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JOHN UPDIKE

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Poems found: 686

22-Feb

3 A.M.

61 AND 2/3

61 AND 2/3

A MODEST MOUND OF BONES

A PEAR LIKE A POTATO

A RACK OF PAPERBACKS

A RESCUE

A SONG OF PATERNAL CARE

A VISION

ACADEMY

ACCUMULATION

ACCUMULATION

AERIE

AERIE

AGATHA CHRISTIE AND BEATRIX POTTER

AIR SHOW

AIR SHOW

AIRPORT

AMEOBA

AMERICANA

AMISH

AN IMAGINABLE CONFERENCE

AN ODE

AN OPEN LETTER TO VOYAGER II

ANGELS

ANOTHER DOG'S DEATH

ANOTHER DOG'S DEATH

ANTIGUA

ANTIGUA

APOLOGIES TO HARVARD; THE PHI BETA KAPPA POEM, 1973

APOLOGIES TO HARVARD; THE PHI BETA KAPPA POEM, 1973

AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW

AUGUST

AUTHORS' RESIDENCES

AUTHORS' RESIDENCES

AVERAGE EGYPTIAN FACES DEATH

AZORES

AZORES

B.W.I.

B.W.I.

BACK BAY

BACK BAY

BACK FROM VACATION

BACK FROM VACATION

BASEBALL

BATH AFTER SAILING

BATH AFTER SAILING

BEAUTIFUL BOWEL MOVEMENT

BEAUVAIS

BEAUVAIS

BEFORE THE MIRROR

BENDIX

BENDIX

BICYCLE CHAIN

BINDWEED

BINDWEED

BIRD CAUGHT IN MY DEER NETTING

BITTER LIFE

BLESSING

BLKED

BOIL

BOIL

BRAZIL

BRIDGE

BURNING TRASH

BURNING TRASH

BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCES

CALDER'S HANDS

CALDER'S HANDS

CALENDAR

CALENDAR

CALIGULA'S DREAM

CALIGULA'S DREAM

CAMERA

CAMERA

CAPACITY

CARS IN CARACAS CREATE A RUCKUKUS

CELERY

CELERY

CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

CHARLESTON

CHICORY

CHICORY

CHLOE'S POEM

CLAN

CLASSICAL OPTICAL

CLOUD SHADOWS

CLOUD SHADOWS

CODE

COLONOSCOPY

COMMENCEMENT, PINGREE SCHOOL

COMMENCEMENT, PINGREE SCHOOL

COMP. RELIGION

COMP. RELIGION

COMPLIMENT

COMPLIMENT

CONDO MOON

CONDO MOON

CONVERSATION

CONVERSATION

CORINTH, MS

CORPUS CHRISTI

CORPUS CHRISTI

COSMIC GALL

COSMIC GALL

COURTESY CALL

COURTESY CALL

CRAB CRACK

CRAB CRACK

CUNTS

CUNTS

DAUGHTER

DAUGHTER

DEA EX MACHINA

DEA EX MACHINA

DEATH IN VENICE

DECEMBER, OUTDOORS

DECOR

DECOR

DEITIES AND BEASTS

DEITIES AND BEASTS

DEJA, INDEED

DESCENT OF MR. ALDEZ

DIFFERENT ENDING

DILEMMA IN THE DELTA

DOG'S DEATH

DOG'S DEATH

DOWN TIME

DOWN TIME

DREAM AND REALITY

DREAM AND REALITY

DREAM OBJECTS

DUE RESPECT

DUE RESPECT

DUET ON MARS

DUET, WITH MUFFLED BRAKE DRUMS

DUET, WITH MUFFLED BRAKE DRUMS

DUTCH CLEANSER

DUTCH CLEANSER

EACH SUMMER'S SWALLOWS

EACH SUMMER'S SWALLOWS

EARTHWORM

EARTHWORM

EAST HAMPTON-BOSTON BY AIR

EAST HAMPTON-BOSTON BY AIR

ELDERLY SEX

ELDERLY SEX

ELM

ELM

ENEMIES OF A HOUSE

ENEMIES OF A HOUSE

ENERGY: A VILLANELLE

ENERGY: A VILLANELLE

ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT

ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT

EROTIC EPIGRAMS

EROTIC EPIGRAMS: 1

EROTIC EPIGRAMS: 2

EROTIC EPIGRAMS: 3

EURYDICE

EURYDICE

EVEN EGRETS ERR

EVENING CONCERT, SAINTE-CHAPELLE

EVENING CONCERT, SAINTE-CHAPELLE

EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER

EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER

EXPOSE

EXPOSURE

EXPOSURE

FALL

FAREWELL TO THE SHOPPING DISTRICT OF ANTIBES

FARGO

FARGO

FEBURARY 22

FELLATIO

FELLATIO

FEVER

FEVER

FIREWORKS

FLECKLINGS

FLIGHT TO LIMBO

FLIGHT TO LIMBO

FLIRT

FLURRY

FLY

FLY

FOOD

FOOD

FRITILLARY

FROM ABOVE

FROST

FURNITURE

GENERIC COLLEGE

GLASSES

GLASSES

GOLFERS

GOLFERS

GOODBYE, GOTEBORG

GOODBYE, GOTEBORG

GRADATIONS OF BLACK (THIRD FLOOR, WHITNEY MUSEUM)

GRADATIONS OF BLACK (THIRD FLOOR, WHITNEY MUSEUM)

GRANDDAUGHTER, FIRST MEETING

GRANITE

GREAT SCARF OF BIRDS

GRIEF OF CAFETERIAS

HANDKERCHIEFS OF KHAIBAR KHAN

HEAD OF A GIRL, AT THE MET

HEADING FOR NANDI

HEADING FOR NANDI

HEDGE

HIGH-HEARTS

HOEING

HOEING

HOME MOVIES

HOSPITAL

HOT WATER

HOUSE GROWING

HOW TO BE UNCLE SAM

HOW TO BE UNCLE SAM

HUMANITIES COURSE

HUMANITIES COURSE

I MISSED HIS BOOK, BUT I READ HIS NAME

I MISSED HIS BOOK, BUT I READ HIS NAME

IDYLL

IMAGINABLE CONFERENCE

IN EXTREMIS

IN EXTREMIS

IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM FELIS FELIS

IN PRAISE OF (C10H9O5)X

IN PRAISE OF (C10H9O5)X

IN THE CEMETERY HIGH ABOVE SHILLINGTON

INDIANAPOLIS

INSOMNIA THE GEM OF THE OCEAN

INSOMNIA THE GEM OF THE OCEAN

INVALID KEYSTROKE

IOWA

IOWA

ISLAND CITIES

ISLAND CITIES

ISLAND SUN

JACOPO PONTORMO

JACOPO PONTORMO

JANUARY

JANUARY

JESUS AND ELVIS

JOLLY GREENE GIANT

JULY

JUNE

KENNETHS

KLIMT AND SCHIELE CONFRONT THE CUNT

L'ECOLE BERLITZ

L.A.

L.A.

LAMENT, FOR COCOA

LAMENT, FOR COCOA

LAMPLIGHT

LANDING IN THE RAIN AT LA GUARDIA

LANDING IN THE RAIN AT LA GUARDIA

LATE JANUARY

LATE JANUARY

LEAVING CHURCH EARLY

LEAVING CHURCH EARLY

LES SAINTS NOUVEAUX

LES SAINTS NOUVEAUX

LIGHT SWITCHES

LIGHT SWITCHES

LITERARY DUBLIN

LITTLE POEMS

LIVING WITH A WIFE

LIVING WITH A WIFE, SELS.

LONG SHADOW

LONG SHADOW

MAPLES IN A SPRUCE FOREST

MAPLES IN A SPRUCE FOREST

MARCH: A BIRTHDAY POEM

MARCH: A BIRTHDAY POEM

MARCHING THROUGH A NOVEL

MARCHING THROUGH A NOVEL

MARRIAGE COUNSEL

MARRIAGE COUNSEL

MAY

MAY

MEDITATION ON A NEWS ITEM

MELANCHOLY OF STORM WINDOWS

MELTING

MENAGERIE AT VERSAILLES IN 1775

MIAMI

MIDPOINT

MILADY REFLECTS

MILADY REFLECTS

MILLIPEDE

MIME

MINORITY REPORT

MINORITY REPORT

MISS MOORE AT ASSEMBLY

MITES

MOBILE OF BIRDS

MOBILE OF BIRDS

MODERATE

MODEST MOUND OF BONES

MODIGLIANI'S DEATH MASK; FOGG MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE

MODIGLIANI'S DEATH MASK; FOGG MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE

MONEY

MONTY

MOONS OF JUPITER

MOSQUITO

MOUNTAIN IMPASSE

MOUNTAIN IMPASSE

MOUSE SEX

MOUSE SEX

MOVIE HOUSE

MR. HIGH-MIND

MR. HIGH-MIND

MUNICH

MUNICH

MY CHILDREN AT THE DUMP

NAKED APE

NATURAL QUESTION

NATURAL QUESTION

NATURE

NEOTENY

NEW ORLEANS

NEWLYWEDS

NEWS FROM THE UNDERWORLD

NIGHT FLIGHT, OVER OCEAN

NIGHT FLIGHT, OVER OCEAN

NOT CANCELLED YET

NOT CANCELLED YET

NOTE TO THE PREVIOUS TENANTS

NOTE TO THE PREVIOUS TENANTS

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

NUDA NATENS

OCTOBER

ODDLY LOVELY DAY ALONE

ODE

ODE III.II: HORACE

ODE TO ROT

OHIO: 1

OHIO: 1

OHIO: 2

OHIO: 2

OLD-FASHIONED LIGHTNING ROD

OMEGA

OMEGA

ON AN ISLAND

ON AN ISLAND

ON INCLUSION OF MINIATURE DINOSAURS. BREAKFAST CEREAL BOXES

ON INCLUSION OF MINIATURE DINOSAURS. BREAKFAST CEREAL BOXES

ON THE RECENTLY MINTED HUNDRED-CENT PIECE

ON THE ROAD

ON THE WAY TO DELPHI

ON THE WAY TO DELPHI

ONE TOUGH KERATOSIS

ONE TOUGH KERATOSIS

ONE-YEAR-OLD

OPEN LETTER TO VOYAGER II

OPTICAL HYPERTENSION

ORIGIN OF LAUGHTER

ORTHODONTIA

ORVIETO

ORVIETO

OVERHEAD RACK

OXFORD, THIRTY YEARS AFTER

OXFORD, THIRTY YEARS AFTER

PAIN

PAIN

PAINTED WIVES

PAINTED WIVES

PALE BLISS

PALE BLISS

PARTY KNEE

PARTY KNEE

PASTORAL

PEAR LIKE A POTATO

PENUMBRAE

PENUMBRAE

PERFECTION WASTED

PERFECTION WASTED

PHENOMENA

PHILOLOGICAL

PIET

PILLOW

PILLOW

PLANTING A MAILBOX

PLANTING A MAILBOX

PLANTING TREES

PLANTING TREES

PLAYER PIANO

PLAYER PIANO

PLOW CEMETERY

PLOW CEMETERY

POEM FOR A FAR LAND

POISONED IN NASSAU

POMPEII

POOEM

POOEM

POP SMASH, OUT OF ECHO CHAMBER

POPULAR REVIVALS 1956

POPULAR REVIVALS 1956

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: KIEV

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: KIEV

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: LENINGRAD

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: LENINGRAD

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: MOSCOW

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: MOSCOW

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: TBILISI

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: TBILISI

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: YEREVAN

POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: YEREVAN

POSTCARDS ON MY WINDOW LEDGE

PRAGUE, AGAIN

PRAGUE, AGAIN

PUBLIUS VERGILUS MARO, THE MADISON AVENUE HICK

PUBLIUS VERGILUS MARO, THE MADISON AVENUE HICK

PURA VIDA

PURA VIDA

QUERY

QUERY

RACK OF PAPERBACKS

RADIATORS

RAINING IN MAGENS BAY

RAINSPOUT

RATS

RATS

READING, PA

REALITY

RECITAL; ROGER BOBO GIVES RECITAL ON TUBA

RECITAL; ROGER BOBO GIVES RECITAL ON TUBA

REEL

RELATIVES

RELATIVES

RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION

REPORT OF HEALTH

REPORT OF HEALTH

REQUIEM

RESCUE

RETURNING NATIVE

RETURNING NATIVE

REVELATION

REVELATION

RICHMOND

RICHMOND

RIO DE JANEIRO

RIO DE JANEIRO

ROCKETTES

ROMAN PORTRAIT BUSTS

ROMAN PORTRAIT BUSTS

ROOM 28; NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON

SAILS ON ALL-SAINTS DAY

SAND DOLLAR

SAO PAULO

SAYING GOODBYE TO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN

SCENIC

SCENIC

SEA KNELL

SEAGULLS

SEAGULLS

SEAL IN NATURE

SEATTLE UPLIFT

SEATTLE UPLIFT

SELF-SERVICE

SELF-SERVICE

SENSUALIST

SEVEN NEW WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE MOON

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL PROCESSES: ODE TO HEALING

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL PROCESSES: ODE TO HEALING

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL PROCESSES: ODE TO ROT

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL PROCESSES: ODE TO ROT

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: ODE TO ENTROPY

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: ODE TO ENTROPY

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: ODE TO GROWTH

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: ODE TO GROWTH

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: TO CRYSTALLIZATION

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: TO EVAPORATION

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: TO EVAPORATION

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: TO FRAGMENTATION

SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL RESOURCES: TO FRAGMENTATION

SEVEN STANZAS AT EASTER

SEVEN STANZAS AT EASTER

SHAVING MIRROR

SHILLINGTON

SHILLINGTON

SHIPBORED

SHIPBORED

SHORT DAYS

SHUTTLE

SIN CITY, D.C.

SIN CITY, D.C.

