Classic and Contemporary Poets

DIANE WAKOSKI

Poems found: 570

5 OF STAVES (WANDS): YOUNG MEN FIGHTING OR PLAYING

A POET RECOGNIZING THE ECHO OF THE VOICE

AFTER EDWARD HOPPER'S MARBLETOP TABLE: A SESTINA FOR ANNE WALDMAN

AFTER MOVING THE PLANTS TO SATURN

AGING IN DUBROVNIK

ALL THE PAPERWEIGHTS I'VE NEVER BOUGHT FROM YOU

AMARYLLIS ON THAMES

ANGEL WIRE OR RECEIVING A SURPRISE RESURRECTION TELEGRAM

ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD

APPARITIONS ARE NOT SINGULAR OCCURENCES

APPARITIONS ARE NOT SINGULAR OCCURRENCES

ARCHEOLOGY OF MOVIES AND BOOKS

ARGONAUT ROSE: AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA

ASIAN GAY DISCO IN LA

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

BEAUTY OF UN-USED THINGS

BIRDS OF PARADISE BEING VERY PLAIN BIRDS

BLACKJACK SESTINA

BLACKJACK SESTINA

BLESSING ODE FOR A MAN WITH FISHBONES AROUND HIS NECK

BLUE DRESS/AIRMAIL LETTER

BLUE JAY AT THE NEARLY EMPTY FEEDER

BLUE SUEDE SHOES

BOTTICELLI'S EDGES

BOTTICELLI'S EDGES

BRAISED LEEKS & FRAMBOISE

BREAKFAST AT GEORGE & MOLLY WICKES'

BUDDHA INHERITS 6 CARS ON HIS BIRTHDAY

BUTCHER'S APRON

BUTTERFLIES ARE SHADOW SHAPES

CALIFORNIA GIRL

CALIFORNIAN FIGHTS AGAINST THE OLD NEW ENGLAND TRADITIONS

CARDINAL AT THE FEEDER

CARLA BOUCHER EATS POPPIES IN SANTA FE

CELLOPHANE BURN

CHAMPAGNE LIGHT

CHILD, A WASP, AND AN APRICOT TREE

CITY OF LIGHTS (LAS VEGAS)

CLEARING THE PALETTE

CLINT'S BOTTLE OF 1977 CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE

CLOAK OF FOLDED WINGS

COBRA LILIES IN THE SUPERMARKET

COFFEE DRINKER (1)

COFFEE DRINKER (2)

COINS AND COFFINS UNDER MY BED

COINS AND COFFINS UNDER MY BED

CONTROL IS ABOUT POSSESSION

COSTA RICAN COFFEE

CRAIG'S CALIFORNIA FIRE

CRAIG'S HUMMINGBIRDS

CRAIG'S MUSE: WEARING THE GREEN

DANCING ON THE GRAVE OF A SON OF A BITCH

DANCING ON THE GRAVE OF A SON OF A BITCH

DANGEROUS HERMIT

DARK PROCESSION REVIEWED

DAVID & GEOFFREY

DIANE'S PERSONAL GHOST RANCH

DRIVING BARBARA'S SHORE

DUCHESS POTATOES

EATING A PLUM ON THE TERRACE

EATING GRAPES WITH THE ALGEBRAIST

EL CAMINO REAL (THE KING'S HIGHWAY)

ELEPHANT & THE BUTTERFLY MEET

ELIZABETH AND THE GOLDEN ORANGES

EMERALD TATTOOED ON MY ARM

EVOLUTION OF MORNING

EXAMINING MONEY

EYES OF LAURA MARS: AN ORCHID MYTH

FAILURES OF THE WORLD

FALLING WOMAN LEAVING THE GARDEN

FANNY'S COLD BLUE EYES

FATHER OF MY COUNTRY

FEAR OF FAT CHILDREN

FEW SILVER SCALES

FIFTEEN POEMS FOR A LUNAR ECLIPSE, SELS.

FILLING THE BOXES OF JOSEPH CORNELL

FINDING THE MOON (FLOWERS)

