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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Author: BLACKBURN, PAUL Matches Found: 612 Blackburn, Paul Poet's Biography 612 poems available by this author (VALUES) COLD SOON First Line: It is a %goddamn 0.45 First Line: Rage, panic, and speed 15-JUL First Line: Over the river soundlessly 16 SLOPPY HAIKU First Line: I say what I mean 17.IV.71 First Line: My shoes %I have just taken them off Last Line: Infield bounce to the shortstop, out at first 1965 SEASON First Line: Bottom of 7th, the 24.II.64, NOTE TO KYOTO First Line: Clay, it is almost spring . The air 7TH GAME : 1960 SERIES Poem Text Recitation First Line: Nice day Last Line: Yanquis, come home Subject(s): Baseball 7TH GAME: 1960 SERIES First Line: Nice day %sweet october afternoon A DULL POEM Recitation by Author A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM Recitation by Author ABRI: COTE D'AMORE First Line: I am an unquiet bird ACCEPTING THE GIFT First Line: Wake at three ACCUMULATION OF HISTORIE First Line: Let us call it ACQUIRING A TEMPORARY CAT First Line: A toad %sitting there ACTION First Line: The old man eats AFFINITIES: 1 First Line: Montalban, no 3, piso 2. AFFINITIES: 2 First Line: Whey do gulls like AFFINITIES: 3 First Line: Walking out of louis zukofsky's new place AFTER DINNER First Line: The damm [or, small] cats disoblige to pose, she AFTERNOON MEMORIES First Line: She takes her bath first and then AFTERNOON, YEATS First Line: Dying is like this AGAINST THE SILENCE OF STAIRCASES First Line: Scrap %what we bindoin' all week . Blow AGAPE First Line: I had already gotten back in my pants ALAMEDA First Line: Monday morning early %sunday evening late ALBA First Line: Small clouds fill the edge of sky at dawn ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT First Line: Low mostly naked hills ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT, ALONG THE SANTA FE TRAIL Recitation by Author Subject(s): California ALPHABET SONG First Line: Before men %were gods, animals AND A MOXIE NEW YEAR TO YOU First Line: Look around %look alive ANGRY MAN SITS, MAKES HIS REVISIONS First Line: Thin as a rail, not pale, dark ANSWER TO TWO INSCRIPTIONS First Line: But the poet is he who writes ANY WINDOW OR YOU GIVE IT A FRAME First Line: Thin line of snow on the cornices ANYTHING YOU WANT Recitation by Author APR-69 First Line: Muddiness %of the columbia river is spring ART First Line: To write poems, say %is not a personal achievement ART TO WRITE POEMS AS IT ENDS Recitation by Author AS IT ENDS First Line: It is not just at night ASH WEDNESDAY, 1965 First Line: Do you fuck on a first date ASKELEPIADES VARIATION First Line: May I address you, aphrodite, goddess ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY First Line: Before trinity church ASSISTANCE First Line: On the farm it never mattered Last Line: It was the trail of the likewise drinking-man who preceded me %that gave me the courage AT THE CROSSROAD First Line: Close but far AT THE WELL Poem Text First Line: Here we are, see Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating AT THE WELL First Line: Here we are, see Last Line: Wheel your mounts about %there is nothing here Subject(s): Deserts; Food And Eating AT&T HAS MY DIME First Line: After your voice's frozen anger ATARDECER First Line: The waves come in from the north ATMOSPHERE OR HOW PUT IT TO YOU, RENDER AUGUST 1969: SOFTNESS First Line: Scrambled in the dark dug of dawn AYEM First Line: The hanger-smell of oil BACKWEEP / BLACK First Line: Sweep of the sea BAGGS First Line: Keep no names that give us not BAN ME THUOT First Line: Flat oneness %extending from the lido surfline without sting, the edge BANALBUFAR, A BRAZIER, RELATIVITY ... WARM AT THE SAME TIME First Line: End of february, %beginning of lent BARREL ROLL First Line: Peck slip . Smell of wholesale coffee BARRICADES TOMORROW: THE GUNS TODAY First Line: O god, it's all grey fistfuls BETWEEN SETS First Line: The bears are dancing BIRD POEM? WORD POEM First Line: Under the leaves of the plane tree BIRDS First Line: I want them to come here BIRDS: AMSTERDAM Recitation by Author Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands BIRDS; AMSTERDAM First Line: Flurry of fat sparrows hits the fence BK. OF NUMBERS First Line: My heart is 3. 7. 9 BLUEGRASS First Line: Field of blue-white BLUES FOR AUSTRYN WAINHOUSE First Line: In a stone room BODY HEAT First Line: Body heat escapes to the air BROOKLYN NARCISSUS Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Straight rye whiskey, 100 proof Last Line: The dirty window gives me back my face Subject(s): Subways BROOKLYN NARCISSUS First Line: Straight rye whiskey, 100 proof Last Line: The dirty window gives me back my face BRYANT PARK First Line: I think it is its location Subject(s): Bryant Park, New York City BUSRIDE First Line: The 26 kilometers %between the city and this village BUTTE First Line: On the ridge of habit BUZZ Recitation by Author Subject(s): Translations And Translators CABRAS First Line: To sing the democratic man today CAFE AT NIGHT First Line: White snow of paper sugar CAFE FILTRE First Line: Slowly and with persistence CALL IT THE NET Recitation by Author