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THOMAS LUX

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Poems found: 336

REGARDING (MOST) SONGS

A MAN GETS OFF WORK EARLY

UPON SEEING AN ULTRASOUND PHOTO OF AN UNBORN CHILD

IRONY

I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART

FUNDAMENTAL

THE MAN INTO WHOSE YARD YOU SHOULD NOT HIT YOUR BALL

THE SWIMMING POOL

HISTORY BOOKS

CELLAR STAIRS

IT'S THE LITTLE TOWNS I LIKE

YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN

THE HUNGRY GAP-TIME

DEAD HORSE

PLAGUE VICTIMS CATAPULTED OVER WALLS INTO BESIEGED CITIES

GRADESCHOOL'S LARGE WINDOWS

RENDER, RENDER

YOU AND YOUR ILK

AFTER A FEW WHIFFS OF ANOTHER WORLD

ANS STILL IT COMES

BACKYARD SWING SET

EMPTY PITCHFORKS

GOOFER-DUST

HIS SPINE CURVED JUST ENOUGH

PEDESTRIAN

POEM BEGINNING WITH A RANDOM PHRASE FROM COLERIDGE

TARANTULAS ON THE LIFEBUOY

THE BITTERNESS OF CHILDREN

THE NIGHT SO BRIGHT A SQUIRREL READS

THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE

TO HELP THE MONKEY CROSS THE RIVER

FOX

POEM IN THANKS

CRISS CROSS APPLE SAUCE

A LARGE BRANCH SPLINTERED OFF A TREE IN A STORM

AMIEL'S LEG

BODO

COMMERCIAL LEECH FARMING TODAY

IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME

A MAN TAKES HIS DAUGHTER, AGE 5, TO A PUBLIC EXECUTION BY GUILLOTINE, PARIS, 1857

FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE CAN READ

THE MAN INSIDE THE CHIPMUNK SUIT

JUNGLESIDE

LOUDMOUTH SOUP

MEN WITH SMALL HEADS

MOTEL SEEDY

PRINCESS SUMMER FALL WINTER SPRING

NIGHT ABOVE THE TOWN

ONE MEAT BALL

PORTRAIT OF X (III)

REMORA

RIVER BLINDNESS (ONCHOCERCIASIS)

SHOTGUN LOADED WITH ROCK SALT

SEX IN HISTORY

SLIMEHEAD (HOPLASTETHUS ATLANTICUS)

REFRIGERATOR, 1957

THE HANDSOME SWAMP

THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE

THE NERVE DOCTORS

HE HAS LIVED IN MANY HOUSES

A LITTLE TOOTH

BARN FIRE

THE MIDNIGHT TENNIS MATCH

AFTER A FEW WHIFFS OF ANOTHER WORLD

AT THE FAR END OF A LONG WHARF

BENEATH THE APPLE BRANCHES BENT DUMBLY

CRISS CROSS APPLE SAUCE

EARLY ON, THIS DECADE'S LIGHT SMELLED

HERE'S TO SAMUEL GREENBERG

HIS SPINE CURVED JUST ENOUGH

IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE

IF ONE CAN BE SEEN

IT MUST BE THE MONK IN ME

IT'S THE LITTLE TOWNS I LIKE

LIKE A WIDE ANVIL FROM THE MOON THE LIGHT

MOON-ANNOYED, COGNAC'S ASHEN THRILL

DARK COMES ON IN BLOCKS, IN CUBES

NIGHT SO BRIGHT A SQUIRREL READS

ROAD THAT RUNS BESIDE THE RIVER

THERE WERE SOME SUMMERS

YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN

I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART'

MR. JOHN KEATS FIVE FEET TALL SAILS AWAY'

174517: PRIMO LEVI, AN ELEGY

BOAT IN THE FOREST

LARGE BRANCH SPLINTERED OFF A TREE IN A STORM

LIBRARY OF SKULLS

LITTLE GRACE AND JANE

LITTLE TOOTH

MAN TAKES HIS DAUGHTER, AGE FIVE, TO A PUBLIC EXECUTION BY GUILLOTIN

SMALL TIN PARROT PIN

STREAK OF BLOOD THAT ONCE WAS A TINY RED SPIDER

SUDDEN HUE

TENTH OF A CENT A STITCH

VOICELESS PARROT LEARNS TO READ AND WRITE AND PLAY THE TRUMPET

ALL THE SLAVES

ALMOST DANCING

AMIEL'S LEG

AMPHRIBRACH DANCE

HORATIAN NOTION

AND STILL IT COMES

ASAFETIDA

AT LEAST LET ME EXPLAIN

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

BACKYARD SWINGSET

BARN FIRE

BENIGHTED (WITH CONNOTOTATIONS OF BAD LUCK)