FOLLOW THAT STAGECOACH

FOR A MAN WHO LEARNED TO SWIM WHEN HE WAS SIXTY

FOR CATHERINE WHO SAYS SHE IS WUTHERING HEIGHTS

FOR CLINT IN EAST LANSING WHILE I AM SITTING ON THE ADRIATIC COAST

FOR LINDA'S MOTHER

FOR THE GIRL WITH HER FACE IN A ROSE

FRIGHTENING GREEN

FROM A GIRL IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION

FROM A GO TO BE, IF YOU CAN FIND IT

FROM SHELLS TO RADISHES

FROM THE FATHER OF MY COUNTRY

GABRIELLA'S INFLUENCE ON OUR VISION OF PLATO'S CAVE

GEOFFREY BENDS TO TIE MY SHOE

GEORGE WASHINGTON ABSENT FROM HIS COUNTRY

GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE LOSS OF HIS TEETH

GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE LOSS OF HIS TEETH

GEORGE WASHINGTON AT SAM'S TOWN

GEORGE WASHINGTON SENDS A PAIR OF SHOEBUCKLES

GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE

GEORGE WASHINGTON WRITES HOME ABOUT HARVESTING

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S AUTUMN

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CAMP CUPS

GEORGE WASHINGTON: THE WHOLE MAN

GREED, PART 10: A NOTE

GREED, PART 12: THE GREED TO BE FULFILLED

GREED, PART 13: THE GREED FOR CONTROL OVER DEATH & LIFE

GREED, PART 1: OF POLYGAMY

GREED, PART 2: OF ACCORD & PRINCIPLE

GREED, PART 3: THE GREED THAT IS NOT GREED

GREED, PART 4: INTRUDERS

GREED, PART 5: THE SHARK -- PARENTS & CHILDREN

GREED, PART 6: JEALOUSY -- A CONFESIONAL

GREED, PART 7: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

GREED, PART 8: THE DESIRE TO BE WHAT ONE IS NOT

GREED, PART 9: INTRODUCTION

GREED: 1. GLOVES OF FIRE: ALCHEMY

GREED: 10. DESERT CARP

GREED: 11. HONORING THE DISCOVERY OF ZERO

GREED: 12. MORNING'S SCARF OF GOLD

GREED: 13. THE MORNING OF THE ENCHANTRESS

GREED: 2. THE MIDAS CHOCOLATE

GREED: 3. FINGER EARS

GREED: 4. MEDEA'S SUMMER EYES

GREED: 5. GODDESS GOLD

GREED: 6. RAVEN OR SERPENT

GREED: 7. NIGHTHAWK

GREED: 8. POLISHING LIGHT

GREED: 9. MEETING THE ICE QUEEN

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

HANDICAPPED AT RISEN HOTEL

HANSEL AND GRETEL

HAVING REPLACED LOVE WITH FOOD & DRINK

HEALING GODDESSES

HELM'S BAKERY MAN

HELMETS OF BRONZE

HIS BEDROOM VOICE

HOT FLICKERS/MOVIE LIGHT

HOW DO YOU TELL A STORY

HUMAN HISTORY: ITS DOCUMENTS

HUMMINGBIRD LIGHT

HUMMINGBIRDS, DAZZLING IN FROM THE CALIFORNIA DESERT

I COME TO THE POETRY READING WEARING MY NEW SILVER SHOES

I HAVE HAD TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH MY FACE

ICE QUEEN'S CALLA LILY FINGERS

IMAGE IS NARRATIVE

IMAGINING EMILY'S EARLY SUMMER GARDEN

IMAGINING POINT DUME

IN RESPONSE TO GREY

IN SAN FRANCISCO

IN THE SECRET ROOM, EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON

INCIDENT OF CHERRIES AND PEACHES

JASON THE BETRAYER

JEALOUS SLOTS & THE TREE OF LIFE

JOYCE CAROL OATES PLAYS THE SATURN PIANO

JUSTICE IS REASON ENOUGH

JUSTICE IS REASON ENOUGH

KELLY AS THE MAGE

LADY IN THE GARDEN

LADY WHO DROVE ME TO THE AIRPORT

LAGUNA BEACH, RICH MAN'S TOWN

LAST WORD ON SEX

LEAF ON THE OUTDOOR TABLE

LESSONS OF SMOKED FISH, BEAR CLAWS & AMERICAN BARBECUE

LETTER WITH THE RING OF TRUTH

LIFE IS LIKE A GAME OF CARDS

LIGHT POEM FOR THE LION PAINTER WHO BAKES SCONES IN MICHIGAN

LISTENING TO D. H. LAWRENCE'S PANSIES

LISTENING TO WHALES

LOOKING FOR BEETHOVEN IN LAS VEGAS

LOVE LETTER POSTMARKED VAN BEETHOVEN

LOVE PASSES BEYOND THE INCREDIBLE HAWK OF INNOCENCE

LOVE TO MY ELECTRIC HANDMIXER

LUNCH WITH MIRIAM & TOBY

MAGELLANIC CLOUDS

MAKING A SACHER TORTE

MAN WHO SLURPS HIS DRINK

MAN WITH THE SHOE BUTTON EYES

MAP OF MICHIGAN

MEDEA THE SORCERESS

MEDEA THE SORCERESS

MEDEA'S CHARIOT

MEDEA'S CHILDREN

MEDIA, THE NEW SORCERESS

MEDITATION ON THE KING OF STAVES (WANDS)