CALL IT THE NET First Line: Imagine a young woman CANCER EJACULATIONS First Line: Not the %square root minus of 1, or we can't CANCION DE LAS HORMIGAS First Line: Today makes 20 days CANTAR DE NOIT First Line: This bird speaks to me from the night CAPTAIN First Line: In port, laughing & drinking CATAFALQUE First Line: Black horse behind, the stirrups CATHERINE, AT EVENING First Line: Catherine ledoux %was someone who I was not permitted to play with CHASE DEATH Recitation by Author CHEMISTRY First Line: Who is she CIAO First Line: I'm sorry %life was tranquil (sort of) CID AND THE JEWS TAKE LEAVE OF ONE ANOTHER.... First Line: Raquel kissed the cid's hand: hey, campeador! Last Line: Baby wants a new pair of briches CID CALLS HIS VASSALS TOGETHER. THEY'LL GO... First Line: He %turned and looked back to see the towers Last Line: It's my enemies have turned %this treachery upon me CID, WITHOUT RESOURCES, APPEALS TO THE ASTUTENESS... First Line: Mio cid spoke Last Line: And cover them with beautifully tooled leather CITY MUSEUM, SPLIT First Line: The national costumes were simple or complex CITY SUNSET Recitation by Author CITY SUNSET First Line: Pink and blue CIVIL RIGHTS POEM First Line: My teeth are metal in my mouth CLARKSON AVENUE RAMBLE First Line: Sarah! Saaraah! Hoo-hoo! ... Saaaraah! ... Hooo-hoo! CLICKETY-CLACK Recitation by Author CLICKETY-CLACK First Line: I took %a coney island of the mind COCTAIL PARTY First Line: Alone with the sandwiches I watch the movement COFFERS ARE INTENDED TO GET MONEY FROM TWO BURGOS JEWS First Line: Let the leather be vermillion and the nails gilded Last Line: Nothing else I can do COLLAGE First Line: Hand on her COLLIOURE First Line: The town laid in there COMFORTS OF THE NIGHT First Line: Returning from the laboratory COMMITTEE First Line: My two cats sit toward me resting CONCERN First Line: One wonders about the hands and ribcages CONCOMITANTS First Line: Fishing in the dark pools of the mind, one finds a CONSOLATION First Line: It's all right now, henry CONTINUITY First Line: The bricklayer tells the busdriver CONTRAVENTION First Line: That is the line of red as it goes CORNELIA 1/10/66 First Line: There is such a thing as immediacy COUPLETS First Line: To be a spot-headed cat on a forked tree CRANK First Line: Dear carol, %logic is a machine CRANK IT UP FOR ALL OF US, BUT LET ME HEAVEN GO First Line: Sometimes I think CRISIS: A FEW NOTES First Line: There's two of us going CROSSING First Line: The stream %piles out of the pile-up Last Line: By all those migrations %of thousands and thousands of birds Subject(s): Birds CURRENCY EVENTS First Line: The american dollar CUTTING THE MUSTARD Recitation by Author CUTTING THE MUSTARD First Line: The world and ourselves pass away DARKNESS IS ON THE WORLD AND LOVE DEAL BETWEEN MARTIN ANTOLINEZ AND THE JEWS.... First Line: Raquel and vidas were together counting over Last Line: As long as they lived, %would ever be poor again DEATH AND THE SUMMER WOMAN First Line: Curious reason in the choice of words DEATH WATCH: VIELLE D'HIVER First Line: Intravenous is a lousy replacement DECISIONS: 1 First Line: Office worker from whitehall DEFINITION First Line: Long ago and far away DEPARTURE: THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE First Line: Sirius bright over smuggler DEPOSIT First Line: It's an ill wind DEPTH PERCEPTIONS First Line: Man's hand touches the strings of his guitar DESCENT First Line: I wonder what the fight was about DIFFERENT POEM First Line: Stay with me DIRECTIONS TO GET THERE First Line: I go wherever my feet will carry me DISCONTINUITIES First Line: Why is it the roman law sex DISSOLVING FABRIC First Line: He who has own wound DOUBLESL IT'S A CABIN First Line: The apartment %near emptied by now DOWN ALONG M-45 First Line: Pants are about to descend DULL POEM First Line: Zen foods %it says on the truck outside E.P. IN VENICE: REMEMBERING APRIL 1968, AND I SMILE First Line: Eagle is old man EARLY HOURS First Line: 2 o'clock %it says now EAST 3RD ST. DRAG First Line: Winding past %all those undulating ED SANDERS AT THE DOM (WHEN THEY HAVE THE $2 COVER ON) First Line: Black and yellow EL CAMINO VERDE First Line: The green road lies this way Last Line: Where an actual %measure %exists EL DIA VIENE COMO UNA PROMESA DE CALOR First Line: White clean sun in this dry street ENCOUNTER First Line: Staggering down the road at midnite ENVIRONMENT First Line: Jack- %rabbits are true ENVOI IN MID-JUNE; WALTER GOES TO THE GARDEN & GETS A HARDO First Line: Ate a whole row of radishes ESTATE First Line: From the formal garden ETRUSCAN TOMB First Line: Leer and that spine moved Subject(s): Etruscan Civilization; Graves EVASION First Line: The light that enters EVENTIDE First Line: White arms %beside the shalimar EXPENSIVE MEAL First Line: Par la main EYE OF THE STORM First Line: Struck by the wind, the taut guitar of rain EZRA'S CONTRIBUTIONS First Line: As for the politics FACES: 1 Recitation by Author Subject(s): Subways FACES: 1 Recitation by Author FACES: 1 First Line: Who in new york in 1965 would have FACES: 2 First Line: The loneliness %of a single coated figure in the rian FACING SOUTH Recitation by Author FACING SOUTH First Line: Assville, north