Classic and Contemporary Poets

THOMAS LUX

Poems found: 336

174517: PRIMO LEVI, AN ELEGY

A LARGE BRANCH SPLINTERED OFF A TREE IN A STORM

A MAN GETS OFF WORK EARLY

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

AFTER A FEW WHIFFS OF ANOTHER WORLD

AFTER A FEW WHIFFS OF ANOTHER WORLD

AMERICAN FANCY RAT AND MOUSE ASSOCIATION

AMPHRIBRACH DANCE

AND STILL IT COMES

ANS STILL IT COMES

AT LEAST LET ME EXPLAIN

AT THE FAR END OF A LONG WHARF

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

BACKYARD SWING SET

BACKYARD SWINGSET

BENEATH THE APPLE BRANCHES BENT DUMBLY

BENIGHTED (WITH CONNOTOTATIONS OF BAD LUCK)

BIRDS NAILED TO TREES

BITTERNESS OF CHILDREN

BLACK ROAD OVER WHICH GREEN TREES GROW

BOAT IN THE FOREST

BOATLOADS OF MUMMIES

BREAKBONE FEVER

BURNED FORESTS AND HORSES' BONES

CAN TIE SHOES BUT WON'T

CAN'T SLEEP THE CLOWNS WILL EAT ME

CHIEF ATTENDANT OF THE NAPKIN

CHILDREN IN SCHOOL DURING HEAVY SNOWFALL

COMMERCIAL LEECH FARMING TODAY

COMMERCIAL LEECH FARMING TODAY

CONVERSATION, UPON WHICH EAVESDROPPED

CORNER OF PARIS AND PORTER

CREATURE HAS A PURPOSE

CRISS CROSS APPLE SAUCE

CRISS CROSS APPLE SAUCE

CROWS OF BOSTON AND NEW YORK

DARK COMES ON IN BLOCKS, IN CUBES

DAWN WALK AND PRAYER

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

DEBATE REGARDING THE PERMISSIBILITY OF EATING MERMAIDS

DEVIL'S BEEF TUB

DOLDRUM FRACTURE ZONE

DR. GOEBBELS'S NOVELS

EARLY ON, THIS DECADE'S LIGHT SMELLED

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

ELEGY FOR FRANK STANFORD, 1949-1978

ELEGY FOR ROBERT WINNER

EMPTY PITCHFORKS

EMPTY PITCHFORKS

EVERY VENTRICLE

FALLING THROUGH THE LEAVES

FAMILY PHOTO AROUND XMAS TREE

FIREFLY'S PULSE

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

FLOATING BABY PAINTINGS

FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE CAN READ

FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE CAN READ

FRANKLY, I DON'T CARE

GIVE IT TO THE WIND

GOOD MORNING IN THE TROPICS

GORGEOUS SURFACES

GRADESCHOOL'S LARGE WINDOWS

GRAVEYARD BY THE SEA

GREAT ADVANCES IN VANITY

GREAT BOOKS OF THE DEAD

GRIM TOWN IN A STEEP VALLEY

GUIDE FOR THE PERPETUALLY PERPLEXED

HAITIAN CADAVERS

HE HAS LIVED IN MANY HOUSES

HE HAS LIVED IN MANY HOUSES

HERE'S TO SAMUEL GREENBERG

HIGH GROUND, SELS

HIS JOB IS HONEST AND SIMPLE

HIS SPINE CURVED JUST ENOUGH

HIS SPINE CURVED JUST ENOUGH

HISTORY AND ABSTRACTION

HORATIAN NOTION

HORSE BLEEDING TO DEATH AT FULL GALLOP

HOSPITALITY AND REVENGE

I CAN'T TELL YOU

I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART

I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART'

I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL

I WILL PLEASE, SAID THE PLACEBO

ICE WORM'S LIFE

IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE

IF ONE CAN BE SEEN

IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME

IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME

INSTITUTE OF DEFECTOLOGY

INVITATION TO THE SEERESS

IRRECONCILABILIA

IT MUST BE THE MONK IN ME

IT'S THE LITTLE TOWNS I LIKE

IT'S THE LITTLE TOWNS I LIKE

KWASHIORKOR; MARASMUS

LANGUAGE ANIMAL

LARGE BRANCH SPLINTERED OFF A TREE IN A STORM

LATE AMBASSADORIAL LIGHT

LETTER FROM ZANZIBAR

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

LIBRARY OF SKULLS

LIKE A WIDE ANVIL FROM THE MOON THE LIGHT

LITTLE GRACE AND JANE

MAN ASLEEP IN A CHILD'S BED

MAN INSIDE THE CHIPMUNK SUIT

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

MEN WITH SMALL HEADS

MEN WITH SMALL HEADS

MIDNIGHT TENNIS MATCH

MILKMAN AND HIS SON

MOON-ANNOYED, COGNAC'S ASHEN THRILL

MOUNTAINS IN THE RIVER ON THE WAY TO THE SEA

MR. JOHN KEATS FIVE FEET TALL SAILS AWAY'

