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CHARLES SIMIC

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Poems found: 635

A BOOK FULL OF PICTURES

ABSENT SPIDER

ADDRESS WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS

AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S ENCROACHING

AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S ENCROACHING

AGAINST WINTER

AGAINST WINTER

ALL THESE MIRRORS

AMBIGUITY'S WEDDING

AMOUR FOU

ANCIENT AUTUMN

ANCIENT ENGINES AND BEASTS

ANIMAL ACTS

ANIMAL ACTS

ANIMAL TRAINER

ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY

ANT AND THE BIRD

ARE RUSSIAN CANNIBALS WORSE THAN THE ENGLISH

ARTIST

AT THE COOKOUT

AT THE COOKOUT

AT THE NIGHT COURT

AT THE VACANCY SIGN

AT THE VACANCY SIGN

AUSTERITIES

AUTUMN AIR

AUTUMN SKY

AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

AX

BABY PICTURES OF FAMOUS DICTATORS

BABYLON

BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK

BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK

BALLAD

BALLAD OF THE WHEEL

BATTLING GRAYS

BEAUTY

BED

BED MUSIC

BEDTIME STORY

BEGGAR ON HOUSTON STREET

BEGOTTEN OF THE SPLEEN

BEGOTTEN OF THE SPLEEN

BESTIARY FOR THE FINGERS OF MY RIGHT HAND

BESTIARY FOR THE FINGERS OF MY RIGHT HAND

BETROTHAL

BIG MACHINE

BIG WAR

BIRD

BIRD

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

BIRTHDAY STAR ATLAS

BLINDMAN'S BLUFF

BLOOD ORANGE

BOOK FULL OF PICTURES

BOSS HIRES

BREAD

BREAKFAST

BREASTS

BREASTS

BRETHREN

BROOMS

BROOMS

BUTCHER SHOP

BUTCHER SHOP

CABBAGE

CACKLE

CAFE PARADISO

CAGED FORTUNETELLER

CAMEO APPEARANCE

CAMEO APPEARANCE

CARAVAN

CHAIR

CHARLES SIMIC

CHARM SCHOOL

CHARON'S COSMOLOGY

CHARON'S COSMOLOGY

CHESSBOARD OF THE SOUL

CHICKEN WITHOUT A HEAD

CHILD RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

CHILDHOOD OF PARMENIDES

CHILDHOOD STORY

CHORUS FOR ONE VOICE

CITY

CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES

CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES

CLEAR AND THE OBSCURE

CLEO DE MERODE

CLEO DE MERODE

CLOUDS GATHERING

CLOUDS GATHERING

CLUB MIDNIGHT

COAL

COCKROACH

COLD

COLD BLUE TINGE

COLLARD GREENS AND BLACK-EYE PEAS

COLLECTOR'S TWEEZERS

COME WINTER

COME WINTER

CONCERNING MY NEIGHBORS, TGHE HITTITES

CONCERNING MY NEIGHBORS, THE HITTITES

CONEY ISLAND INSIDE EVERY HEAD

CONGRESS OF THE INSOMNIACS

CONQUERING HERO IS TIRED

CONTRIBUTOR'S NOTE

CORNELL'S WHITE NIGHTS

COUNTRY FAIR

COUNTRY FAIR

COUNTRY LUNCH

CRAZY ABOUT HER SHRIMP

CRAZY ABOUT HER SHRIMP

CREPUSCULE WITH NELLIE

CREPUSCULE WITH NELLIE

CROWS

DANDELIONS

DARK CORNER

DARK FARMHOUSES

DARK TV SCREEN

DAY MARKED WITH A SMALL WHITE STONE

DEAD IN PHOTOGRAPHS

DEAR HELEN

DEAR ISAAC NEWTON

DEATH, THE PHILOSOPHER

DECEMBER

DECEMBER TREES

DEMONOLOGY (1)

DEMONOLOGY (2)

DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC MONUMENTS

DESCRIPTION

DISMANTLING THE SILENCE

DIVINE COLLABORATOR

DIVINE KALEIDOSCOPE

DOG ON A CHAIN

DOGS HEAR IT

DON'T WAKE THE CARDS

DON'T WAKE THE CARDS

DRAWING THE TRIANGLE

DRAWN TO PERSPECTIVE

DREAMSVILLE

DUERE'S HARE HISSES AND FALLS

EARLY EVENING ALGEBRA

EARLY MORNING IN JULY

EAST EUROPEAN COOKING

EL LIBRO DE LA SEXUALIDAD

ELEGY

ELEGY

ELEMENTARY COSMOGONY

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS, 11

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 1

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 10

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 2

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 3

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 4

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 5

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 6

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 7

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 8

ELEVEN PROSE-POEMS: 9

EMILY'S THEME

EMPEROR

EMPIRE OF DREAMS

EMPIRE OF DREAMS

ENTERTAINING THE CANARY

ERASER

ERRATA

ERRATA

EUCLID AVENUE

EUPHEMIA GRAY'S PUBIS

EVENING

EVENING CHESS

EVENING WALK

EVENING WALK

EVENING WITH THE MASTER

EVER SO TRAGIC

EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY ABOUT ME AND DR. FREUD

EVERYTHING'S FORESEEABLE. EVERYTHING'S FORESEEN

EXPLAINING A FEW THINGS

EXPLORERS

EXPLORERS

EYES FASTENED WITH PINS

EYES FASTENED WITH PINS

FABULOUS SPECIES

FALL DAY

FATHER OF LIES

FEAR

FEAR

FEBRUARY

FIGURE IN THE LANDSCAPE

FIGURING

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

FIRST FROST

FLY

FLY

FOLK SONGS

FOR THE LOVERS OF THE ABSOLUTE

FOR THE SAKE OF AMELIA

FOR THE SAKE OF AMELIA

FOR THE VERY SOUL OF ME

FORCE ILLEGIBLE

FOREST BIRDS

FOREST WALK

FORK

FORK

FREE THE GOLDFISH

FREE THE GOLDFISH

FRESH NOTIONS & CO.

FRIENDS OF HERACLITUS

FURNITURE MOVER

FURNITURE MOVER

GALLOWS ETIQUETTE

GAME

GAZE WE KNEW AS A CHILD

GHOST STORIES WRITTEN

GHOSTS

GHOSTS

GRANDMOTHER LOGIC

GRAVEYARD ON A HILL

GRAVITY

GREAT HORNED OWL

GREAT INFIRMITIES

GREAT PICNIC

GREEN LAMPSHADE

GRIM CONTINGENCIES

GROCERY

HAPPINESS

HAPPY END

HAPPY HARD TIMES

HARSH CLIMATE

HARSH CLIMATE

HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES

HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES?

HEALER

HEARING STEPS

HEIGHTS OF FOLLY

HEIGHTS OF FOLLY

HELP WANTED

HENRI ROUSSEAU'S BED

HENRI ROUSSEAU'S BED

HEROIC MOMENT

HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY BOOK

HISTORY OF COSTUMES

HITCHHIKERS

HITCHHIKERS

HOT NIGHT

HOTEL INSOMNIA

HOTEL INSOMNIA

HOTEL STARRY SKY

HOUSE

HOW TO PSALMODIZE

HURRICANE SEASON

I'M CHARLES

IMMORTAL

IMPLEMENTS OF AUGURY

IN A FOREST OF QUESTION MARKS YOU WERE NO BIGGER

IN A FOREST OF WHISPERS

IN ECSTASY OF SURRENDER

IN MIDSUMMER QUIET

IN PITTSFIELD

IN STRANGE CITIES

IN THE ALLEY

IN THE COURTHOUSE

IN THE LIBRARY

IN THE LIBRARY

IN THE RATHOLE

IN TIMES OF WIDESPREAD EVIL

INANIMATE OBJECT

INEXPLICABLE

INFINITE

INHERITANCE

INITIATE

INNER MAN

INNER MAN

INSOMNIACS' DEBATING SOCIETY

INTERLUDE

INVENTION OF NOTHING

IT WAS THE EPOCH OF THE MASTERS OF LEVITATION

IT'LL BURST INTO FLAMES

KITCHEN HELPER

KNIFE

LANDSCAPE WITH CRUTCHES

LATE ARRIVAL

LATE CALL

LATE SEPTEMBER

LATE TRAIN

LATE TRAIN

LE DAME E I CAVALIERI

LEAVES

LEAVING AN UNKNOWN CITY

LESSON

LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

LITTLE TEAR-GLAND THAT SAYS

LITTLE UNWRITTEN BOOK

LITTLE UNWRITTEN BOOK

LIVE AT CLUB MOZAMBIQUE

LONE TREE

LOST GLOVE

LOVE POEM

LOVE TALK

LOVE WORKER

MADONNAS TOUCHED UP WITH A GOATEE

MAGIC STUDY OF HAPPINESS

MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE

MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE

MAKERS OF LABYRINTHS

MAN

MAN ON THE DUMP

MANY ZEROS

MARCHING

MARCHING MUSIC

MARINA'S EPIC

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

MARKED PLAYING CARDS

MARVELS OF THE CITY

MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

MATCHES

MEANING

MEDICI SLOT MACHINE 1942-1952

MEDITATION IN THE GUTTER

MEMORY

MEN DEIFIED BECAUSE OF THEIR CRUELTY

MIDPOINT

MINDS ROAMING

MIRRORS AT 4 A.M.