carolina, or an FALLOUT First Line: Now she's gone FARM First Line: Goats in the oats FASTNESS First Line: To stand there in the dimness with a robe on FEBRUARY JOURNAL, 1969 BOQUERON, P.R. HEAT First Line: Sitting on the ashtray, yes FEBRUARY JOURNAL: 1971 First Line: Sun reaches in thrue the window FIERCE SUNRISE First Line: I want night FINGERS, FEET & KNEES OR FOLKDANCING: A VERY INFORMAL STUDY First Line: Banquet downstairs, on the phonograph FIRST MATE First Line: 20 hours to midnight FIRST OF ALL First Line: How fit the event, or FIRST ROUND First Line: Sunday morning in early lent FIRST TWO DAYS First Line: The sun comes and FISHERMAN First Line: The moon-bitch lies in the morning sky FLEXIBILITY: OR THE RIDGE First Line: Grey day, pinocchio, o puppet FLEXIONS First Line: The river of afternoon FLIES First Line: My hands circle her FLOWER PHANTOM STRIKES AGAIN First Line: Dog leans his ugly head out the truck window FLUVIAL First Line: She took off her clothes so FOG Recitation by Author FOG First Line: My hands sit there FOR MERCURY, PATRON OF THIEVES: A LAUREL First Line: The hour before dawn FOREIGN POLICY COMMITMENTS OR YOU GET INTO THE CATAMARAN ... First Line: Y digamos que, pensamos que, like FOREIGN POLICY: AN INTEROFFICE MEMO First Line: Gentlemen: %we shall keep a general check on the FRANKLIN AVENUE LINE First Line: At park place %or dean street FREE FALL First Line: Single %skinny, young FRIENDS First Line: Perhaps it is right FRIENDSHIP First Line: Now we can wonder FROM THE JOURNALS; MARCH 1968 First Line: Plaza de portal de elche FROM THE NOVEMBER JOURNAL: FIRE First Line: The end of a distance come FUNERAL First Line: Returning from the funeral GEOLOGIST First Line: The rain falls in fresh gusts GETTING A JOB First Line: How can we stand the soup? GETTING ON AND OFF First Line: Lexington avenue bus GHOST OF EN RAIMBAUT VISITS LES BAUX First Line: My lady biatrix, bel cavalier Last Line: First les baux GIFT AND THE ENDING First Line: The one-half moon is over the mountain GIN Recitation by Author Subject(s): Gin (liquor); Netherlands; Holland; Dutch People GIN First Line: Clear objects, the GLORIOUS MORNING First Line: Sun bright on the water, some GLORY HAIRS First Line: To watch a woman GOAT: LITRY HISTRY First Line: F. Granville munson, col., u.S. Army, retired GOING OFF (1) First Line: Going away %open at both ends Last Line: Wait now then, have you back a man, shit! GOING OFF (2) First Line: The sun came over the mountain Last Line: I'll never leave GOOD MORNING, LOVE! First Line: Rise at 7:15 Last Line: & making a cup %of coffee that's all GRAFFITI First Line: The new york public library at one's back Subject(s): Graffiti GUGGENHEIM FELLOW, MANQUE First Line: How - I - wish - I GV: JULY 1963 First Line: Walking nw across the plaza with the HALFWAY DOWN THE COAST First Line: What we do HANDS First Line: Her room is HAPPINESS JOE First Line: Not another one, for HARK, HARK First Line: - yes, and %this warm spring night HAWSER First Line: After midnite %gansevoort pier HE SAID AH, NO HEADS First Line: That things go well HEAT First Line: Under the sun for days Subject(s): Heat HER ROOM First Line: It is the regular quality makes us all obscene HERE THEY GO First Line: The little girls in the alley HESPER ADEST First Line: The evening comes HET UP & TAKE YR YEETH WITH YOU First Line: Here I am, driving this aston-martin, see HEY, OUSPENSKY, HOW DOES IT FE-EL? First Line: If we find ourselves HOMAGE TO THE SPIRIT First Line: The moon is my beloved HOT AFTERNOONS HAVE BEEN IN WEST 15TH STREET Recitation by Author HOT AFTERNOONS HAVE BEEN IN WEST 15TH STREET First Line: Here, in late spring, the summer is on us already HOUR First Line: Noon-and-a-half: waiting to eat HOW DO I ADDRESS YOU? LET ME COUNT THE WAVES First Line: She is in her subleased apartment on waverly place HOW IS First Line: We keep our watch upon night HOW IT IS VERY QUIET NOW First Line: At 4 %on a spring HOW TO ENJOY FISHING BOATS First Line: Sit on the terrace HOW TO GET THROUGH REALITY First Line: The long low hills humped back against the night HOW TO GET UP OFF IT First Line: Any mountain climber will tell you HOW TO LIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER First Line: Last september, a letter HOW TO SUBLET AN APARTMENT TO FRIENDS First Line: Que los cobre' me han dicho HUSBAND First Line: The vision is of a fist I PASS, YOU PASS Recitation by Author I'D CALL IT BEGGARY, CORSO First Line: No love now IDIOT First Line: I do not stammer IN THE SOUP First Line: So, tonite the moon is full IN WINTER First Line: All evidence of birds is queer INGESTATION: OR TAKING IT ALL IN First Line: I try to, perhaps I try too hard INNOCENTS WHO FALL LIKE APPLES First Line: Mohamet, old navigator, your flying coffin INSTRUCTIONS First Line: 1 lb. New wax INSTRUCTIONS TO A NEW TENANT First Line: Two small cats were their pharmakoi INTENTION First Line: Why, why %on this brilliant day INTERVIEW WITH F. SCOTT MCNUT First Line: What kind of nut is that INTRODUCTION FOR A SHOW OF ROBERT SCHILLER'S PHOTOGRAPHS ... First Line: The subject becomes object %subject INVITATION STANDING First Line: Bring a leaf to me INVOCATION TO VENUS Recitation by Author INVOCATION TO VENUS First Line: O, foam-born lady ISLAND First Line: Six men stand at the bar IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING Recitation by Author IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING First Line: 6:15 %is already dark now IT TAKES AN HOUR Recitation by Author Subject(s): Banks JAZZ Recitation by Author Subject(s): Jazz JAZZ 1968 First Line: If it's bullshit, put JOURNAL 5.XI.67 First Line: How is it I keep remembering Last Line: One / two / three JOURNAL. 