MEDUSA IN THE CITY DUMP

MIRROR OF A DAY CHIMING MARIGOLD

MOLE AT CHLOE'S

MOON EXPLODES IN AUTUMN AS A MILKWEED POD

MOON SLIDES HER POINTED SLIPPER INTO THE DARKENING SKY

MORE LIGHT, MORE LIGHT

MORNING GLORIES

MOTORCYCLIST IN THE WOODS

MOVING THE CHAIR

MRS. VAN BLAIR'S AVIARY

MY AUNT ELLA MEETS THE BUDDHA ON HIS BIRTHDAY

MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COWBOYD

MY KNEES GO BEFORE THE FIRING SQUAD AT DAWN

MY MOTHER'S MILKMAN

MY MOTHER'S MILKMAN

NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHT

NELL'S BIRTHDAY

NEW MOON, A SCAR

NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE: THE MYTH OF REBIRTH IN BERKELEY

NIGHT RIDES OF MY NEIGHBOR, LORCA, THAT PREVENT SLEEP

NO MORE SOFT TALK

ODE TO A LEBANESE CROCK OF OLIVES

OLD JASON IN SAN JOSE

ON BARBARA'S SHORE

ON SATURN, AFTER M

ON THE BOARDWALK IN ATLANTIC CITY

ON THE SUBJECT OF ROSES

ON THE TERRACE AT POINT DUME

OPENING THE SUNRISE

ORCHIDS AT OLDSMOBILE

ORCHIDS GROWING ON THE GREEN FELT

ORDINARY OBJECTS/COILS OF BEAUTY

ORPHEUS AND ROSES: A WOMAN'S MYTH

OUR LADY OF THE CHANTERELLES

OVERNIGHT PROJECTS WITH WOOD

OVERWEIGHT POEM

PAMELA'S GREEN TOMATO PIE

PERFUME: 1. SHALIMAR

PERFUME: 2. BELLE DU JOUR

PERFUME: 3. AUTUMN

PERFUME: 4. BRAISED SHORT RIBS

PERSONAL & IMPERSONAL LANDSCAPES

PICTURE OF A GIRL DRAWN IN BLACK AND WHITE

PICTURE OF A GIRL DRAWN IN BLACK AND WHITE

PLACING A $2 BET FOR A MAN WHO WILL NEVER GO

POEM FOR A LITTLE BOY ON THE BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY

POET AT THE CARPENTER'S BENCH

POET RECOGNIZING THE ECHO OF THE VOICE

PONY EXPRESS RIDER

PORTRAIT OF A LADY

PRE-QUANTUM-THEORY UNIVERSE

PRECISELY, NOT VIOLETS

PUMPKIN PIE, OR REASSURANCES ARE ALWAYS FALSE; THOUGH WE LOVE THEM

QUEEN ANNE'S LACE

RAY AND THE WHITE CAMARO: A MEDITATION ON THE SILVER SCREEN

REACHING OUT WITH THE HANDS OF THE SUN

READING BONJOUR, TRISTESSE AT THE FLORENCE CRITTENDEN HOME

READING THE PHARMACIST'S DAUGHTER'S LETTERS

REALIZATION OF DIFFERENCE

RECOGNIZING THAT MY WRISTS ALWAYS HAVE SALMON

RED IN THE MORNING

RED SILK CLOTH AND THE PIKE STREET MARKET

REMINDED OF ONE OF THOSE GIRLS I NEVER WAS

REMOVED FROM NATURAL HABITAT

RIDING IN THE NEW TRUCK

ROBERT WAXES THE CAR

ROBERT'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

ROBERT'S YELLOW TOMATOES

ROLLER SKATE JAZZ

ROSENKAVALIER (KNIGHT OF THE ROSE)

