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ROBERT KELLY

Poet Analysis

Poems found: 563

LOOKING

ORPHEUS

SCIENCE

PREFIX: FINDING THE MEASURE

TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME

FIRE EXIT: 76

FIRE EXIT: 77

FIRE EXIT: 78

DREAM DEBRIS

A LITHUANIAN ELEGY

THE INVADERS

SERMON ON LANGUAGE

MONT BLANC

FALL DAY

BRUCKNER AT SAINT FLORIAN

RITUAL DANCES

THE DOGWOOD THE ANSWER

TOWARDS THE DAY OF LIBERATION

SONG: FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER

THE CLOUDHERD'S SONG

A WOMAN WITH FLAXEN HAIR IN NORFOLK HEARD

QUIET AND THE SHELL

LATTICES INSPIRED

FIRST NOETIC HYMN

SECOND NOETIC HYMN

THIRD NOETIC HYMN

FOURTH NOETIC HYMN

FIFTH NOETIC HYMN

IT ALL STAYS OPEN

POEM FOR EASTER

A WOMAN FROM CONNAUGHT

CHASTITY

EPITHALAMION

NEWARK

CROW IS CRYING OUT IN THE EMPTINESS OF THE SKY

MARK ON PAPER

MYTH MAY NOT BE OVERLASTING

TIME GONE

AGAINST DEATH THIS DENSITY

ALL THIS ROMANCE

AND IF THE MOON IS AS YOU SAY

AND THEN THE GULL, THAT OLD COMPANION

AND WHEN ALL THAT IS ROBERT IS GONE

BEING NEAR SOMEONE YOU LOVE DYING

BEING SURE ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE

BETWEEN TWO BIRCHES

BITTERSWEET GROWING UP THE RED WALL

BLESS ME FATHER

EVERY POEM SHOULD HAVE TWELVE THINGS IN IT

FACE AT A WINDOW

FACE IN THE ROCK WALL

HISTORY IS SOMETHING TO TAKE SHELTER IN

HOW IT FELT

I AM IN A RING OF BEGGARS

I SNARLED AT THE ROSE SELLER

I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY HUSBANDS STOP LOVING WIVES

I WANT TO TELL YOU

I WISH IT WAS ME AND NOT THE NORTH WIND

IF DAWN WOULD ONLY QUIET ME THE HOST

IF I WERE A CRESCENT MOON

IF MEN WEREN'T SO PHYSICAL WOMEN

IF SHE WENT DOWN TO THE TOWN

IN THE SMALL

IS IT THE HUM OF YOU UPSTAIRS ON THE TELEPHONE

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT HE WAS NEAR DEATH.