7 XI 67 FF First Line: Green shoes %black umbrella Last Line: Between the cooper union buildings, nov. 10, 1967 JOURNAL. JUNE; AUGUST 1968 SAIGNON-PAR-APT (VAUCLUSE) First Line: Oscar %peterson %does ellington Last Line: The flashlight works JOURNAL: 20.V.71 First Line: When I had %finished the book Last Line: De tu cabeza, hombre JOURNAL: 31. V. 71 First Line: Crabapple blossoms white Last Line: Gary got it this time JOURNAL: APRIL 19 : THE SOUTHERN TIER Poem Text First Line: Look out the window in upstate new york, see Last Line: Now we eat JOURNAL: APRIL 19: THE SOUTHERN TIER First Line: Look out the window in upstate new york, see Last Line: Now we eat JOURNAL: AUG '69: LAKE TAHOE First Line: Douglas pines Last Line: A dog barks %yip-yip JOURNAL: DECEMBER 11, 1969 First Line: The rain rain Last Line: Different yeat JOURNAL: DECEMBER 6, 1968 First Line: A spooky green wheel Last Line: Drive %very fast JOURNAL: JULY 1971 First Line: Branches bend %in the wind, leaves Last Line: It's summer JOURNAL: JULY 21/22. 1969 First Line: Those boys comin' back fr %the moon Last Line: Back from the moon JOURNAL: JUNE 1971 First Line: Shadow of a large bird Last Line: Leaf shadow JOURNAL: JUNE 1971 First Line: Three hawks over the northern catskills Last Line: Nearly awake, smiles JOURNAL: JUNE 1971 First Line: How it turns %in again, the pain JOURNAL: JUNE 1971 First Line: The spruce outside the bedroom JOURNAL: JUNE 1971 (1) First Line: Top floor, then %when I look out, I look Last Line: Having supper JOURNAL: JUNE 1971 (2) First Line: The 2 a.M. %of a summer night incortland, this street JOURNAL: JUNE 1971 (3) First Line: If the chairs are comfortable, why Last Line: The state of new york JOURNAL: JUNE, 1969 First Line: Tangle of sheets in the backroom Last Line: Head, I cannot see them JOURNAL: JUNE, 1971. 110 IN THE SHADE First Line: Sitting in the tub Last Line: Stopping now JOURNAL: MARCH/70 First Line: Syracuse of stopoff Last Line: To buffalo JOURNAL: MAY 1970 First Line: These equations work out Last Line: In shorts JOURNALS: 26. VI. 71 THE NEWS First Line: To the rear, harch!-to the right front, harch' Last Line: All day JOURNALS: MAY, 1971, SELS. First Line: Carl is not coming to the reading. He has papers to correct JOURNALS: MAY, 1971, THE BLUE MOUNDS ENTRIES First Line: Mary laird %is not afeard JOURNALS: NOV/DEC. 1970: HIBERNATION First Line: He stuffed bear in a cave all winter Last Line: Somepleace south of here JOURNEY ITSELF IS HOME First Line: Two girls on the beach at brighton JUDGEMENT First Line: The corners of the mouth KICKOFF First Line: It is a word, always L'ORCUS Recitation by Author L'ORCUS First Line: Long sideburns & teeth showing LA LISIERE First Line: How we move LA VIELLE BELLE First Line: After many times LANNER First Line: Delicately ravaged, %scared LATTITUDES First Line: I had a friend that took a cruise LAUREL First Line: A 7-yr-old colt LEAN LOVE SONG First Line: Break flesh together LEFTOFERS First Line: I ate the beans for supper LESIONS First Line: There's that %skinny skinny LETTER First Line: Glenn: %I missed your ticker-tape parade LETTER First Line: The legs being uneven LI-KE-UN Recitation by Author LIGHT First Line: White flare of stone in the sun LIMITATION First Line: The driver %has a wheel between his hands LIMITS First Line: There is a line some LINE First Line: It had nearly entered my body LINES, TREES, WORDS First Line: How the lines run down into the night LIST First Line: Shipping list 2 wks. LISTENING TO SONNY ROLLINS AT THE FIVE-SPOT First Line: There will be many other nights like Last Line: A-noth— Subject(s): Jazz; Music & Musicians; Rollins, Sonny (b. 1930) LITTER First Line: A gust of wind blows papers in the parking lot like leaves LONG DAY First Line: The night is also my lover, I shall not want LONG RANGE INTERVIEW WITH SATCHEL PAIGE, THE MAN OF AGE First Line: I wasn't in training, so LOTTERY First Line: Que buen numeros me quedan LOVE SONG Poem Text First Line: Beauty is a promise of happiness Last Line: And sometimes it is very ugly Variant Title(s): Love In The South Or The Movies Subject(s): Happiness; Beauty LOVE SONG (1) First Line: Beauty is a promise of happiness Last Line: And sometimes it is very ugly Variant Title(s): Love In The South Or The Movie Subject(s): Love LOVE SONG (2) First Line: Upon returning home tonite Last Line: So this perfume also LOVER CASE POEM First Line: Fish nibble at the surface LOVER'S GREETING First Line: She came in out of the MADRUGADA NO. 8 First Line: The whole world has it miseries MAJOR MANIFESTATION OF THE PROBLEM, IS THE PROBLEM First Line: You appear %here on these slopes MALAGA First Line: Warm autumn night, light MALAGA, PORT First Line: It