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DAVID IGNATOW

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A WORKING PRINCIPLE

WAIT

SELF-EMPLOYED

DEATH OF A LAWNMOWER

LOST CHILDHOOD

NOTES FOR A LECTURE

LOVE IN A ZOO

IN A DREAM

I FELT

JOB'S ANGER

LISTENING

HERE IN BED

COUPLING

AT THIS MOMENT

AN ILLUSION

THE NAILHEAD

A CLOUD CREATES

AND STEP

AS I STUMBLE

BEAUTIFUL AND KIND

BETWEEN US

DILEMMA

FOR NOBODY ELSE

SIX LOVE POEMS: 1

SIX LOVE POEMS: 4

SIX LOVE POEMS: 6

I KILLED A FLY

I LOVE TO FLY

IF MY HAND

TO NOWHERE

LIKE SMOKE

LIVE IT THROUGH

MY SKELETON, MY RIVAL

RESCUE THE DEAD

THE BUILDING

THE HOPE

THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED

THE SELF

WE

WITNESS

WHY CAN'T I BE

EUROPE AND AMERICA

AT FIFTY

AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW

SAYING YES TO LIVING

COUSIN ALEX

NICE GUY

A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE

WHAT ABOUT DYING

THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP

THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO BE HAPPY WITH SLAUGHTER

A ROCK IS THROWN AT MY HEAD

A SUMMER OF BUTTOCKS

A VISION OF BLACK ROCK

ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE NO MONEY, YOU'VE GIVEN IT UP

BEFORE I MET YOU I WASN'T ALWAYS SAD

BLACK EYES, SNUB NOSE, WIDE MOUTH

MYSTIQUE

PROMENADE

I AM LIKE A SCRAP OF PAPER STUCK

NEWS REPORT

DILEMMA

BE LIKE ME

I FIX MY EYES ON A BLADE OF GRASS

THIS IS MORTAL

THE RIGHTFUL ONE

PROLOGUE

EPITAPH

SEDIMENT

I SIT AT MY DESK, LISTENING TO THE PHONE RING

I SLEEP

I UNCOIL MYSELF AND LIE STRAIGHT OUT

I USED TO BE IN LOVE

FROM A DREAM

THE SIGNAL

IN MY CHILDHOOD

THREE IN TRANSITION

WALK THERE

WHILE I LIVE

INVOCATION

LOVE IS HIS NEMESIS: IT FOLLOWS HIM INTO SLEEP

READING THE HEADLINES

MY POETRY IS FOR THE NIGHT

NO IDEAS BUT IN THINGS

ASLEEP

TO CURE ITSELF

DEAR ROBERT

LIVES

POETS OF THE NEW YORKER

SAY PARDON TO A BUM

WHAT'S NEXT?

SOMETHING OF OURSELVES, WE DECIDED FINALLY

SUCCESS IN THE TOUCHES OF YOUR HAND

NIGHT THOUGHTS

RITUAL TWO

THE FISH THAT LIVES AT THE BOTTOM

AND NOW

THE IMAGE

RITUAL THREE

THE OIL BURNER RUNS BY THERMOSTAT

THE OPEN BOAT

A DIALOGUE

THE AMERICAN PARABLE

THE TIME COMES WHEN YOU ARE FACING HIM

CHRIST

STONES WILL PAY ME HEED

OUT OF FOCUS

WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACES THAT CONFRONT ME

JOY OF FLIGHT

WHITE-HAIRED, I WALK IN ON MY PARENTS

FIGURES OF THE HUMAN

IN THE DARK

THE DOG BARKS

WITHOUT SEXUAL ATTRACTION, THERE IS

A SOUND IS LIKE ANY OTHER

IT'S MY LIFE

MY WHOLENESS IS DEPENDENT

A FIRST ON TV (FOR WALTER CRONKITE)

A MORAL TALE

A REPLY

A REQUIEM

A SEMBLANCE

A SONG

A SUMMING UP

A.G.

ABOUT MONEY

ABOVE AND WITHIN

ABOVE EVERYTHING

ADOLESCENCE

ADONIS

ADULTERY

AFTER WRITING A POEM

AGAINST THE EVIDENCE

THE FLAME LIGHTS UP

ALL QUIET

DOMESTIC SONG

AN APPEAL

AN ECOLOGY

AN OMEN

AN ONTOLOGY

AND REST

AN ALLEGORY

ARMOR

BEARING LEAVES AGAIN

BECAUSE WORDS HAVE NO EFFECT UPON THE WIND

THE LEAVES OF THE TREE HIDE THE SUN

TWO

BEFORE THE SABBATH

IT IS

PERMANENCE

IF WE COULD BE BROUGHT

BLESSING MYSELF

I'M GOING BACK TO SOMETHING

BOWERY

BRIEF CASES

BUSINESS

BUT THEN

THE FACE OF BRANCHES

WE CAN'T WRITE OURSELVES INTO ETERNAL LIFE

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING

DEATH AND LIFE ARE INTIMATES

COMMUNION

CONTENT

DEAR HOMER

DIGNITY

EAST BRONX

EPISODE

EPITAPH FOR A SOLDIER

FIRST COFFIN POEM

FOR JOHN BERRYMAN

FOR MEDGAR EVERS

FOR MY DAUGHTER

FOR MY DAUGHTER IN REPLY TO A QUESTION

FOR MY MOTHER ILL

FOR WALT WHITMAN

FOR WCW

FOREVER

FOR YAEDI

THE METAMORPHOSIS

I WISH A GOD WERE POSSIBLE

HAROLD

HERE I AM

THE INTERVIEW

HOMELESS

HOW COME?