MIRRORS AT 4 A.M.

MISFORTUNE ON THE WAY

MISS NOSTRADAMUS

MISSING CHILD

MUMMY'S CURSE

MUTTERING PERHAPS, OR HUMMING

MY DARLING PREMONITION

MY FATHER'S DREAM

MY FRIEND SOMEONE

MY MAGICIAN

MY PROGRESS ON STILTS

MY QUARREL WITH THE INFINITE

MY SHOES

MY SHOES

MY WEARINESS OF EPIC PROPORTIONS

MY WIFE LIFTS A FINGER TO HER LIPS

MYSTERY WRITER

MYSTIC LIFE

NANCY JANE

NAVIGATOR

NAVIGATOR

NEAREST NAMELESS

NEW YORK POEMS

NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF CARDS

NIGHT PICNIC

NORTH

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

NOTE

NOTE

NOTE SLIPPED UNDER A DOOR

NOTE SLIPPED UNDER A DOOR

NURSERY RHYME

O FADING MEMORY!

OBSCURE BEGINNINGS

OCTOBER ARRIVING

OCTOBER LIGHT

ODD SYMPATHIES

OFFICIAL INQUIRY AMONG THE GRAINS OF SAND

OLD COUPLE

OLD COUPLE

OLD MOUNTAIN ROAD

OLD POSTCARD OF 42ND STREET AT NIGHT

OLD WORLD

ON PRETEXT

ON THE ROAD TO SOMEWHERE ELSE

ON THE SAGGING PORCH

ON THIS VERY STREET IN BELGRADE

ON THURSDAY

ONCE-OVER

ONE TO WORRY ABOUT

ORACULO ASTRAL

OUR ANGELIC ANCESTOR

OUTSIDE A DIRTROAD TRAILER

OUTSIDE BIAGGI'S FUNERAL HOME

PAIN

PAINTERS OF ANGELS AND SERAPHIM

PARADISE MOTEL

PARADISE MOTEL

PART OF THE MISSING WHOLE

PARTIAL EXPLANATION

PAST THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL

PAST-LIVES THERAPY

PASTORAL

PASTORAL HARPSICHORD

PEACEFUL KINGDOM

PEACEFUL TREES

PIECES OF THE CLOCK LIE SCATTERED

PIETY

PIETY

PIGEONS AT DAWN

PIGEONS AT DAWN

PILLOW

PLACE

PLACE AT THE OUTSKIRTS

PLACE IN THE COUNTRY

POEM

POEM

POEM

POEM

POEM WITHOUT A TITLE

POEM WITHOUT A TITLE

POINT

POLICE DOGS IN A DOG-GROOMER'S WINDOW

POPULAR MECHANICS

POSITION WITHOUT A MAGNITUDE

POVERTY

PRIMER

PRISONER

PRIVATE EYE

PRIVATE EYE

PRODIGAL

PRODIGY

PRODIGY

PROMISES OF LENIENCY AND FORGIVENESS

PROMISES OF LENIENCY AND FORGIVENESS

PROMPTER

PROSE POEM

PSALM

PUPPET SHOW: HEROIC AGE

PUPPET SHOW: IN THE NIGHT

PUPPET SHOW: PUPPET

PUPPET SHOW: QUICK EATS

PUPPET SHOW: STOREFRONT CHURCH

PUPPET SHOW: THE MYSTIC HOUR

PUPPET-MAKER

PYRAMIDS AND SPHINXES

QUALITY OF LIGHT

QUICK EATS

QUIET TALK WITH ONESELF

RASKILNIKOV

READ YOUR FATE

READ YOUR FATE

READING HISTORY

RELAXING IN A MADHOUSE

RIDDLE

ROACH MOTEL

ROAD IN THE CLOUDS

ROADSIDE STAND

ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE

ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE

ROMANTIC SONNET

ROMANTIC SONNET

ROSALIA

ROUGH OUTLINE

RURAL DELIVERY

RUSTY KEY

SCARECROW

SCHOOL FOR DARK THOUGHTS

SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS

SECRET

SECRET HISTORY

SECRET OF THE YELLOW ROOM

SELF-PORTRAIT IN BED

SERVING TIME

SEVERE FIGURES

SHADOW PUBLISHING COMPANY

SHAVING AT NIGHT

SHELLEY

SHELLEY

SHIP OF FOOLS

SHIRT

SILENT CHILD

SIX PROSE POEMS

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FLIES

SLEEP

SLURRED WORDS

SOAP BUBBLE SET (1936)