saved the city MARGIN First Line: Late morning on this island: cocks MARINE CUMULUS: THE VALUE OF THE SYSTEM First Line: The wind moves them MARRIED MAN First Line: Your love like any cage MARTIN ANTOLINEZ COMES OUT OF TOWN WITH PROVISIONS... First Line: Martin antolinez, that worthy man of burgos Last Line: For what I leave behind MARTIN ANTOLINEZ GOES BLACK TO BURGOS TO LOOK FOR THE JEWS First Line: Martin antolinez didn't wait Last Line: And asked for raquel and vidas MARY JANE Recitation by Author Subject(s): Candy MATCHBOOK POEM First Line: But why do you go to the wall? MAYAKOVSKY First Line: His father was a forest ranger MCCLURE POEM First Line: Mary had a little lamb MEASURE THE TAKERS First Line: How the words there MEDITATION ON THE BMT Poem Text First Line: Here, at the beginning of the new season Last Line: Shitty wall Subject(s): Brooklyn, New York; Subways MEDITATION ON THE BMT First Line: Here, at the beginning of the new season Subject(s): Brooklyn, New York; Subways MEMORIES OF HOME First Line: There he come come across the big sunlit lawn MESSAGE First Line: The man who writes a ltter to the times MESSAGE TO MICHAEL First Line: I wish to say MESTROVIC AND THE TREES First Line: The wood. %you never get past the wood METAMORPHOSIS First Line: The lady, reclining, declines MINE SUMP First Line: The shrieking call of foolish owls pretending MINT QUALITY First Line: One friend - no MIRROR First Line: The lazy dragon of steam issues MISUNDERSTANDING First Line: Morning sun clear on the mountain MORNING SONG First Line: Warm bed is a winter morning, brilliant Subject(s): Morning MOSCA First Line: A fly sits & scrubs his front feet Last Line: Why is buzzing considered idle? Subject(s): Flies MOTHER, IN THE 45 CENT BOTTLE First Line: Slow lines lay down the curve, curve MOTIVATIONS: 1 Recitation by Author MOTIVATIONS: 1 First Line: Each animal %his own gravedigger MUSEE DES AUGUSTINS: TOULOUSE Recitation by Author Subject(s): Museums; Art Gallerys MUSEE DES AUGUSTINS: TOULOUSE First Line: Kartha %ginian lamps, shaped MY SAINTED Recitation by Author Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MY SAINTED First Line: God has taken your grandmother MYTH, NO MYTH First Line: The head of eurystheus singing NAME CAST INTO THE TREE-ALAPHABET FOR MATTHEW CRAIG ESHLEMAN First Line: The beth luis nion (ogham) NECESSARY GODDESS First Line: Seeds on my desk NEDERLANDISCHE DICHTER First Line: He constructed forms and lines of piles NEEDLE First Line: Two blocks away NERVE First Line: There are no true images anymore NET OF MOON First Line: Impact of these splendid things NET OF PLACE First Line: Hawk turns into the sun Last Line: Your words are mine, at the end NEW DIRECTIONS 23 First Line: Between 5 sonnets by bill bronk NEW YORK QUARTERLY TRANSLATION First Line: In your view, what is a translator Subject(s): Translating And Interpreting NEWSCLIPS: 2 (DEC/6-7) First Line: The news keeps squirting in from all over NIGHT CAPPY Recitation by Author NIGHT CAPPY First Line: O, danny lynch be sittin below there in mcsorley's NIGHT SONG FOR TWO MYSTICS First Line: That man, this man, never satisified O, DO THAT MEDIEVAL THING AGAIN, BABY First Line: Love is a weakness O, SHAKE IT UP, BABY First Line: Today was wave day OBIT PAGE First Line: O god %first the greatest right-handed batter in history OCTOBER JOURNAL: 1970 First Line: 6 a.M. %and it's still dark ODYSSEY First Line: Heavy rains were predicted for the early hours OFF AND RUNNING Recitation by Author Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips OFF AND RUNNING First Line: To sit and wipe one's ass is paris OH SHAKE IT UP BABY Recitation by Author OLD ARGUMENT ... CARPE DIEM First Line: How we live OLD DAYS First Line: The stupid indelicacy and OLD QUESTION First Line: Why has life put such OLD THINGS: LAZY DOGS First Line: The sense of separation is intense ON THE ROCKS Recitation by Author Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; Pubs; Taverns; Saloons ON THE ROCKS First Line: Small, %polish they told him, bar, east 7th street ONCE PICTURE OF THE FLOATING WORLD First Line: The tree, the window filled with ONCE-OVER First Line: The tanned blonde %in the green print sack Last Line: Yet the sign is on her Subject(s): Lust ONE ANSWER First Line: At 5:30 it looks like clouds ONE FOR SARA First Line: Making a career of the carretera ONE-NIGHT STAND: AN APPROACH TO THE BRIDGE First Line: Migod, a picture window OPEN ROAD First Line: Housewives walk in the street OUT First Line: The force fairly raising one OUT First Line: Friday night %free night PAIN First Line: A pert maid, a perty maid, a pretty maid PAISAJE First Line: The mule walks on the sand PARIS AND NOT SPRING EITHER Recitation by Author PARIS, AND NOT SPRING EITHER First Line: The young man in the next booth PARIS-TOULOUSE TRAIN Recitation by Author Subject(s): Railways PARIS-TOULOUSE TRAIN First Line: Roads %run off into the countryside & lanes PARK POEM Recitation by Author Subject(s): Parks PARK POEM First Line: From the first shock of leaves their alliance Last Line: To prepare %love later PASTURES OF THE EYE First Line: Flocculations of cirrus hang PEEING ALL OVER THE PE-NINSULA First Line: At the front