I am living. I remember you...
From "What the Living Do" by Marie Howe
When I have no means fortune
Is my means. When I have
Nothing, death will be my fortune...
From "Samurai Song" by Robert Pinsky
As when, after bathing, one walks out into the rain.
One idea may hide another: Life is simple...
From "One Train May Hide Another" by Kenneth Koch
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| Coda by Marilyn Hacker Maybe it was jet lag, maybe not... |
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| Difficult Body by Mark Wunderlich A story: There was a cow in the road, struck by a semi... |
| Elegy in Joy [excerpt] by Muriel Rukeyser We tell beginnings: for the flesh and the answer... |
| First Things to Hand by Robert Pinsky In the skull kept on the desk... |
| How to Uproot a Tree by Jennifer K. Sweeney Stupidity helps... |
| Insomnia by Alicia Suskin Ostriker But it's really fear you want to talk about... |
| Little Night Prayer by Péter Kántor Lord, I'm tired... |
| Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus [excerpt] by Denise Levertov Praise the wet snow... |
| On Living by Nazim Hikmet Living is no laughing matter... |
| One Train May Hide Another by Kenneth Koch In a poem, one line may hide another line... |
| Samurai Song by Robert Pinsky When I had no roof I made... |
| Tear It Down by Jack Gilbert We find out the heart only by dismantling what... |
| The Layers by Stanley Kunitz I have walked through many lives... |
| The Secret by Denise Levertov Two girls discover... |
| Thrown as if Fierce & Wild by Dean Young You don’t have a clue, says the power drill... |
| What Wild-Eyed Murderer by Peter Meinke We shouldn’t worship suffering: the world's... |
| Where I Live by Maxine Kumin is vertical... |
| Yellow Beak by Stephen Dobyns A man owns a green parrot with a yellow beak... |
| What the Living Do by Marie Howe Johnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days, some utensil probably fell down there... |