I AM

I CLOSE MY EYES

THE NEWS PHOTO

I SEE A TRUCK

I SURMOUNT

DOCTOR

OBSOLETE

SIDE BY SIDE

SHINED SHOES

IN A DREAM

IN LIMBO

MOTHER AND CHILD

MY ONLY ENEMY

THE ORANGE PICKER

GUILT

A MAN

JOSEPH

THE PRODIGAL SON

INFORMATION

JOB HUNTING

THE PARIAH

THE ESCAPADE

I STAND UPON A DIKE

THE GOOD ANGEL

WITHOUT RECRIMINATION

LIFE AND ME

LISTENING

LIKE A LIE

LOVE POEM FOR THE FORTY-SECOND STREET LIBRARY

NO ANSWER

EVERYBODY KNOWS

MELPOMENE IN MANHATTAN

BRIEF ELEGY

MOVING PICTURE

MY ENEMIES

MY PLACE

THER LOVER

NEW MEXICO

NEW YEAR'S EVE

WITHOUT FEAR

OBSERVED

OEDIPUS REFORMED

AS IF

WE HAVE BODIES

THE BUTCHER SHOP

SINCE THEN

OLD MAN

ON FREEDOM

THE CENTER OF GRAVITY

ON THE DEATH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

ONE LEAF

I AM ALONE AS I WRITE

I'VE NOTHING TO OFFER

LONG ISLAND

PASSENGER

PEACE

PLAY AGAIN

THE WARD

THE RESTAURANT

PRINT SHOP

PROPOSITION

PROSE POEM IN SIX PARTS

MOTHS

READING AT NIGHT

RESOLVED

RITUAL ONE

RUSH HOUR

SALES TALK

WHEREVER

SELF-ANALYSIS

SELF-CENTERED

FOR JANE KENYON

SIMPLY

SKETCHES

SKY

SOLDIER

SUBWAY

SUMMER

SUNLIGHT: A SEQUENCE FOR MY DAUGHTER, SELECTION

TALKING TO MYSELF

THAT I AM

THAT'S THE SUM OF IT

THE BOXING MATCH

THE BUSINESS LIFE

THE COMPLEX

THE DINER

THE EXECUTIVE

THE FISHERWOMAN

THE FLY

THE FUTURE

THE GENTLE WEIGHT LIFTER

THE JOBHOLDER

THE JOURNEY

THE PAPER CUTTER

THE PRINCIPLE

THE REBEL

THE REFUSE MAN

THE SAINT

IN RETROSPECT

THE STARS

THE WEATHER

THE WOUND

THEY SAID

THINKING

THOUGHTS OF A TINY PIG

TO MAKE KNOWN (FOR ZERO MOSTEL)

BRIGHTNESS AS A POIGNANT LIGHT

EGG

WITH THE SUN'S FIRE

THE VASE

IN THIS DREAM I DO NOT EXIST

HELLO

THE SEPARATE DEAD

WAITING INSIDE

WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS

WHISTLE OR HOOT

WITH THE DOOR OPEN

1905

AUTUMN: 2

EACH DAY

GET THE GASWORKS

KADDISH

MY OWN HOUSE

NO THEORY

RESCUE THE DEAD

SIMULTANEOUSLY

SUNDAY AT THE STATE HOSPITAL

THE BAGEL

THE BREAD ITSELF

THE OUTLAW

TREAD THE DARK: 51

A ROCK IS THROWN AT MY HEAD

A SUMMER OF BUTTOCKS

A VISION OF BLACK ROCK

AFTER THE SUBWAY RIDE

ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE NO MONEY, YOU'VE GIVEN IT UP