SKYEY DEVELOPMENTS

SKYEY DEVELOPMENTS

SLEEPING WITH YOU

SLEEPING WITH YOU

SLEEPLESS IN SCARSDALE

SLUM LORDS

SMALL-CITY PEOPLE

SNAPSHOTS

SNOWDROPS 1987

SOLITAIRE

SOLITAIRE

SOLITARY POND

SOME FRENCHMEN

SOME FRENCHMEN

SOMETIME SPORTSMAN GREETS THE SPRING

SOMEWHERE

SONG OF MY SELF

SONG OF MY SELF

SONG OF PATERNAL CARE

SONG OF THE OPEN FIREPLACE

SONIC BOOM

SONIC BOOM

SONNET TO MAN-MADE GRANDEUR

SONNET TO MAN-MADE GRANDEUR

SONNET: THE DYING PHOBIAC TAKES HIS FEARS WITH HIM

SONNET: TRY - NO MORE ACCESS TO HER UNDERPANTS

SOUND HEARD EARLY ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY

SOUTH OF THE ALPS

SPANISH SONNETS: 1

SPANISH SONNETS: 1

SPANISH SONNETS: 2

SPANISH SONNETS: 3

SPANISH SONNETS: 4

SPANISH SONNETS: 5

SPANISH SONNETS: 5

SPANISH SONNETS: 6

SPANISH SONNETS: 7

SPANISH SONNETS: 8

SPRING SONG

SPRING SONG

SQUIRRELS MATING

SQUIRRELS MATING

STOLEN

STORY OF MY LIFE

STUNT FLIER

STYLES OF BLOOM

SUBTROPICAL NIGHT

SUBTROPICAL NIGHT

SUBURBAN MADRIGAL

SUBURBAN MADRIGAL

SUMMER: WEST SIDE

SUMMER: WEST SIDE

SUNDAY

SUNDAY IN BOSTON

SUNDAY IN BOSTON

SUNDAY RAIN

SUNDAY RAIN

SUNFLOWER

SUNFLOWER

SUNGLASSES

SUNSHINE ON SANDSTONE

SUPERMAN

SUPERMAN

SWITZERLAND

TAO IN THE YANKEE STADIUM BLEACHERS

TAO IN THE YANKEE STADIUM BLEACHERS

TASTE

TAX-FREE ENCOUNTER

TELEPHONE POLES

TELEPHONE POLES

THE AMISH

THE ANGELS

THE BEAUTIFUL BOWEL MOVEMENT

THE BLESSING

THE CLAN

THE DESCENT OF MR. ALDEZ

THE FURNITURE

THE GREAT SCARF OF BIRDS

THE HANDKERCHIEFS OF KHAIBAR KHAN

THE MENAGERIE AT VERSAILLES IN 1775

THE MILLIPEDE

THE MOSQUITO

THE NAKED APE

THE ORIGIN OF LAUGHTER

THE PLACE LEFT BEHIND

THE ROCKETTES

THE SOLITARY POND

THE SOMETIME SPORTSMAN GREETS THE SPRING

THE STORY OF MY LIFE

THE STUNT FLIER

THE VISIONS OF MACKENZIE KING

THE WITNESSES

THIN AIR

THOUGHTS WHILE DRIVING HOME

THOUGHTS WHILE DRIVING HOME

TICK

TIME'S FOOL

TIME'S FOOL

TO A BOX TURTLE

TO A BOX TURTLE

TO A DEAD FLAME

TO A FORMER MISTRESS, NOW DEAD

TO A WATERBED

TO A WATERBED

TO A WELL-CONNECTED MOUSE

TO AN USHERETTE

TO ED SISSMAN

TO ED SISSMAN

TO TWO OF MY CHARACTERS

TO TWO OF MY CHARACTERS

