLAS THE RIDICULOUS...

NOT EVEN WANTING TO BE THE GLAMOR PUSS...

NOT JUST THAT YOU AND I GOT STARRY-EYED-...

NOT THE TREATS OF QUINCE BLOSSOMS. IN THIS RAINY CYCLE THE YARDS

NOW THE MIRRORED ROOMS SEEM COMIC...

OF ALL THE MODERN DIVISIONS: TIME SPLITS

OLD AGE KEEPS ITS RESERVATION. NOSTALGIA

ONLY THE CRUISY TOILETS WILL SUFFER THIS RASCAL...

ORPHANS OF CAREER DAY: THE CHOICEST LIVES ALREADY

OUR FAMILY WAS TOLERANT OF EVEN ANTI-CHRISTS...

PIANO STRINGS SEVERED...

REMEMBERING THE TASTE OF SKIN: DIM PREHISTORY OF DIVES

ROBE AND PAJAMAS, STEADFAST AND SOFTER THAN ANYONE WHO TOUCHED ME

ROLLINGSTOCK CLATTERS THROUGH TOWN AND YOUR CELLS URGE TO HOP IT...

SCOTT AT ARM'S LENGTH...

SHE WAS NOT EXPECTING ANOTHER GENTLEMAN CALLER...

SHEET WRAPPED AS A BURNOOSE. ABOUT HIS HEAD

SIMPLE ENDINGS OVERLAP: GRIEF IS INTERFERENCE

SLASHED HIS FOOT AS A BOY. HEEL TO TOE

SLEEK MECHANICAL DART:...

SLIGHTLY FOETID, FOETAL AND STOOPED. AN AFTERBIRTH OF RAGS

SOUNDING THE DEPTHS: SHE SLIDES INTO THE BATH

SPLAT IN THE OATMEAL: GRANDDADDY FACEDOWN

SPLITZVILLE FOR ANN AND MARK: THE TOURNIQUET

STUDS AND RINGS: FAVORS OF THE PIERCING PARTY

TALL AND THIN AND YOUNG AND LOVELY THE MICHAEL WITH KAPOSI'S...

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION OF BURIAL

CITY IS DYING TO BE STYLISH...

CRASH DIVIDES MY LIFE...

DADDY PURRS...

FUTURE ROSE: AN A-FRAME ON THE CUMBERLAND

GOODBYE TO NASTY HABITS ANNUAL BALL...

HEAVENLY NOISE OF DOMESTICITY MURMURS IN THE KITCHEN: CLINK

ICE HADN'T CRACKED. STINGY GROUND: FROZEN WITH ITS HOARD OF ...

LAST DOG OF THIS BOYISHNESS IS PUT TO SLEEP...

MERIT OF READING TEA:...

MIND IS A SHAPELY GENITAL. FACES: ELABORATE

MINOTAUR AT SUPPER: SPARE THE NORITAKE AND THE SPODE

RAIN DELIBERATELY FALLS: AS AN OLDER BOY'S HAND

SAD PART OF LIVING IS EATING AND DYING

THICKNESSES OF VICTOR DECREASED:...

THESE MOVES WERE NOT ACQUIRED OVERNIGHT...

THINKING THE THINK THAT FALLS AWAY: MY SOUL HE HAS NO HOURS TO WASTE

THIRD-WORLD HUNGER STRIKES YOU. MIDTOWN BUS

THIS IS MY LAST TRICK...

THIS IS WHAT YOU LOVE: MORE PEOPLE, YOU REMEMBER

THIS LITTLE KIDDIE LIKED FLOORS...

THIS LITTLE TREATMENT HAS SIDE EFFECTS

TO END AND TO OPEN WITH A FIELD...

WE ALL CARRY SIGNS OF OUR OBSESSIONS

WHAT DIRECTION WILL YOU TAKE WHEN THE UNIVERSE COLLAPSES...

WHAT HAPPENED TO SIGNIFICANT OUT OF BED...

WHEN DEMENTIA BEGINS: ALMOST MAKES SENSE LIKE HAMBURGER TRANSLATIONS

WHO WON'T PRAISE GREEN...

WINTER MOON SUMMER MOON BUDDING MOON BARELY MOON

WOMEN STITCHING APRON CORNERS TOGETHER. NEIGHBORLY

YOU DON'T HAVE SYPHILIS. THE DOCTOR SAYS

YOU'D WANT TO GO TO THE REUNION: SEE

YOU'RE THIN AGAIN HANDSOME. IN OUR LAST

YOUR SHINY BUCKLE UNFASTENS AT LAST...

YOUR TORSO: ENTICING TO INSECTS. LIKE ME

ELEGY

EPITHALAMION

FIRST FUGUE

ODE

PERSONAL

SECOND FUGUE

SONNET

SONNET

TRIPTYCH

UNTITLED



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