AT NIGHT THE DARKENED WINDOWS

BEFORE I MET YOU I WASN'T ALWAYS SAD

BLACK EYES, SNUB NOSE, WIDE MOUTH

EXULT AMONG SAD, RESIGNED MEN

HE IS ORGANIZED TO DIE

I AM ALONE, MOTHER, WITHOUT YOU

I AM INDIFFERENT TO THE GIRL STANDING

I AM LIKE A SCRAP OF PAPER STUCK

I AM SOON GONE

I COME TO JOY WHEN SUFFERING BEGINS

I COULDN'T HAVE LOVED YOU AS A CHILD

I DO NOT SING FOR NOW

I FIX MY EYES ON A BLADE OF GRASS

I HEAR MY MOTHER CALL ME IN MY SLEEP

I LEANED, BALLOONING MY SHIRT

I LIVE BECAUSE DEATH IS THE GOAL

I LOOK OUT ON AN EMPTY ROAD AND I'M DELIGHTED

I MAY HAVE SAID A FEW THINGS RIGHT

I PLAY AT DEATH

I SEE A HAWK SOARING

I SIT AT MY DESK, LISTENING TO THE PHONE RING

I UNCOIL MYSELF AND LIE STRAIGHT OUT

I USED TO BE IN LOVE

I WHISTLED BRAHMS TO TELL YOU I LOVED YOU

I'D RATHER LOOK AROUND ME

I'VE WANTED TO BE OLD AND WRUNG THROUGH

IF I CAN WALK FARTHER

IMAGINE PICKING UP A GUN

IN MY DARK MOOD I LOOK OUT UPON THE STREET

IT FILLS ME TO LOVE YOU

IT IS PAINFUL

IT IS PECULIAR THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE ME

JOY IN THE BROKEN BONDS OF MY THINKING

LOVE IS HIS NEMESIS: IT FOLLOWS HIM INTO SLEEP

MAN CANNOT LEAP OVER HIMSELF

MAN, I'VE COOLED ON ANGER

MY EYES ARE FORMING A TREE

MY SELF IS A WATCHER

NO IDEAS BUT IN THINGS

PEOPLE DON'T MATTER ANY LONGER

POETS I HAVE REFUSED TO READ

POETS OF THE NEW YORKER

SO HERE ARE ALL OF YOU

SOMETHING OF OURSELVES, WE DECIDED FINALLY

SUCCESS IN THE TOUCHES OF YOUR HAND

SUFFERING IS WHAT I DO BEST

THE CHILD HAD LOST A FRIENDLY DOG IN AN ACCIDENT

THE FLOWER LOVER HAS PICKED A TIME BOMB

THE MOMENT WHICH IS LIKE A PEAR

THE NIGHT IS CALM

THE OIL BURNER RUNS BY THERMOSTAT

THE PAVEMENT HAS ITS LIFE

THE ROUND, PALE GLOBE IN THE CEILING

THE SILENCE OF THE SUBURBS IS ADMISSION

THE TIME COMES WHEN YOU ARE FACING HIM

THE VASE ON THE TABLE IS NEVER ANYTHING

WAITING TO LIVE

WHAT HAS BROUGHT ME TO YOU, STONE 2 IGNATOW, DAVID WHAT SHALL HE DO WITH A SON'

WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACES THAT CONFRONT ME

WHEN I SEE LIFE IN SHORT, DEATHLIKE SCENES

WHO ARE THESE MEN WHO BECOME PLUMBERS

WHY IS IT THAT LYING IN BED

YOU FEED ME AND I GIVE YOU IRON AND ANGER

YOU SPOUTING ABOUT MONEY

A RHYME

SUBWAY

SUMMER

THAT I AM

MAN CONFRONTED BY MASKS

RAVEN CROAKING ON THE PERCH OF MY HEART

AH, ROOM, YOU WAIT FOR ME DAY AND NIGHT

ALL COMES TO SUNLIGHT

ALL THE ATOM BOMBS AND BOMBERS

CONFUSION IS WHAT I KNOW BEST

DAUGHTER SO BEAUTIFUL I CANNOT BELIEVE IT

DESPITE THE PLAINNESS OF THE DAY

EACH STONE ITS SHAPE

EARTH HARD TO MY HEELS

FORK I RAISE TO MY MOUTH SHOULD BE THE FORK IN A DREAM

GOD SAID, HAVE YOU FINISHED MY THINKING?

GUILT IS MY ONE ATTACHMENT TO REALITY

HE MOVES STRAIGHT BEFORE HIM, LEGS MOVING LIGHTLY

HERE I AM IN A ROOM

HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT

I CAN BE SEEN EACH SUNDAY

I COULD SPEND MY LIFE CONTEMPLATING THE WEAVING

I FELT I HAD MET THE LORD

I GIVE YOU A LITLE STICK, YOU GIVE ME A TINY PEBBLE

I GIVE YOU A LITTLE STICK, YOU GIVE ME A TINY PEBBLE

I IDENTIFY WITH THE WOODEN SHED IN MY NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD.