BIRDS NAILED TO TREES

BLACK ROAD OVER WHICH GREEN TREES GROW

BOATLOADS OF MUMMIES

BODO

BONEHEAD

BREAKBONE FEVER

BURNED FORESTS AND HORSES' BONES

CAN TIE SHOES BUT WON'T

CAN'T SLEEP THE CLOWNS WILL EAT ME

CELLAR STAIRS

CHILDREN IN SCHOOL DURING HEAVY SNOWFALL

COMMERCIAL LEECH FARMING TODAY

CONVERSATION, UPON WHICH EAVESDROPPED

DAWN WALK AND PRAYER

DEBATE REGARDING THE PERMISSIBILITY OF EATING MERMAIDS

DITTO

DR. GOEBBELS'S NOVELS

DRY BITE

DYSTOPIA

EDGAR ALLAN POE MEETS SARAH HALE (AUTHOR OF MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB)

ELEGY FOR FRANK STANFORD, 1949-1978

ELEGY FOR ROBERT WINNER

EMILY'S MOM

EMPTY PITCHFORKS

ENDIVE

EVERY VENTRICLE

FALLING THROUGH THE LEAVES

FAMILY PHOTO AROUND XMAS TREE

FARMER BROWN

FARMERS

FEVER SHIP

FLIES SO THICK ABOVE THE CORPSES IN THE RUBBLE THE SOLDIERS MUST USE..

FLOATING BABY PAINTINGS

FLYING NOISES

FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE CAN READ

FRANKLY, I DON'T CARE

FUNDAMENTAL

GIVE IT TO THE WIND

GLOW WORM

GOING HOME

GOLD ON MULE

GOOD MORNING IN THE TROPICS

GOOFER-DUST

GORGEOUS SURFACES

GRAVEYARD BY THE SEA

GREAT ADVANCES IN VANITY

GREEN PROSE

GRIM TOWN IN A STEEP VALLEY

GUIDE FOR THE PERPETUALLY PERPLEXED

HAITIAN CADAVERS

HE HAS LIVED IN MANY HOUSES

HIS JOB IS HONEST AND SIMPLE

HISTORY AND ABSTRACTION

HISTORY BOOKS

HORSE BLEEDING TO DEATH AT FULL GALLOP

HOSPITAL VIEW

HOSPITALITY AND REVENGE

I CAN'T TELL YOU

I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL

I WILL PLEASE, SAID THE PLACEBO

IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME

INSTITUTE OF DEFECTOLOGY

INVITATION TO THE SEERESS

IRRECONCILABILIA

JOB'S PROBLEMS

JUNGLESIDE

KALASHNIKOV

KWASHIORKOR; MARASMUS

LAMENT CITY

LETTER FROM ZANZIBAR

LETTER TO WALT WHITMAN FROM A SOLDIER HE NURSED IN ARMORY SQUARE...

LOUDMOUTH SOUP

MAN ASLEEP IN A CHILD'S BED

MEN WITH SMALL HEADS

MONEY

MONKEY BUTTER

MOTEL SEEDY

MR. POPE

MY GRANDMOTHER'S FUNERAL

MY MALARIA

MYOPE

NATIONAL IMPALEMENT STATISTICS

NIGHT ABOVE THE TOWN

OLD MAN SHOVELING SNOW

ON MATTER ONTOLOGICAL AND ESCHATOLOGICAL

ON RESUMPTION OF THE MILITARY DRAFT

ONE MEAT BALL

ONOMATOPOEIA

OUR KISSES BEING DURABLE

PAINFULLY BANAL

PECKED TO DEATH BY SWANS

PEDESTRIAN

PINDAR (ODES 1-8): ODE#1: THE TONGUE ON THE WRITING TABLE

PINDAR (ODES 1-8): ODE#2: MEETING PINDAR'S WIFE AND HORACE

PINDAR (ODES 1-8): ODE#3: PINDAR'S HANDKERCHIEF

PINDAR (ODES 1-8): ODE#4: THE TURKISH COUPLE

PINDAR (ODES 1-8): ODE#5: PINDAR'S SLAUGHTERHOUSE

PINDAR (ODES 1-8): ODE#6: DRINKING WITH PINDAR

PINDAR (ODES 1-8): ODE#7: HORACE'S SNAKE BITE

PINDAR (ODES 1-8): ODE#8: PINDAR SAYS GOODBYE

PISMIRE RISING

PLAGUE VICTIMS CATAPULATE OVER WALLS INTO BESIEGED CITY

PLEASE DON'T TOUCH THE RUINS

POEM BEFORE PRONOUNS

POEM IN THANKS

PORTRAIT OF THE MAN WHO DROWNED WEARING HIS BEST SUIT AND SHOES

PORTRAIT OF X (III)

PORTRAIT OF X [II]