MY GRANDMOTHER'S FUNERAL

NATIONAL IMPALEMENT STATISTICS

NAZI AT THE PUPPET SHOW

NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE

NIGHT ABOVE THE TOWN

NIGHT ABOVE THE TOWN

NIGHT SO BRIGHT A SQUIRREL READS

NIGHT WATCHMAN ADVERTISES HIMSELF

OLD MAN SHOVELING SNOW

ON MATTER ONTOLOGICAL AND ESCHATOLOGICAL

ON RESUMPTION OF THE MILITARY DRAFT

OUR KISSES BEING DURABLE

OXYMORON SISTERS

PAINFULLY BANAL

PATINA OF ENTITLEMENT

PECKED TO DEATH BY SWANS

PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE

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

PLAGUE VICTIMS CATAPULATE OVER WALLS INTO BESIEGED CITY

PLAGUE VICTIMS CATAPULTED OVER WALLS INTO BESIEGED CITIES

PLEASE DON'T TOUCH THE RUINS

POEM BEFORE PRONOUNS

POEM BEGINNING WITH A RANDOM PHRASE FROM COLERIDGE

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

PORTRAIT OF X (III)

PORTRAIT OF X (III)

PORTRAIT OF X [II]

PORTRAIT OF X [I]

POST MORTEM MENU

POSTCARD TO BAUDELAIRE

PRINCESS SUMMER FALL WINTER SPRING

PRINCESS SUMMER FALL WINTER SPRING

PROFESSOR OF ANTS

PROVINCIA AURIFERA

REFRIGERATOR, 1957

REFRIGERATOR, 1957

REGARDING (MOST) SONGS

REJECT WHAT CONFUSES YOU

RIVER BETWEEN THE TRAIN AND THE HIGHWAY

RIVER BLINDNESS (ONCHOCERCIASIS)

RIVER BLINDNESS (ONCHOCERCIASIS)

RIVER THAT SCOLDS AT ALL THE OTHER RIVERS

ROAD THAT RUNS BESIDE THE RIVER

ROMMEL'S ASPARAGUS

SAILING, ISLANDS

SAY YOU'RE BREATHING

SCORPIONS EVERYWHERE

SHAVING THE GRAVEYARD

SHOTGUN LOADED WITH ROCK SALT

SLEEP FOR BEARS

SLEEPING ON THE ROOF

SLEEPMASK DITHYRAMBIC

SLIMEHEAD (HOPLASTETHUS ATLANTICUS)

SLIMEHEAD (HOPLASTETHUS ATLANTICUS)

SMALL TIN PARROT PIN

SNOW AS THE RAIN'S FATHER

SO YOU PUT THE DOG TO SLEEP

SOMEBODY'S AUNT OUT SWABBING HER BIRDBATH

SPIDERS WANTIMG

STREAK OF BLOOD THAT ONCE WAS A TINY RED SPIDER

SUDD AS METAPHOR

SUMMER EVENING, 1864, ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA

TARANTULAS ON THE LIFEBUOY

TARANTULAS ON THE LIFEBUOY

TEN YEARS HARD LABOR ON A GUANO ISLAND

TENTH OF A CENT A STITCH

THE BITTERNESS OF CHILDREN

THE HANDSOME SWAMP

THE HUNGRY GAP-TIME

THE MAN INSIDE THE CHIPMUNK SUIT

THE MAN INTO WHOSE YARD YOU SHOULD NOT HIT YOUR BALL

THE MIDNIGHT TENNIS MATCH

THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE

THE NERVE DOCTORS

THE NIGHT SO BRIGHT A SQUIRREL READS

THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE

THE SWIMMING POOL

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT PLEASE ME

THERE WERE SOME SUMMERS

THIRST OF TURTLES

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

TO HELP THE MONKEY CROSS THE RIVER

TO HELP THE MONKEY CROSS THE RIVER

TO PLOW AND PLANT THE SEASHORE

TRAVELING EXHIBIT OF TORTURE INSTRUMENTS

TRIPTYCH, MIDDLE PANEL BURNING

UNCLE DUNG BEETLE

UPON SEEING AN ULTRASOUND PHOTO OF AN UNBORN CHILD

UPON SEEING AN ULTRASOUND PHOTO OF AN UNBORN CHILD

VIEW FROM A PORCH

VOICE YOU HEAR WHEN YOU READ SILENTLY

VOICELESS PARROT LEARNS TO READ AND WRITE AND PLAY THE TRUMPET

WALT WHITMAN'S BRAIN DROPPED ON LABORATORY FLOOR

WHAT I SEE WHEN I DRIVE TO WORK

WHAT MONTEZUMA FED CORTES AND HIS MEN

WHITE AND GRAY MATTERS

WIFE HITS MOOSE

WITH MAETERLINCK'S GREAT BOOK

WORDWORTHS: WILLIAM AND DOROTHY

YEAR THE LOCUST HATH EATEN

YOU AND YOUR ILK

YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN

YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN

YOUR TENDER MESSAGE

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