IT WAS THE LITTLE THING YOU CARED ABOUT

MY BOYHOOD WAS A RAFT OF POEMS

NEEDING QUIET, THE MEN OF OLD

NOTICES DARKER FORM MOVE

O LOVE / MICE EAT THE BLIND CAT'S FOOD

OH THE GRAIL WAS A GLAD HOTEL

ORPHEUS. AS IN ORPHAN. ALONE

PRAY FOR ALL TRAVELLERS. FOURTH SNOW TODAY

QUIET AND THE SHELL

QUIET DEMENTIA OF A WINTER NIGHT

RESISTING THE SWEET SENSE AMONG HIS LEGS

RETURNING TO THE CLASS OF DISCUSSABLE REFERENTS

SAYING

SEEK OUT THE FAR CAPILLARIES

STANDING AT MIDNIGHT

STARTLED BY A SENTENCE I FIND WRITTEN

THAT A MAN PULLS ON THE WORLD

THAT YOU DIED IN THE WINTER

BIRDS TOLD ME

CHAIRS COME TOWARD US

FLAVOR OF BEING WRONG CAME TO ME USUALLY

LAST DAYS LIKE THIS

MOON CLOSES

RAM BLISSOMS HIS MATE

THIS BE CALLING AGAIN AND THIS BE WOOD

THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL IS OLD

THOSE WHO ARE BEAUTIFUL

TO DO IT AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DONE

TO MY FRIENDS WHEN I AM EIGHTY-FIVE

WHAT DO YOU DO IF

WHAT IS ATTAINED HAS NO IDEA

WHEN I FINALLY CAUGHT

WHEN I WAS TWENTY I WAS SURE

WHEN THE BROKERS WERE RAINING ON WALL STREET

WHEN THE CEDAR

WHO DO I COME HOME TO BE? A PARABLE

YOU BREAK A MIRROR

BALLAD OF GOOD FRIDAY

BALTIC TRAGEDY

BRIGHT MORNING NEAR THE BRANDENGURG GATE

CONSTANT TELLING OF THE FATHER AND HIS WIDDERSHINS

CONTINUITY

CONVALESCENT

DARK MIRROR SCRATCHED DESPITE LOVE'S CARE: 1. AMONG THE VESSELS

DARK MIRROR SCRATCHED DESPITE LOVE'S CARE: 2. THE FISH

DARK MIRROR SCRATCHED DESPITE LOVE'S CARE: 3. THE COAST OF OPAL

DARK MIRROR SCRATCHED DESPITE LOVE'S CARE: 4. LA QUESTION

FABLE

FLOWER FOR THE NEW YEAR

GAP IN THE TEXTURE

GATHERING OF LUMES FROM THE FIRST YEAR

GRAMMAR OF THINGLISH

L'INSU DE LA MAIN

LANGUAGE

LESSER ART

LETTER TO MARCUS AURELIUS FROM AN EMPTY WORLD

LIFE OF INTIMATE FLEEING

LITTLE OFFICE FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX

MAN AFRAID OF HEIGHTS IS FALLING FROM A JET AT 35,000 FEET WHILE TRY

MARROW BONE

MASK LET SLIP

MY NAME

POEM IS A HAND

QASIDA OF THE MISTY DAY

QUICK ANSWER WEBBED TO ALL HER LIKENESSES

RIDDLE FOR ROBERT GRAVES AT NINETY

ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE PLAYING SOLITAIRE

SAYING I GREW UP HEARING

SPELL

STONE WALL IN PROVIDENCE

STUDY AFTER TITIAN

SUIT OF CARDS

THING FORGIVES LANGUAGE

WEEK AS WORK

WOMAN FROM CONNAUGHT

WOMAN WITH FLAXEN HAIR IN NORFOLK HEARD

A: 1

A: 10

A: 2

A: 3

A: 4

A: 5

A: 6

A: 7

A: 8

A: 9

ABRAK

ACTAEON

ADAM'S OFF-OX

ADVERTISEMENT

AFTERDEATH

AGAINST MUSIC

AGAINST THE CODE

AIR: FOR ENGLISH HORN

ALBA

ALIEN WITNESS

ALL HALLOWS EVE

AMONG THE SAGES

AMSTERDAM WINDOW

AUSTERITY

DIE FERNE GELIEBTE

EPISODE IN LITERARY HISTORY

EPITAPH

EVENING SPENT BACKWARDS

ANALYTIC HYMN

ANYTHING NATURALLY IT'S OPPOSITE

APPLES OF SODOM

ARGOT OF STEEL

ARIADNE'S THREAD

AT POETS WALK PARK

AUGURIES

AUTUMN

AVARICE

BALLAD OF THE EXTERNAL HEART

BANDITS

BEFORE THE REVOLUTION

BEL CANTO

BINDING BY STRIKING

BLACKBERRIES

BLUEBELLS

BODY

BONES

BOY AMONG ROSES

BRAHMS

BURNT OFFERINGS

BY THE AMERICAN SHORE

BY THE MILL RIVER

BY THE RIVER

CALLING

CANZONE

CARETAKERS

CARMEN SAECULARE

CARTOGRAPHY

CATHEDRAL OF THE INCARNATION

CAUSES

CELESTIAL LINGUISTICS

CHASTITY

CHIVALRY

COL. FAWCETT'S EXPEDITION

COLORADO

COMING

CURVATURE OF SOUND

CYPRESS HILLS

DAWN

DEATHBEDS

DETECTIVE STORY

DIFFERENCE

DIRECTIONS FOR A LIFE FULL OF BLISS

DIRGE FOR EMILE NELLIGAN

DOORS

DR. SUNYATA'S POEM

DUMPIER'S VOYAGES

EARLY SPRING DAY ALONG THE HOUSATONIC

EDGEWISE TO LULU

EGGS

EGON SCHIELE'S BRIDGE

EL DESDICHADO

ELEGY

ELEGY

ELEMENTS OF MORAL SEMIOTICS

ELGAR'S SECOND SYMPHONY

ENEMIES

EPITHALAMION

ESTABLISHING THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF SOMETHING

EUCALYPTUS

EVE OF ST. MARK'S

EVENING

EVERY LANGUAGE IS A SECOND LANGUAGE

EXCALIBUR

FACE IN THE ROCK WALL

FAREWELL LETTER

FEELINGS

FENNEL

FIN DE SIECLE

FIVE PRECIOUS STONES

FLAGS

FOLK MUSIC OF TIBET

FOR COLUMBUS DAY

FOR MY FATHER, ON HIS EIGHTY-FOURTH BIRTHDAY

FOR MY UNCLE BARNEY, THE ROSICRUCIAN

FOR THE ASKING

FOR WALLACE STEVENS

FROM

FROM A HILL IN THE BLACK FOREST

FROM PURGATORY MARY FLANNERY SPEAKS...