of the truck with the door open PEEING ALL OVER THE PENINSULA Recitation by Author Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips PERMANENCE First Line: The bear %does not go down into the sea PERSEPECTIVE: HE WATCHES First Line: Windows are %steps of light PEURTO RICO First Line: Seaplane gong over, going PHONE CALL TO RUTHERFORD First Line: It would be / a mercy if Subject(s): Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963) PHONE CALL TO RUTHERFORD First Line: It would be %a mercy if Last Line: A record in my heart. %goodbye Subject(s): Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963) PHOTOSYNTHESIS: 1 First Line: Surrender the grass! Let PLANS AND CHIPS First Line: The three %trees on the corner square PLAZA REAL WITH PALM TREES First Line: At seven in the summer evenings PLAZA REAL WITH PALM TREES: SECOND TAKE First Line: Barcelona! This city again POEM First Line: Memories %of summer come back POEM FOR METAPHOR First Line: The relationship is multiple POEM FOR THE MANUFACTURERS First Line: Think I'll buy me a rifle POEM FOR THE POSTPONED TRIPLE-ORBIT RIDING ATLAS ... First Line: The countdown %t minus 48 hours POLITICAL POEM: 1 First Line: The politician's sweetheart has just turned 22 POLITICAL POEM: 2 First Line: Deus ex what POLITICAL POEM: 4. OUR EMERGING AFRICAN NATIONS First Line: Ruanda sit right down POOR DOG Recitation by Author POOR DOG First Line: Out of the back window POP SONG MARKET First Line: See, see rider PRE-LENTEN GESTURES Recitation by Author PRE-LENTEN GESTURES First Line: Thank god one tone or %one set of decibels PROBABILITY First Line: On that not-so-bleak hillside, rocky tho, there's PROBLEM First Line: My wife broke a dollar-tube of perfume PROCEDURES First Line: The law, once decreed, is still the law PROPOSITION First Line: After she %had complained PROTEST MEETING First Line: Because the host displayed a decidedly cool PURITY DEFINED First Line: It is time to be silent PURSE-SEINE First Line: Fierce luster of sun on sea, the gulls QUARREL First Line: Dried green leaf on the door QUEST First Line: No image is decisive argument QUIET INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1963 First Line: One stretch of beach at bridgehampton, one can RAMAS, DIVENDRES, DIUMENGA First Line: Before the cathedral, the plaza is a forest REALITY INVOKES First Line: O let us make a poem of REDEFINITIONS First Line: Take off another man's style REDHEAD: (OR: LOOK MA, NO CONVOLUTIONS) First Line: You are no mistress REDUCTIO AD SUBURBUIM First Line: Plymouth (mass.) %variety of mailboxes REMAINS OF AN AFTERNOON First Line: Flick of perfume, slight, and faintly bitter REPETITIONS First Line: Pain is what you feel . So is pleasure . Suffering is what happens REQUEST First Line: Fishing boat at night RETURN (1) First Line: He had sought Last Line: Casting at dice to buy his shoes RETURN (2) First Line: That this would be his homecoming Last Line: To live in two places at once RITUAL VII Recitation by Author Subject(s): Subways; Desire RITUAL VIII Poem Text First Line: Let me tell you, let me tell Last Line: Same thing / over again RITUAL X. THE EVENING PAIR OF ALES Poem Text First Line: To offer, or to defend RITUAL: 1 First Line: Procession with candles around the streets of the town Last Line: End of a timeless act of the peoples of earth RITUAL: 10. THE EVENING PAIR OF ALES First Line: East of eden %is mountains & desert RITUAL: 13. THE SHOT First Line: Sounds in this house I do not understand Last Line: Take it down at a gulp, feel it burn RITUAL: 16. IT TAKEN AN HOUR First Line: Clear empty days like this Last Line: Feeds me RITUAL: 17. IT TAKES AN HOUR First Line: Money seems to avoid me in Last Line: All my poems RITUAL: 2 First Line: The human body is not supposed mean Last Line: Not said RITUAL: 4 First Line: Seedlings %a season old RITUAL: 6 First Line: Grids and lines RITUAL: 7 First Line: What is there sits anonymous RITUAL: 8 First Line: Let me tell you, let me tell RITUAL: 9. GATHERING WINTER FUEL First Line: The jews burn wood on first ave., new york city, in a barrel RITUALS PREPARATORY TO THE VOYAGE Recitation by Author RITUALS PREPARATORY TO THE VOYAGE First Line: How cum do don' call onme no more ROADS First Line: Having been on %the road ROCKHOUND First Line: Some pebbles from colorado, that's ROSEMARY & THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM First Line: Coming to paris, I ROUTINE First Line: Each day I open the cupboard RUE DU TAUR First Line: The miracle has happened SAIGNON SUITE First Line: Looking up the hill SAILBOAT REFLECTED IN THE LAKE Recitation by Author SAM First Line: My pants wear thin SARA IS MY GUGGENHEIM First Line: Three months now SCOFFING IT Recitation by Author SCOFFING IT First Line: The blind man with the wallace beery SCOTCH FOR BREAKFAST First Line: The helicopter circling SEA AND THE SHADOW First Line: If falls. %the night falls SEARCH First Line: I have been looking for this animal for three days now SEIGE First Line: Keep it open somehow, that sluice SELECTIONS OF HEAVEN First Line: God, that it did happen SEPTEMBER JOURNAL First Line: My friend, byrd, looks SEVENTEEN NIGHTS LATER AT MCSORLEY'S: 2/10/66 First Line: I know you,' he