I LIKE HOW YOUR BELLY

I LOVE WITH MY CONTRADICTIONS

I ONCE HAD AN ENEMY

I SHAKE MY FIST AT A TREE

I SHALL FOLLOW

I SHOWED HIM MY WOUND

I SLEEP SO THAT IN THE SILENCE

I STAND UPON A DIKE AT NIGHT, WATCHING

I WANT TO BE A SCENE OF SOME SORT

I WAS ANGRY

I WRITE TO CAPTURE THE MEANINGLESS AS IT WERE AN ANIMAL

I'M SURE TREES ARE DEPRESSED ALSO

IF MY HAND BELIEVES IN DEATH

IF TREES THAT ARE LESSER THAN I, SO IT IS SAID BY OTHERS

IF WE COULD BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE

IN ANOTHER DREAM

IN MY CHILDHOOD I AWOKE TO MY MOTHER'S VOICE

IN PLACE OF LOVE WE MUST HAVE MONEY

IN THE END IS THE WORD TO DESTROY THE WORLD

IN THE SILENCE WE SAT ACROSS A TABLE

IN THE STREET WE STROLLED HAND IN HAND

IN THE STREET, THE BUG CARS SCUTTLE AND SHOOT

IN THIS DREAM I'M AN INDIAN

IT IS PECULIAR THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE ME

IT'S NOT YOU I MISS

IT'S SO REASSURING TO SHOW MYSELF TO YOU

LAST NIGHT I SPOKE TO A DEAD WOMAN WITH GREEN FACE

LIFE IS AS DECEPTIVE AS THE SUN

LOVE ME LOVE MY BOMBS

MAKE UP A POEM ABOUT A MAN GOING TO SLEEP IN HIS

MAKE UP A POEM ABOUT A MAN GOING TO SLEEP

MY ARMS RAISED ABOVE MY HEAD

MY LIFE HAS BEEN A SEEKING

MY LOVE FOR YOU IS A DARK HALL

MY ONLY ENEMY HAS NO METAL FOR HIS HATRED

MY POETRY IS FOR THE NIGHT

NOTHING IS LEFT BUT THE STARS

NOW I HEAR TWO UNSYNCHRONIZED STEEL HAMMERS POUNDING

ONCE THERE WAS A WOMAN SMILED AT ME

PALE SKIN IS UPON THE CHEEKBONE LIKE A PLEA

PEACE FOR AWHILE

SAID A VOICE TO ME

SAY PARDON TO A BUM

SO INTRICATELY IS THIS WORLD RESOLVED

SOMEHOW IT DOES NOT WRITE ITSELF, OUR LIFE TOGETHER

SOMEONE I KNOW / WHOM I FEARED

SOMETIMES I THINK I'VE LIVED TOO LONG

SOMETIMES IB THE SUBWAY YOU SEE A FACE

STIEGLITZ WORE A CAP TO TAUNT BULLS

TAKE TO YOURSELF YOUR HELPLESSNESS

TENDERNESS I HAVE FOR GOOD GIFTS, CHANTE THE WOMEN

BAKER EATS CAKE WITH HIS PROBLEMS

BUSINESS MAN IS A TRAITOR TO HIMSELF FIRST

DAY GOES BY WITH ITS STRIVING

DEAD OF MY EARNING

ETERNAL MEN ARE DEPLANING AT AIRPORTS

FACES THAT JUDGE ME

FISH THAT LIVES AT THE BOTTOM

FORK I RAISE TO MY MOUTH SHOULD BE THE FORK IN A DREAM

HORIZON WAS LIKE AN OPEN MOUTH

SUNLIGHT, PIERCING THE GLOOM OF THIS HOUSE

WINDOW WAS MADE IN AN EFFORT TO BE FREE OF BRICK

THERE IS A TENDERNESS IN THE VOICES OF TWO PERSONS

THERE IS AN APPLE THAT MUST NOT FALL

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME

THEY PUT A TELEPHONE IN HIS COFFIN

THIS BODY ON WHICH I COUNTED FOR AN ETERNAL LIFE

THIS WOMAN HAD HER ARMS AROUND ME

WATCH YOU FACE IN THE MIRROR

WE ARE LIKE TWO FREIGHT CARS

WE CAME NAKED

WERE YOU PERHAPS SENT BY THE FBI

WHAT WOULD LIFE BE WITHOUT YOU?

WHEN NEWS CAME OF HIS DEATH I WAS DISAPPOINTED

WHEN THE NEWS CAME OF HIS DEATH I WAS DISAPPOINTED

WHERE IS A ROCK TO BORE A HOLE THROUGH?

WHITE-HAIRED, I WALK IN ON MY PARENTS

WHO AM I TO BE LOVED

WITH HORACE I TAKE MY STAND BESIDE TWO ROCKS

WITH MY BACK TO THE INSANE WORLD

WITHOUT SEXUAL ATTRACTION, THERE IS

YOUR BODY IS NOT MINE

YOUR FACE BEFORE ME

1905

1960

1965

6

6-Aug-45

BRIEF BIO

CASE HISTORY

CLOSET NAMED LOVE

CLOUD CREATES

CONVERSATION

DIALOGUE

FABLE

FEARFUL THING

FIRST ON TV (FOR WALTER CRONKITE)