PORTRAIT OF X [I]

POST MORTEM MENU

POSTCARD TO BAUDELAIRE

PRE-CEREBRAL

PRINCESS SUMMER FALL WINTER SPRING

PROTHALAMION

PROVINCIA AURIFERA

RATHER

REFRIGERATOR, 1957

REJECT WHAT CONFUSES YOU

RELUCTANT

REMORA

RENDER, RENDER

RILKE AND LOU

RIVER BLINDNESS (ONCHOCERCIASIS)

ROMMEL'S ASPARAGUS

SAILING, ISLANDS

SAY YES

SAY YOU'RE BREATHING

SCORPIONS EVERYWHERE

SEX IN HISTORY

SHAVING THE GRAVEYARD

SLEEP FOR BEARS

SLEEPING ON THE ROOF

SLEEPMASK DITHYRAMBIC

SLIMEHEAD (HOPLASTETHUS ATLANTICUS)

SNAKE LAKE

SNOW AS THE RAIN'S FATHER

SO YOU PUT THE DOG TO SLEEP

SOLO NATIVE

SOMEBODY'S AUNT OUT SWABBING HER BIRDBATH

SPIDERS WANTIMG

SUMMER EVENING, 1864, ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA

TACTILE

TARANTULAS ON THE LIFEBUOY

TEN YEARS HARD LABOR ON A GUANO ISLAND

TERMINAL LAKE

AMERICAN FANCY RAT AND MOUSE ASSOCIATION

BIG PICTURE

BITTERNESS OF CHILDREN

BODY DISSOLVES

CHIEF ATTENDANT OF THE NAPKIN

CORNER OF PARIS AND PORTER

CREATURE HAS A PURPOSE

CROWS OF BOSTON AND NEW YORK

DAY OF THE LACUNA: 1

DAY OF THE LACUNA: 10

DAY OF THE LACUNA: 5

DAY OF THE LACUNA: 6

DAY OF THE LACUNA: 7

DEADHOUSE AT THE WORKHOUSE

DEVIL'S BEEF TUB

DOLDRUM FRACTURE ZONE

DRIVER ANT

ENEMY THE WIND

FIREFLY'S PULSE

FOURTH GRADE

GARDEN

GAS STATION

GLETZ

GREAT BOOKS OF THE DEAD

GREEN

HANDSOME SWAMP

HIGH GROUND, SELS

HUNTING

ICE WORM'S LIFE

LANGUAGE ANIMAL

LATE AMBASSADORIAL LIGHT

LIMBIC SYSTEM

MAGMA CHAMBER

MAN INSIDE THE CHIPMUNK SUIT

MIDNIGHT TENNIS MATCH

MILKMAN AND HIS SON

MOUNTAINS IN THE RIVER ON THE WAY TO THE SEA

NAZI AT THE PUPPET SHOW

NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE

NIGHT WATCHMAN ADVERTISES HIMSELF

OXYMORON SISTERS

PATINA OF ENTITLEMENT

PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE

PERFECT GOD

PROFESSOR OF ANTS

RIVER BETWEEN THE TRAIN AND THE HIGHWAY

RIVER THAT SCOLDS AT ALL THE OTHER RIVERS

SLAVE CEMETERY

SUDD AS METAPHOR

SWIMMER

SWIMMING POOL

THIRST OF TURTLES

VOICE YOU HEAR WHEN YOU READ SILENTLY

WHITE AND GRAY MATTERS

WORDWORTHS: WILLIAM AND DOROTHY

YEAR THE LOCUST HATH EATEN

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT PLEASE ME

THIS IS A POEM FOR THE FATHERS

THIS SPACE AVAILABLE

THOMAS THE BROKEN-MOUTHED

THREE VIALS OF MAGGOTS

THROMBOSIS TROMBONE

THUS, HE SPOKE HIS QUIETUS

TIME

TO HELP THE MONKEY CROSS THE RIVER

TO PLOW AND PLANT THE SEASHORE

TORN SHADES

TOWARDS

TRAVELING EXHIBIT OF TORTURE INSTRUMENTS

TRIPTYCH, MIDDLE PANEL BURNING

ULTIMA THULE

UNCLE DUNG BEETLE

UPON SEEING AN ULTRASOUND PHOTO OF AN UNBORN CHILD

VIA POSTHUMIA

VIEW FROM A PORCH

VIRGULE

WALT WHITMAN'S BRAIN DROPPED ON LABORATORY FLOOR

WHAT I SEE WHEN I DRIVE TO WORK

WHAT MONTEZUMA FED CORTES AND HIS MEN

WHEN I'M GONE

WIFE HITS MOOSE

WINTER RIVER

WITH MAETERLINCK'S GREAT BOOK

YOUR TENDER MESSAGE



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