ROSES AND SHAME

ROSY CORN GODDESS

ROSY TRICKSTER, OLD COYOTE

SADNESS ON ROBERT'S FACE

SALUTING THE SUN

SAPPHIRES & EMERALDS IN THE MAIL

SATURN'S RINGS: AS ESSAY ON TERRITORY

SCALDING THE POT

SCREW, A TECHNICAL LOVE POEM

SCREW, A TECHNICAL LOVE POEM

SEA THRIFT & GORSE

SEARCHING FOR THE CANTO FERMO

SEEING ROBERT IN THE CRYSTAL BALL

SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH HOPPER'S GLASSES

SESTINA FROM THE HOME GARDENER

SESTINA FROM THE HOME GARDENER

SESTINA TO THE COMMON GLASS OF BEER: I DO NOT DRINK BEER

SHE BENDS TO OFFER ME RUNNING SHOES

SHORT FABLE OF ENDURANCE AND PITY

SILVER COYOTE SONG

SILVER SURFER ON THE DESERT

SITTING AT HOPPER'S MARBLETOP TABLE

SKETCHING FLOWERS

SKETCHING ROSES

SLEEPING IN THE RING OF FIRE

SLICING ORANGES FOR JEREMIAH

SMALL BLOOD STAIN FOUND AFTER MAKING LOVE

SNOW ON IDUN'S APPLES

SNOWY WINTER IN EAST LANSING

SO COLD IN WINTER

SOME BRILLIANT SKY

SOME CONSTANTLY BESIEGED CASTLE

SOMETHING WHICH

SOMETIMES EVEN MY KNEES SMILE

STANDING AT THE DOOR

STARRY, STARRY, WINDOWS OF THE SOUL

STILL THINKING OF ORCHIDS

STORIES ABOUT MY LIFE

STORY OF RICHARD MAXFIELD

SUDDEN MENDENHALL GLACIER

SUMMER NUTHATCH SOMETIMES HANGS UPSIDE-DOWN

SUN BECOMES THE MOON

SUN GODS HAVE SUN SPOTS

SYLVESTER IN THE ARUGULA

TEARING UP MY MOTHER'S LETTERS

TEARING UP MY MOTHER'S LETTERS

TELLING YOU TRUE, ABOUT MY FANTASY LIFE

THANKING MY MOTHER FOR PIANO LESSONS

THANKING MY MOTHER FOR PIANO LESSONS

THANKING MY MOTHER FOR PIANO LESSONS

THE ASIAN GAY DISCO IN LA

THE DIAMOND DOG

THE DIAMOND DOG FOLLOWS ME TO THE COURT OF PONCE DE LEON

THE DUCHESS POTATOES

THE EMERALD TATTOOED ON MY ARM

THE FATHER OF MY COUNTRY

THE HITCHHIKERS

THE PUMPKIN PIE, OR REASSURANCES ARE ALWAYS FALSE; THOUGH WE LOVE THEM

THE STORY OF RICHARD MAXFIELD

THERE'S PLENTY OF ANGUISH AT THE RAILROAD

THOSE MYTHICAL SILVER PEARS

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

TO CELEBRATE MY BODY

TO THE THIN AND ELEGANT WOMAN WHO RESIDES INSIDE

UN MORCEAU EN FORME DE POIRE

UNCLE SAM IN THE WHITE HOUSE

UNPERMITTED SILENCE

USING HEATHER'S WOODEN SPOON

VALENTINE FOR BEN FRANKLIN WHO DRIVES A TRUCK IN C.A.

VALENTINE FOR BEN FRANKLIN WHO DRIVES A TRUCK IN CALIFORNIA

VIENNESE COFFEE

VIRTUOSO LITERATURE FOR TWO AND FOUR HANDS

VOLCANIC ASHES SMEARED ON THE SATURN MAP

WAITING FOR JASON

WAITING FOR THE MORNING GLORIES

WAITING FOR THE MORNING GLORIES

WAITING FOR THE NEW TOM CRUISE MOVIE: SUMMER '88

WAKOSKI VISITS SATURN

WALKING IN THE HERB GARDEN WITH BARBARA DRAKE

WALKING PAST PAUL BLACKBURN'S APT. ON 7TH ST

WARNING TO THE MAN IN RECEIVING AT SEARS

WATCHING THE DRINKERS OF GRAND MARNIER AT THE PEANUT BARREL

WEARING THE SILVER SHOES

WHAT OTHERS HEAR

WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

WHAT WOULD TENNESSEE WILLIAMS HAVE SAID

WHEN BREAKFAST IS BROUGHT BY THE MORNING STAR

WHEN CANNED PEACHES TURN INTO MAPLELIGHT

WHEN YOU THROW AMBER INTO THE WELL OF THE MOON

WHEN YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE STUDY THE BIRDS

WHITE AS SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCKS

WHITE LAS VEGAS

WHITE SHIRT IN THE CLASSROOM

WHY HE LOVES JOHN LENNON

WHY I AM NOT A PAINTER

WHY MY MOTHER LIKES LIBERACE

WINTER POEM FOR TONY WEINBURGER ...

WINTER SUNSHINE

WOMAN WHO WEARS GREY

YELLOW BRICK ROAD

YELLOW TULIPS & THE QUESTION OF BEAUTY

YOUR SISTER IN JAIL

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