GLIMPSE OF E.E. CUMMINGS

GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE ZOO

LEAF

LIFE OF WONDER

LOOSE GOWN

MAN OF HIS TIME

MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE

MODERN FABLE

MORAL TALE

NAME

PHASE OF ORDER

POLITICAL CARTOON

RELATIONSHIP

REPLY

REQUIEM

SEARCH FOR GRACE

SEMBLANCE

SUITE FOR MARRIAGE

TIME OF NIGHT

TRIPTYCH

TUFT OF DAISIES

WORKING PRINCIPLE

ABOUT MONEY

ABOVE EVERYTHING

ABSOLUTELY

ADDENDUM

ADOLESCENCE

ADOLESCENCE

ADONIS

AESTHETICS

AESTHETICS II

AFTER

AGAINST THE EVIDENCE

AGING

ALEXANDER DIED DRUNK

ALL QUIET

ALMOST NEVER

AMERICA AMERICA

AESTHETIC

ALLEGORY

AMERICAN PARABLE

ANCIENT FABLE

APOLOGY

APPEAL

ECOLOGY

EVENING

ILLUSION

OLD MAN LOOKS AT THE YOUNG KISSING

OMEN

ONTOLOGY

AND HE WILL FAIL

AND IK STAND

AND NOW

AND REST

AND STEP

AND THAT NIGHT

AND THE SAME WORDS

AND THE WIND COMES

ANEW

APPLE WATCHER

AS IF

ASLEEP

AT A DANCE

AT FOUR O'CLOCK

AT HOME

AT TABLE

AT THE MUSEUM

AT THE ZOO

AT THIS MOMENT

AUTUMN

AUTUMN LEAVES

AUTUMN LEAVES

AUTUMN: 1

AUTUMN: 2

AWAITING

BACKYARD

BE LIKE ME

BEAUTIFUL AND KIND

BECAUSE

BEFORE THE SABBATH

BEHIND HIS EYES

BETWEEN SHADE AND SUN

BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

BETWEEN US

BETWEEN US

BIOGRAPHY

BIRDS IN WINTER

BIRDS IN WINTER

BIRTHDAY

BLESSING

BLESSING MYSELF

BOTHERING ME AT LAST

BRIEF CASES

BRIEF ELEGY

BROODING

BROTHERHOOD

BUSINESS

BUT I CAN ACT

BUZZ

BY THE NEST OF THE MOTHER BIRD

CASH AND CARRY

CHRIST

CHRISTMAS EVE

CLERK

COCKROACHES

COME!

COMMUNION

COMMUNION: 1

COMMUNION: 2

COMPANY

CONCRETE

CONSOLATION

CONSOLATION

CONTENT

CONVIVIO

COUNTRY LIVING

CREDO II

CRHISTMAS IMPROVISATIONS

CROWDING

DAY MY DREAM

DEAR ROBERT

DEDICATION

DENIED

DESERT PEOPLE

DILEMMA

DIRECTIVE

DOCTOR

DOG

DOMESTIC SONG

DREAM

DROLL HUSBAND

DUSK

EACH DAY

EACH NIGHT

EACH OF US

EAST BRONX

EAST SIDE WEST

ELEGY

ELEGY FOR YOUTH

EMERGENCY CLINIC

EMERGENCY CLINIC II

ENVOI

EPITAPH

ESCAPE

EUROPE AND AMERICA

EVERY DAY

EVERYBODY KNOWS

EXPRESS YOUR WILL

FACT

FALL

FALLING ASLEEP THINKING OF TEETH

FATHER

FATHER AND SON

FEELING WITH MY HANDS

FIGURES OF THE HUMAN

FINGERNAILS

FIRST COFFIN POEM

FOR ...

FOR A FRIEND

FOR ALL FRIENDS

FOR ERNEST LUBIN

FOR JANE KENYON

FOR JOHANNES EDFELT

FOR JOHN BERRYMAN

FOR LORI

FOR MARIANNE MOORE

FOR MEDGAR EVERS

FOR MY DAUGHTER

FOR MY DAUGHTER IN REPLY TO A QUESTION

FOR MY MOTHER ILL

FOR MY PARENTS

FOR NOBODY ELSE

FOR ONE MOMENT

FOR ROSE

FOR STANLEY KUNITZ

FOR THE LIVING

FOR THE NIGHT

FOR YAEDI

FOR YOUR FEAR

FOREVER

FOREVER

FORGET IT

FORKS WITH POINTS UP

FOUR CONVERSATIONS: A CATECHISM

FOUR CONVERSATIONS: A DISCUSSION

FOUR CONVERSATIONS: CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS

FOUR CONVERSATIONS: IMPROVISATION II

FROM A DREAM

FROM MY WINDOW

GARDENERS

GET THE GASWORKS

GOD'S

GOING DOWN

GRANDCHILDREN

GROWING UP

GULLS

HAIRS

HAROLD

HEADLINE: PRISONER WITHOUT REMORSE

HERE I AM

HERE I AM

HERE I AM WITH MIKE

HERE IT IS

HIS NAME

HOSPITAL CLERK

HOW COME?