sed Subject(s): Bars And Bartenders SHE HOLDS HIS HAND Recitation by Author Subject(s): Desire SHE HOLDS HIS HAND First Line: You are wearing a very zen dress SHOESHINE BOY First Line: Subway stop at wall street SHORT HISTORY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY First Line: Give a nickel to the collection plate SHORT, COLORFUL RIOT POEM FOR LEE MERRILL BYRD First Line: Blue %bottles are blue, green SIGHT First Line: After the oo's and aa's, after SIGN First Line: End of september . At SIGNALS Recitation by Author Subject(s): Love - Erotic SIGNALS: 1. TANGER, AUGUST 1956 First Line: Even in algeciras %that cesspool SIGNALS: 2 First Line: Aside, %that you wd not come to me SIGNALS: 3 First Line: Spring, being what it is this year SIMPLE TECHNOLOGIES First Line: Brown eyes, brown eyes SING-SONG IN WINTER FOR THE LADY & THE GENT First Line: Let me put %violets in your fur SIRVENTES First Line: I have made a sirventes against the city of toulouse Last Line: Out from this dripping cave %in the name of love SIT READ First Line: Is any coherence SITTING POEM First Line: Toward the botton of bowling green SLOGAN First Line: Over the right %triangle formed Last Line: Dig we must %they dig Subject(s): Lust SO WHO NNEEDS LEGS? WE DO First Line: O, to look at all those revolutionaries SONG First Line: Of sea and the taking of breath SONG FOR A COOL DEPARTURE First Line: When the track rises SONG OF THE HESITATIONS First Line: The moon is setting in the west Last Line: But still I am not drunk enough %ro dream us into spring SONG OF THE WIRES First Line: Wires in the countryside are never still SONOFABEECH First Line: The sea is great tonight, full SOUNDS First Line: Listen, death %beth, see, it's SOUTH OF BARCELONA First Line: Early morning birdsong SOUTH WIND ON MY RIGHT CHEEK First Line: After seven month of discomfort SPRING First Line: My branch cut from the tree I SPRING AGAIN First Line: Night sits %on the hawks eyelid SPRING THING First Line: Tomorrow ramas %& the moon will ST. MARK'S-IN-THE-BOUWERIE First Line: Cargo's outbound, the supercargo speaks STANDUP First Line: Blue curtain %sounds in the corridor STANFORD WHITE MEMORIAL First Line: He who not have his hands stripped down to bone STILL HUNGRY First Line: After lunch and we strip STONE First Line: The stone found me in bright sunlight Last Line: He had been shaped like a drunken pyramid, irregularly triangular. %I liked him Subject(s): New York City; Stones STORM First Line: The field below dark green, solid and dark STRUCTURAL First Line: Where sleep goes STRUCTURAL PROBLEM First Line: A roll of soft tissue STYLE First Line: I do not know what is SUDDEN FEAR First Line: The marble blocks guarding the gates to the park are monsters SUERTE First Line: You shall not always sit in sunlight watching SUMMER First Line: Girl child, %standing toward the field's edge SUMMER WINDOW First Line: Cat stalks the parking lot alone SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY Recitation by Author Subject(s): Sabbath; Summer; Sunday SUNDOWN. THE LAST OF THE WINE First Line: Red wine, half-a-bottle I had SUNFLOWER ROCK Recitation by Author Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners SUNFLOWER ROCK First Line: C'mon, get out SUNLIT ROOM First Line: Here we find our private temporary limit SURROGATE First Line: She stole ma hat SUSPENSION First Line: Slow wash of sea at dockside TANKS First Line: Houses three stories high TELLING YES FROM NO IN A ... FROM NOES IN AN ETC. First Line: This mouth is not so tired, no TEN YEARS Recitation by Author Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations TEN YEARS First Line: Eight of 'em together, I THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY Recitation by Author Subject(s): Mckinley, William (1843-1901) THE CAFé FILTRE Poem Text First Line: Slowly and with persistence Last Line: Is black, / & lukewarm Subject(s): Coffee THE CANDIDATE Recitation by Author Subject(s): Politics And Politicians THE CONTINUITY Poem Text First Line: The bricklayer tells the busdriver Last Line: To keep track of his sale of newspapers THE EVASION Poem Text First Line: The light that enters Last Line: Tho it is you we greet THE EXPENSIVE MEAL Recitation by Author Subject(s): Food & Eating THE FRANKLIN AVENUE LINE Recitation by Author Subject(s): Subways THE GAME Recitation by Author THE GHOST AT 7:30 WHEN THE APPLES MOVE Recitation by Author First Line: For a long time you were lonely Subject(s): Love THE HOUR Poem Text First Line: Noon-and-a-half Last Line: Thru the blossoms blowing Subject(s): Time THE METAMORPHOSIS Recitation by Author THE NECESSARY GODDESS Recitation by Author Subject(s): Spring THE NET OF NOON Recitation by Author THE NET OF PLACE Recitation by Author THE NEW YORK QUARTERLY TRANSLATION First Line: In your view, what is a translator Subject(s): Translating & Interpreting THE ONCE-OVER First Line: The tanned blonde / in the green print sack Subject(s): Lust THE PROBABILITY Recitation by Author THE PROPOSITION Recitation by Author THE QUALITY Recitation by Author THE REQUEST Recitation by Author THE SLOGAN Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Over the right / triangle formed Last Line: They dig