FROM THE RESTING PLACE OF THE GRAIL

GETHSEMANI

GETTING THERE

GODS

GOODBYE

GRACELA

GRAVEYARD IN NOVEMBER

HALLOWEEN: THAYER STREET

HARDNESS OF THE STONE

HARUSPEX

HERALDRY

HERCULES MUSARUM

HOLY SONNETS

HORSE

HOW TO WRITE A POEM

HUI-NENG CHOPS BAMBOO

HYDROGEN OXIDE

HYMN

IDENTITIES

IN ISLAND MIST

IN MAHLER'S SLEEP

IN MARY FRANK'S GARDEN

IN MEMORY OF JAMES MERRILL

IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER

IN MEMORY OF THE NORMANDIE

IN PUBLIC SPACE

IN THE HOUSE OF THE RAVEN

IN THE LIGHT

IN TITIAN SEEN

INJUNE

INTO THE HUMAN LIMIT

ITINERARIUM MENTIS AD DEUM

JANUARY

KABBALAH NUDE BY NATURE

LAOCOON

LAST LIGHT

LAST SONNET FOR TED BERRIGAN 1934-1983

LE POETE DE 14 ANS

LES JOUEURS DE FOOT-BALL, 1908

LIBER UMBRARUM

LIFE SIGNS

LIKENESS

LIMITS

LINE

LINGUISTICS

LITTLE OFFICE FOR THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN

LONDON SONNETS

LOOKING

LOVE

LOVE SONG I

MAITREYA

MAN

MAN SLEEPING

MAPPING

MARRIAGE CONSIDERED AS AN ARRANGEMENT OF OBJECTS IN SPACE

MARY FLANNERY SPEAKS ABOUT HER FATHER

MARY FLANNERY SPEAKS ABOUT MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK

MEANS

MEANS

MEASURE

MEASURE

MEASURE THOSE DISTANCES: OF THIS NIGHT

MEASURE THOSE DISTANCES: THE BOAT

MEASURE THOSE DISTANCES: THE CHURCH

MEASURES

MEASURES THOSE DISTANCES: GOING

MEDITATOR

MELENCOLIA; AFTER ALBRECHT DURER

MEN

MIDNIGHT IN LARAMIE

MOMENT OF APHASIA

MONGOLIA

MONSOON

MORNING PRAYER

MOUNTED POLICEMEN

MUDRA

MY CITY

NORMAL

NOVEMBER MEDITATION

NUEVA YORK

NURSING RESENTMENTS

OBJECTIONS TO THE UNSATISFACTORINESS OF CYCLIC EXISTENCE

ODE 15

ODE 16

ODE TO LANGUAGE

OF TECHNE

OF THE SENTENCE THAT SPEAKS ITSELF MORNING

OF WILLIAM MOUNT,THE LUMINIST

OIL OF EXCESS

ON A PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH PRIESTLEY

ON BEING ASKED TO TAKE PART ON A PUBLIC READING

ON GOATHLAND MOOR

ON HOMER

ORIGINAL WOMEN

ORION: OPENING THE SEALS

ORPHEE

PARTITA

PATMOS

PENTECOST

PERSONAL HISTORY

PIETER SAENREDAM'S GREAT CHURCH IN HAARLEM

PIGEONS

POEM FOR EASTER

POEM FOR MY FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY

POEM FOR THE JEWS

POETIC RAPTURE READS FACT TOO

POPEYE'S LAMENT

POSTCARD

POSTCARDS FROM THE UNDERWORLD

POUSSIN

PREFIX: FINDING THE MEASURE

PRESSED FLOWERS OF LIBREVILLE

PRINCE ADREI LOOKS AT THE SKY

PROFESSOR MORIARTY'S TREATISE ON THE DYNAMICS OF AN ASTEROID

RALEGH

REACHING THE LIMITS

READING

READING LI SHANG-YIN: FALLING FLOWERS

RECESSIONAL

REMEMBERING

REVERE BEACH

RHINEBECK

RIVERBOAT

SAGITTARIUS

SAMSARA

SAMSON IN THE TEMPLE OF DAGON

SATYR MOURNING A NYMPH

SCION

SEATING ARRANGEMENTS

SECTION 10: EARTH IS A WOMAN WHO IMAGINES US.