HOW ELSE

HOW TO BE RIGHT

HUNGER ON TV

HURRY HURRY

I AM

I AM ALONE AS I WRITE

I AM WELL

I CLOSE MY EYES

I DON'T WANT TO

I DREAM

I DREAM I HURL A SPEAR

I HAVE SPOKEN

I LOVE TO FLY

I SAW A LEAF

I SEE A TRUCK

I TURNED MY BACK

I WANT

I WAS AN ANGRY MAN

I WILL WALK

I WONDER WHO IS NEXT

I'LL COME BACK

I'M A MACHINE

I'M ASKING

I'M HERE

I'M NOT ONE

I'VE NOTHING TO OFFER

IF I KISS YOU

IF I SHOULD

IF WE KNEW

IMAGINE

IMPERMANENCE

IN A DREAM

IN A DREAM

IN A DREAM: 1

IN ABSENTIA

IN AN OPEN PALM

IN ANCIENT TIMES

IN CHILDHOOD

IN DREAM

IN LIMBO

IN ME

IN MEMORIAM (AL LICHTMAN)

IN MY CHILDHOOD

IN MY ROOM

IN NO WAY

IN SEASON

IN THE GARDEN

IN THE WOODS

IN THIS DREAM

INDEPENDENCE

INFORMATION

INVOCATION

IT IS

IT MOVES ME TO LOVE YOU

IT'S A SICK LIFE

ITS ORIGIN

JOB'S ANGER

JUNGLE TALK

KADDISH

KEEP TIME AWAY

KNOWLEDGE

LEAPING FROM AMBUSH

LEARNING TO STRATCH

LEAVES

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 1

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 11

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 12

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 13

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 14

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 15

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 16

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 17

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 19. STABILITY

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 2

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 20

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 21

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 22. THE VIOLENCE

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 23

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 24. FOR NOW

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 25

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 26

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 27. TWO

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 28. THE NEED

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 29. NIGHT

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 3. FOR NERUDA

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 30

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 31. COUPLING

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 32. ACROSS THE ROOM

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 33

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 34

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 35

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 36

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 37

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 38

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 39

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 4

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 40

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 41

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 42. EVERYONE

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 43

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 44. MEETING

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 45

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 46

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 47

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 48

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 5

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 50

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 51. LOST CHILDHOOD

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 52

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 53

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 55

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 56

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 57

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 58

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 59

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 6

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 60

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 61

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 62

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 63. WITHOUT RECRIMINATION

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 7. FROM THE BEGINNING