Subject(s): Lust THE STONE Poem Text First Line: The stone found me in bright sunlight Last Line: I liked him Subject(s): New York City; Stones; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Granite; Rocks THE TISSUES Recitation by Author THE UNEMPLOYMENT BUREAU Recitation by Author THE YAWN Recitation by Author Subject(s): Subways; Yawns THERE ARE DOORS First Line: Wisteria %would not be enough THERE IS AN IRREGULAR MOVEMENT OF THE LIGHT THESE FOOLISH THINGS First Line: Shadow net %a net of THIN WALLS - OPEN DOORS First Line: Zipguns of lightning over the lower hills THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN Recitation by Author Subject(s): Love THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN First Line: The heavy pressure THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS SHARING ANYONE ELSE'S DESPAIR Recitation by Author Subject(s): Despair THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS SHARING ANYONE ELSE'S DESPAIR First Line: Bright sunlight on the avenue THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD BEGINS Recitation by Author THREE-PART INVENTION JUNE 21/62, 1:05 AM SOLSTICE First Line: All windows open, moths TIDES First Line: The girl with the beautiful legs Last Line: What the man must do %what the woman must TISSUES First Line: You know what has invaded TO-DO, TO WAKE First Line: Someone %who smell you there TORCH BALLAD FOR JOHN SPICER: D. 8/17/65 First Line: Four for you TOUCH First Line: The windows %are never wide enuf TRADE First Line: You and an ancient spring TRAIN TO AMERSFOORT Recitation by Author Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains TRAIN TO AMERSFOORT First Line: Sheep staring %dully across a field TRAVELER First Line: Leaf %time %postage stamps by the dozen TREES First Line: Leaves on the branches TRYING TO GET OUT First Line: The rain falls in the night TWO FLOWERS (1) First Line: At spring & lafayette streets Last Line: He spits on the ear TWO FLOWERS (2) First Line: The god sits staring helplessly Last Line: Walking the corridors TWO GREEKS First Line: The straight-backed shepherd TWO KISSES First Line: The way the skin TWO SHORT POEMS FOR ARLES, SELS. TWO SONGS FOR THE OPP Recitation by Author Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine TWO SONGS FOR THE OPP First Line: Stay drunk! %that's my motto Last Line: Nobody care UNCHARTED First Line: Sun is that %rare in paris, I UNEMPLOYMENT BUREAU First Line: The fly on the floor USES OF THE EYE First Line: When the door of the next truck is open VALENCIA: WINTER Recitation by Author Subject(s): Valencia, Spain VALENCIA: WINTER First Line: Sunrise now %abt/ 8:15 every morning Last Line: Then make coffee VALUE First Line: After the argument in bed VAUCLUSE First Line: A track? Well yes VENUS First Line: This star, see she comes up and leaves Last Line: Drown in the sea? Subject(s): Venus (planet) VENUS, THE LARK FLIES SINGING UP BLUE SMOKE ... FULL CIRCLE First Line: Summer had 5. Leafy center of the year VERBENA First Line: You can have it by being in it VINE. THE WILLOW LURCH TO AND FRO First Line: Fate and I distribute, am VIRTUE First Line: Let me say this reluctantly VISITATION: 1 First Line: Magic of morning WAIT First Line: The earth tips WAITING FOR (WHAT?) THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR HEADING EAST ... First Line: The bus you sed, it WALK AFTER RAIN First Line: The after-flow of water in the gutters WALKING INTO MIDTOWN First Line: They come out of the trees, out of the bushes WATCH First Line: Watch a gull rise from the water WATCHERS First Line: It's going to rain Last Line: The watchers are the gods %the leaves burgeon WE CANNOT AGREE WE DEFINITIONS Recitation by Author Subject(s): Air Travel WET Recitation Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains WET First Line: Goats trot and feed among the oil refineries WHAT THE TIDE GAVE First Line: Oiled bodies tangent hand on hand WHAT YOU DO IS PICK 'EM UP AND PACK 'EM IN Recitation by Author WHAT YOU DO IS PICK 'EM UP AND PACK 'EM IN First Line: Vineyards on these quiet mountain WHAT'S UNITED ON WHITSUNTIDE? First Line: The last nite before june, I lean WHEE! First Line: A goat lies in the grass beside %a dry irrigation ditch WHITE SAIL First Line: The red dog races toward the cliff's edge WHO NEEDS LEGS? WE DO Recitation by Author WIND FROM THE SOUTH AT 12 M.P.H. First Line: High tail %wagging in the breeze WINDSOUND First Line: Stand of beech & elm, pin %oak, cherry WINGS (TALK OF THE TOWN: ITEM) First Line: A %boeing 707 WINTER SOLSTICE First Line: At twenty-of-four in the afternoon WNW First Line: Rosy-fingered dawn %with her saffron cloak WORD First Line: Stink, stank, stunk WORKING LATE ON A HOT NIGHT First Line: It says quarter-to-6 on one watch WRITER First Line: He always did have a tendency to mumble YA LIFT A COLD ONE (THAT'S THE COMMERCIAL) First Line: Shultzie? %- yeah YAWN First Line: The black-haired girl YOU ASK ME WHY First Line: Say that spring is a momentary answer YOU JUST LOVE, THAT'S ALL First Line: It is a force . Fierce, %she . Whoever she is . Is unavoidable YOU LIGHT IT First Line: The baritone penetrated the left |
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