SENSATION

SET ON WAR

SHAKESPEARE

SHELTER

SHIPWRECK

SIGNE DU MIROIR

SINAI

SINGING UNDER THE GROUND

SIZE

SKIES

SOME DEFICIENCIES OF SUSANNAH'S BATH

SOME PRINCE OF THE TROJANS HERE

SONG XXI

SONG: 26

SONG: FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER

SONGBOOK

SONGS FROM THE CHILDWOOD

SONNET 18

SONNET FOR TED BERRIGAN'S SONNETS REPRINTED

SPRING SONNET

ST SEBASTIAN SECTOR, CALVARY

STAINS

STANZAS

STANZAS FROM DANTE

STANZAS: STANZA THREE

STANZAS: STANZA TWO

STATE OF THE NATION

STATUE OF ELVIS FOUND ON THE MOON

STUDIES FROM MISHNAH: III

STUDYING HORSES

SUN OF THE CENTER

SWANS

TAMING THE WOMAN

TELEPHONE

TEMPLUM

TEXTS 23

THALAMION

THAT FURIOUS WATER

ABJECT

ACQUISITION

ALCHEMIST

ANGEL OF THE DIALECTIC

ANSWER MAN

ARCHER

BERLIN SONNETS

BOOK OF PERSEPHONE: 10

BOOK OF PERSEPHONE: 11

BOOK OF PERSEPHONE: 12

BOOK OF PERSEPHONE: 14

BOOK OF PERSEPHONE: 16

BOOK OF PERSEPHONE: 17

BOOK OF PERSEPHONE: 18

BOOK OF PERSEPHONE: 9

BURIAL OF ROBERT SCHUMANN

CENTERFIELDER

CHANGEMAKER

CHILD'S SONG

CHOOSER AND THE CHOSEN

CITY, TO FICINO

CLIFFS AT WEST POINT

CLOUDHERD'S SONG

COMET

COMMANDMENTS

CRY OF I

CUSTOMS INSPECTOR

DEATH OF RASPUTIN

DEATH OF TRAGEDY

DEFILEMENTS: 5

DEFILEMENTS: 6

DEFILEMENTS: 7

DEFILEMENTS: 8

DEMONSTRATION

DISMEMBERED

DOGWOOD THE ANSWER

DOOR

DOORKNOB

ELEMENTS OF POETRY

END OF MEMORY

EVIDENCE

FIRST RELIGION

FLOWERS OF UNCEASING COINCIDENCE

FORMAL

FRENCH LINE

GIANT FIGHTS BACK

GOSHAWKS

HEAD OF ORPHEUS

HUNTER

LADY OF

LAST RELIGION

LATTICE

LAW

LONG MARCH

LOOM (EXCERPT)

LOVER

MAN WHO LOVED WHITE CHOCOLATE

MESSENGER

MESSENGERS

MONUMENT

MOON

MOUTH OF THE BLUE DOG IS BOUND BEFOREHAND

NATURE OF METAPHOR

NEW BORN

ORIGIN OF IT

PEOPLE THE FLOWERS

PERFECT STRANGER

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 1

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 10

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 11

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 12

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 13

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 2

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 3

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 4

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 5

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 6

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 7

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 8

PHYSIOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE: 9

POET

PRIEST

PROCESS

PROMPTER'S BOX

RAINMAKERS

RUBE GOLDBERG SUITE

SEA TEACHES ME FRENCH

SECRET AGENT

SHORTSTOP

SOUND

SOUND OF THE CENTER

STORY

TEARS OF EDMUND BURKE

TORMENTS OF SINCERITY

TOURNAMENT FROM WHICH I WOKE

TOWER OF BABEL

TRIADS

VALUATION

VENUS OF MOUNT RUTSEN

VIRGIN AND THE FIG

WANDERER

WHITE WALL

WORK OF THE KILN

WOUNDS OF CHRIST

THEN

THEORY OF PLACE

THIS ANIMAL HAS BEEN SET FREE

THIS IS THE END

THOR'S THRUSH: 4, SELS.

THOR'S THRUSH: 5, SELS.

THOR'S THRUSH: 6, SELS.

THOR'S THRUSH: 7, SELS.

THREE ORGAN RITUALS FOR ERIK SATIE

TIMING

TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME

TOO MUCH ABOUT THE DANCE

TOUCH

TOWARDS THE DAY OF LIBERATION

TUNE

TURQUOISE

TWENTY

UBIQUIST

UMBELLIFERAE

UNE SEMAINE DE SILENCE

UNQUELL THE DAWN NOW

VAMPIRE

VARIATIONS ON A POEM OF STEFAN GEORGE

VARIATIONS ON SOME STIRRINGS OF MALLARME

VOCATION

VOYAGE TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

WEEDS

WHAT

WHAT IF THE WORLD WERE ONLY WHAT IT IS AND WE STILL COULDN'T

WHAT SHE FOUND IN THE RIVER

WHAT THE WAITRESS AT DUNKIN DONUTS SAID TO ME

WHEN IT COMES

WHERE WOULD THE DUST GO IF YOU SHOOK IT OUT

WHY THE ACROBAT WAS SMILIING

WIND SWAY

WINDOWS

WINTER MUSIC

WOOL

YESTERBITE

YUCATAN



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