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 8

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 9

LETTER

LETTER TO A FRIEND

LIFE AS A FROG

LIKE A LIE

LIKE SMOKE

LINGUISTICS

LISTENING

LITTLE FRIEND

LIVES

LIVES II

LIVING

LONG ISLAND

LOVE IN A ZOO

LOVE POEM

LOVE POEM FOR THE FORTY-SECOND STREET LIBRARY

LOVERS

LUNCHTIME

MAN'S POSTURE

MARKETING

MARRIAGE SONG

MELPOMENE IN MANHATTAN

MEMORIES OF A HORSEMAN

MIDNIGHT: 2

MIRRORS

MONEY AND GRASS

MOONLIGHT POEM

MORNING

MOTHER AND CHILD

MOTHS

MOVING PICTURE

MR. MAMMON I

MR. MAMMON II

MY ENEMIES

MY NATIVE LAND

MY NEIGHBOR

MY OWN HOUSE

MY OWN LINE

MY PITY

MY PLACE

MY PRESIDENT WEEPS

MYSELF

MYSTIQUE

NEIGHBORS

NEITHER ONE

NEW YORK

NEWS REPORT

NEXT TO DIE

NICE GUY

NIGHT AT AN AIRPORT

NIGHT PEOPLE

NO ANSWER

NO THEORY

NOAH

NOCTURNE

NOTE ON TURGENEV

NOTES FOR A LECTURE

NOURISH THE CROPS

NOW

NOW CELEBRATE LIFE AND DEATH

NURSE

OBSOLETE

OEDIPUS REFORMED

OF THAT FIRE

OF THE LIVING

OFF TO THE CEMETERY

OFFICE PARTY

OH IRENE

OLD

ON CENSORSHIP

ON FREEDOM

ON MODERN POETRY

ON POETRY

ON THE DEATH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

ON WALKING INTO A DARK ALLEY

ONCE MORE

ONCE UPON A TIME

ONE CAN

ONE LEAF

OPENING PATHS

OPTIONS

ORGASM

ORIGINS

OUR MASTERPIECE

PARDON KEEPS THE SUN

PARK

PAYMASTER

PEACE

PERMANENCE

PHYSICAL LOVE

PLAY AGAIN

PLAYFULLY

POEM

POEM

POEMS THE DEAD KNOW BY HEART

POET TO PHYSICIST IN HIS LABORATORY

PRAYER

PREMONITIONS

PREPARING

PRETEND YOU ARE ASLEEP

PRICING

PROEM

PROGRESS OF LOVE

PROLOGUE

PROMENADE

PROSE POEM IN SIX PARTS

PROUD OF MYSELF

READING AT NIGHT

READING THE HEADLINES

RESCUE THE DEAD

RESPECTED GRAVES

REVERSALS

RITUAL ONE

RITUAL TWO

RIUTAL THREE

SALES TALK

SAMSON

SANGUINE

SECRETLY

SEDIMENT

SEE

SELF-CENTERED

SELF-EMPLOYED

SEPARATE ROOMS

SH, THIS POEM WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING

SHADOWING IN THE GROUND

SHAPELY

SHE WAS THE AUDIENCE

SHINEY SHOES

SIDE BY SIDE

SILENTLY

SIMULACRUM

SINCE THEN

SINGERS OF PROVENCE

SIX LOVE POEMS, SELS.

SIX MOVEMENTS ON A THEME

SKY

SLEEPY

SOLDIER

SOLITUDE

SPACE POEM

SPINNING

SPRING

STAGES

STATEMENT FOR THE TIMES

STEPS FOR THREE - A PROSE POEM

STREET SCENE

SUBURBIA

SUBURBIA I

SUBURBIA II

SUBWAY

SUBWAY

SUBWAY

SUMMARY

SUMMER

SUMMER

SUNDAY AT THE STATE HOSPITAL

SUNLIGHT: A SEQUENCE FOR MY DAUGHTER, SELS.

SUNSET

TALKING TO MYSELF

THAT LAW HAS REASONS

THAT'S THE SUM OF IT

AFFECTION

AGED POET

AMERICAN AND LEND-LEASE

ANSWER

APPLE

APPOINTMENT CARD

ASSASSIN

BAGEL

BEARER OF PAIN

BLUE DANUBE

BOSS

BOXING MATCH

BREAD ITSELF

BUSINESS LIFE

BUTCHER SHOP

CASTAWAY

CENTER OF GRAVITY

CITY

CLINIC

COMPLEX

COOKOUT

DANCER

DEBATE

DERELICT

DINER

DOOR

DREAM

ERRAND BOY I

ERRAND BOY II

ESCAPADE

EXCHANGE

FAITHFUL ONE

FISHERWOMAN

FLY

FOLK SINGER

FORM

FUTURE

GAME

GARDEN AND THE STORE

GENTLE WEIGHT LIFTER

GOOD ANGEL

HEART

HEBREW LESSON

HIGH DIVER

HOPE

HUMAN CONDITION, I

HUMAN CONDITION, II

HUNTER

IMAGE

INHERITANCE

INTEGERS

INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW: 2

JOURNEY

JOURNEY

LAST ATTEMPT

LEGEND OF YOUTH

LIFE

LIFE DANCE

LONGEST KNIVES

LOVE WE HAD

LOVER

MAN WHO ATTRACTS BULLETS

MAN WHO FELL APART IN THE STREET AS HE WALKED

MANACLED YOUTH

MANAGER

MARMOSET

MEETING

MEN SANG

MOON

MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED

MURDERER

NAILHEAD

NEWS PHOTO

NIGHT LIFE

OPEN BOAT

ORANGE PICKER

PAINTER

PAINTER AND HER SUBJECT

PAPER CUTTER

PARDON OF CAIN

PARTING

PAST

PLANT

PLANTONIST

PLEASURE

PLEASURE

PORTRAIT

PREPARATION

PRINCIPLE

PRODIGAL SON

PUZZLE (1)

PUZZLE (2)

REFUSE MAN

REPLY

RESTAURANT

REWARD

RIGHTFUL ONE

ROCKETS

ROOM

SALESMAN

SEA IS MY PLACE

SECRET CRUMBS

SELF

SEPARATE DEAD

SHIP

SIGNAL

SKY IS BLUE

SONG

SPHINX

SPIRIT

STAKE AND THE CHAIN

STORY OF PROGRESS

STRANGER

TASTE

THEORY OF DRESSING

TRANSCENDENTALIST WALKING THROUGH SKID ROW

TREE

VENDING MACHINE

VISIT

WARD

WEATHER

WEDDING

WHITE CEILING

WORLD

WORLD

WOUND

YEARS OF LOSS

ZOO LION

THEIR MOUTHS FULL

THESE WORDS

THINKING

THIS IS MORTAL

THIS IS THE SOLUTION

THIS MORNING

THREE

THREE IN TRANSITION

THUS TRULY

TICK TOCK

TO A FRIEND WHO HAS MOVED TO THE EAST SIDE

TO AN APPLE

TO MAKE KNOWN (FOR ZERO MOSTEL)