TOME THOUGHTS, FROM THE 'TIMES'

TOME THOUGHTS, FROM THE 'TIMES'

TOOCHACHE MAN

TOOLS

TOOLS

TOPSFIELD FAIR

TOSSING AND TURNING

TOSSING AND TURNING

TOUCH OF SPRING

TOUCH OF SPRING

TRANSPARENT STRATAGEMS

TRAVEL TIPS

TREES EAT SUNSHINE

TROPICAL BEETLES

TSOKADZE O ALTITUDO

TULSA

TULSA

TUNE IN, AMERICAN TYPE

TWO CUNTS IN PARIS

TWO HOPPERS; DISPLAYED IN THE THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION

TWO LIMERICKS FOR THE ELDERLY: 1

TWO LIMERICKS FOR THE ELDERLY: 1

TWO LIMERICKS FOR THE ELDERLY: 2

TWO LIMERICKS FOR THE ELDERLY: 2

TWO SONNETS ...: NO MORE ACCESS TO HER UNDERPANTS

TWO SONNETS ...: THE DYING PHOBIAC TAKES HIS FEARS WITH HIM

TYPICAL OPTICAL

UPON BECOMING A SENIOR CITIZEN

UPON LEARNING .. A TOWN EXISTS IN VIRGINIA CALLED UPPERVILLE

UPON LEARNING THAT A BIRD EXISTS CALLED THE TURNSTONE

UPON LEARNING THAT A BIRD EXISTS CALLED THE TURNSTONE

UPON LOOKING INTO SYLVIA PLATH'S LETTERS HOME

UPON LOOKING INTO SYLVIA PLATH'S LETTERS HOME

UPON SHAVING OFF ONE'S BEARD

UPON SHAVING OFF ONE'S BEARD

UPON THE LAST DAY OF HIS FORTY-NINTH YEAR

UPON WINNING ONE'S FLIGHT IN THE SENIOR FOUR-BALL

V.B. NIMBLE, V.B. QUICK

V.B. NIMBLE, V.B. QUICK

VENETIAN CANDY

VENETIAN CANDY

VERMONT

VERMONT

VERO BEACH BIRTHDAY

VERO BEACH BIRTHDAY

VIBRATION

VIDEO

VISION

VISIONS OF MACKENZIE KING

VOW

WAITING ROOMS: BOSTON LYING-IN

WAITING ROOMS: BOSTON LYING-IN

WAITING ROOMS: MASS. MENTAL HEALTH

WAITING ROOMS: MASS. MENTAL HEALTH

WASH

WASH

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON: TOURIST VIEW

WHITE DWARF

WHITE DWARF

WHY THE TELEPHONE WIRES DIP & POLES ARE CRACKED & CROOKED

WHY THE TELEPHONE WIRES DIP & POLES ARE CRACKED & CROOKED

WIDENER LIBRARY, READING ROOM

WIDENER LIBRARY, READING ROOM

WIND

WIND

WINTER OCEAN

WINTER OCEAN

WITHIN A QUAD

WITNESSES

WOODEN DARNING EGG

WORKING OUTDOORS IN WINTER

WORLDLY MONK'S SONG

YOU WHO SWIM

YOUNG MATRONS DANCING

YOUTH'S PROGRESS

YOUTH'S PROGRESS

ZIP CODE ODE

ZIP CODE ODE

ZOO BATS

ZULUS LIVE IN LAND WITHOUT A SQUARE

ZULUS LIVE IN LAND WITHOUT A SQUARE



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