SOLITUDE

SOLVING THE RIDDLE

SOME NIGHTS

SOMETHING

SPOON

SPOONS WITH REALISTIC DEAD FLIES ON THEM

SPRING

SQUINTING SUSPICIOUSLY

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

STONE

STONE

STORY OF HAPPINESS

STORY OF MY LUCK

STREAM

STREET

STREET CORNER THEOLOGY

STREET OF JEWELERS

STREET PREACHER

STREET SCENE

STREET VENTRILOQUIST

STRICTLY BUCOLIC

STRONG BOY

STUB ON A RED PENCIL

SUFFERING

SUITCASE STRAPPED WITH A ROPE

SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY

SUMMER MORNING

SUMMER MORNING

SUMMONS

SUNDAY PAPERS

SUNSET'S COLORING BOOK

TALKING TO LITTLE BIRDIES

TALKING TO LITTLE BIRDIES

TALKING TO THE CEILING

TAPESTRY

TAPESTRY

TATTOOED CITY

TATTOOED CITY

TERMS

TERRA INCOGNITA

THAT SLANT OF LIGHT

THE ALTAR

THE BATHER

THE BODY

THE CLOCKS OF THE DEAD

THE ELUSIVE SOMETHING

THE FLIES

THE FRIENDS OF HERACLITUS

THE GRASS

THE IMMORTAL

THE INITIATE

THE INNER MAN

THE INVITATION

THE LESSON

THE MAN ON THE DUMP

THE MELON

THE NORTH

THE OLDEST CHILD

THE PARTIAL EXPLANATION

THE PILLOW

THE PROMPTER

THE SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS

THE SOMETHING

THE SUPRFEME MOMENT

THE VICES OF THE EVENING

THE WHITE ROOM

THE WOODEN TOY

THEATRICAL COSTUMES

THEORY

THESE ARE POETS WHO SERVICE CHURCH CLOCKS

THESE HOMEMADE DOLLS ARE NO GOOD

THESEUS AND ARIADNE

THIS MORNING

THIS MORNING

THOUSAND YEARS WITH SOLITUDE

THUS

TIDBIT

TIGER

TO ALL HOG-RAISERS, MY ANCESTORS

TO HELEN

TO THE ONE TUNNELLING

TO THE ONE UPSTAIRS

TO THE ONE UPSTAIRS

TO THINK CLEARLY

TOAD'S POOLHALL

TOMB OF STEPHANE MALLARME

TOWARD NIGHTFALL

TOY FACTORY

TOY FACTORY

TRAGIC ARCHITECTURE

TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFE

TRAVELER IN A STRANGE LAND

TRAVELLING

TRAVELLING SLAUGHTERHOUSE

TREE OF SUBTLETIES

TREES AT NIGHT

TREES IN THE OPEN COUNTRY

TROUBLE WITH POETRY

TRUE HISTORY

TRUTH OF POETRY

TURN ON THE LIGHTS

TWO DOGS

TWO RIDDLES

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

UNSEEN HAND

UNTITLED (PINK PALACE) C. 1946-48

UNTITLED (WHITE BALLS IN COTS) MID 1950

UTOPIA CUISINE

VARIANT

VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE

VIA DEL TRITONE

VOICE FROM THE CAGE

VOYAGE TO CYTHERIA

VOYAHE TO CYTHERA

WALL

WANTED POSTER

WAR

WATCH REPAIR

WATCH REPAIR

WATCHING THE HEARSE

WATER

WATERMELONS

WATERMELONS

WE COMPREHEND BY AWE

WE WERE SO POOR

WEATHER OF THE SOUL

WHAT MOZART SAW ON MULBERRY STREET

WHAT THE GYPSIES TOLD MY GRANDMOTHER WHILE SHE WAS STILL A

WHAT THE WHITE HAD TO SAY

WHERE CHANCE MEETS NECESSITY

WHEREIN OBSCURELY

WHEREIN OBSCURELY

WHISPERS IN THE NEXT ROOM

WHITE

WHITE ROOM

WHITE: 1

WHITE: 2

WHOSE EYES TO CATCH, WHOSE EYES TO AVOID

WILLIAM AND CYNTHIA

WINDOW

WINDOW DECORATOR

WINDOW WASHER

WINDY EVENING

WINDY EVENING

WINTER EVENING

WINTER NIGHT

WINTER SUNSET

WITH CHARLES AND HOLLY AT GIUBBE ROSSE IN FLORENCE

WITH EYES VEILED

WITH HEART RACING

WITHOUT A SOUGH OF WIND

WOMAN AT THE BAR

WOODEN TOY

WORLD

WORLD DOESN'T END, SELS.

WORLD DOESN'T END, SELS.

WORM OF CONSCIENCE

WRITINGS OF THE MYSTICS



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