TO NOWHERE

TO ONESELF

TO STAY ALIVE

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

TREAD THE DARK: 1. BRIGHTNESS AS A POIGNANT LIGHT

TREAD THE DARK: 10

TREAD THE DARK: 11

TREAD THE DARK: 12. AN ACCOUNT IN THE PRESENT TENSE

TREAD THE DARK: 13. AT THE END OF THE WORLD

TREAD THE DARK: 14

TREAD THE DARK: 15

TREAD THE DARK: 16

TREAD THE DARK: 17. THE PROCESSION

TREAD THE DARK: 18

TREAD THE DARK: 19

TREAD THE DARK: 2. FROM THE OBSERVATORY

TREAD THE DARK: 20. THE ABANDONED ANIMAL

TREAD THE DARK: 21

TREAD THE DARK: 22. THIS FALSE DESIRE

TREAD THE DARK: 23

TREAD THE DARK: 24

TREAD THE DARK: 25. A RECOUNTING

TREAD THE DARK: 26. DANTE'S BROTHER

TREAD THE DARK: 27. SCISSORS

TREAD THE DARK: 28

TREAD THE DARK: 29. APOCRYPHA

TREAD THE DARK: 3. THE SEASONS

TREAD THE DARK: 30. THE SUICIDE

TREAD THE DARK: 31. THE DEAD SEA

TREAD THE DARK: 32. THEME AND VARIATIONS

TREAD THE DARK: 33

TREAD THE DARK: 34. SUICIDE IN TWO VOICES

TREAD THE DARK: 35

TREAD THE DARK: 36. DEATH OF A LAWN MOWER

TREAD THE DARK: 37. IS THERE A VALUE TO LIFE?

TREAD THE DARK: 38. CANNIBALS

TREAD THE DARK: 39. THE SPORTSMAN

TREAD THE DARK: 4. WITH THE SUN'S FIRE

TREAD THE DARK: 40. SOUTH BRONX

TREAD THE DARK: 41. THE FOREST WARDEN

TREAD THE DARK: 42. THE ONLY ONE I KNOW

TREAD THE DARK: 43

TREAD THE DARK: 44. THE LIFE THEY LEAD

TREAD THE DARK: 45. THOUGHTS

TREAD THE DARK: 46. A MEDITATION

TREAD THE DARK: 47

TREAD THE DARK: 48. AT THE MUSEUM

TREAD THE DARK: 49. THE QUESTION

TREAD THE DARK: 5

TREAD THE DARK: 50

TREAD THE DARK: 51

TREAD THE DARK: 52

TREAD THE DARK: 53. THE VASE

TREAD THE DARK: 54

TREAD THE DARK: 55. THE METAMORPHOSIS

TREAD THE DARK: 56. THE EXPLORER

TREAD THE DARK: 57. IN MY DREAM

TREAD THE DARK: 58. HAIR

TREAD THE DARK: 59. TO CHARLES REZNIKOFF

TREAD THE DARK: 6. THE TWO SELVES

TREAD THE DARK: 60. THE PLEASURE

TREAD THE DARK: 61

TREAD THE DARK: 62

TREAD THE DARK: 63

TREAD THE DARK: 64

TREAD THE DARK: 65

TREAD THE DARK: 66. FOR STEPHEN MOONEY, 1913-71

TREAD THE DARK: 67. IN THE DARK

TREAD THE DARK: 68

TREAD THE DARK: 69

TREAD THE DARK: 7. THE JUGGLER

TREAD THE DARK: 70

TREAD THE DARK: 71

TREAD THE DARK: 72

TREAD THE DARK: 73

TREAD THE DARK: 74

TREAD THE DARK: 75. MIDNIGHT

TREAD THE DARK: 76

TREAD THE DARK: 77. AS WE WALK OUR LIVES

TREAD THE DARK: 78. THE SOCIAL LIFE

TREAD THE DARK: 79. LIGHTLY

TREAD THE DARK: 8. SCENARIO

TREAD THE DARK: 80. A PRAYER IN PART

TREAD THE DARK: 81

TREAD THE DARK: 82. FOR ROBERT LOWELL

TREAD THE DARK: 83. I'M A DEPRESSED POEM

TREAD THE DARK: 84

TREAD THE DARK: 85. HELLO

TREAD THE DARK: 86. FINALLY

TREAD THE DARK: 87. EPILOGUE

TREAD THE DARK: 9

TREAD THE DARK: I AM BROTHER

TREAD THE DARK: WHO COULD HAVE BELIEVED IT?

TROUGH

TRUNINGS

TWO

TWO FRIENDS

TWO VOICES

US

VERSICLE AND RESPONSE

WAIT

WAITING INSIDE

WALK THERE

WALKING

WALLS

WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS

WANTS ADS

WE

WE ARE RELIVING DEAD MEN'S LIVES

WE HAVE BODIES

WHAT HAPPENS

WHAT IS THIS LIFE, ANYWAY

WHEN THERE IS LIFE

WHERE AM I GOING?

WHERE NOTHING IS HIDDEN

WHEREVER

WHILE I LIVE

WHISPER TO THE EARTH

WHISTLE OR HOOT

WITH OTHERS

WITH THE DOOR OPEN

WITH THE SUN'S FIRE

WITHOUT FEAR

WITNESS

WRONG

ZOO



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