Classic and Contemporary Poets

THOMAS JAMES MERTON

Poems found: 476

1. NOW YOU ARE ALL HERE YOU MIGHT AS WELL KNOW THIS IS

ALL OF THE BRANCHES

AND THE CHILDREN OF BIRMINGHAM

AT THIS PRECISE MOMENT OF HISTORY

FAMOUS ENGINES SUPPORT TYPE B NETWORK

FIVE BREATHS PRAY IN ME: SUN MOON

HELLOW ARNOLD HELLOW ROGER HELLO ISIDORE

HOW LONG WE WAIT

HRISHIKESA, DESTOYER OF TITANS, OGRES AND CANAILLES

I BELIEVE IN LOVE

IT WOULD BE WRONG TO LET ONE MAN

JE CROIS EN L'AMOUR

KING SOLOMON: MY MASTER AND THE IMBECILES

MARKS AND NUMBERS

MOTHERS YOU HAVE MET BEFORE STILL NEED YOU

NOMBRIL WALKETH ON THE LOAM

O CROSS, MORE SPLENDID THAN ALL THE STARS

REDUCED TO THIS

ROAR OF RED WOOD RACER EATS FIELD

SENESCENTE MUNDO, WHEN THE HOT GLOBE

SOME BLOODY MUTINY OPENS UP OUR EARTH

BEES LOVE GRASS

MOON SMILES LIKE A QUEEN

SILVER BIRD IS E BACKWARD IN COOL POND WATER

THEN FROM TOMORROW

THERE IS A LITTLE CEREMONY TO BE PERFORMED

THERE IS A WAY TO GLORY

THINGS AND PEOPLE GOODBYE

TIBUD MACLAY CAME FROM THE MOON IN A WHITE SHIP

TO BELONG TO ALLAH

TONIGHT THERE IS A SHOWING OF CHAMPION LIGHTS

WEEP NOT. TALELO

WHAT ARE THE MARKS OF THE ENEMY?

WHAT IS BEYOND REPROOF

WHEN CLASS WAS IN THE GARDEN OT GREYLANDS

WHEN IN THE SOUL OF THE SEREN DISCIPLE

WILL A NARROW LANE

BAROQUE GRAVURE

CLEVER STRATAGEM: OR, HOW TO HANDLE MYSTICS

DREAM AT ARLES ON THE NIGHT OF THE MISTRAL

LATTER TO AMERICA

LETTER TO MY FRIENDS

MESSENGER FROM THE HORIZON

MYSTERIOUS SONG IN THE SPRING OF THE YEAR

NOTE IN HONOR OF MACHIAVELLI

PICTURE OF LEE YING

PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR MONKS (1)

PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR MONKS (2)

PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR MONKS (3)

PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR MONKS (4)

PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR MONKS (5)

PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR MONKS (6)

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING WRITTEN FOR VICTOR HAMMER

PRELUDE: FOR THE FEAST OF ST. AGNES

RESPONSORY, 1948

ROUND AND A HOPE FOR SMITHGIRLS

SONG: SENSATION TIME AT THE HOME

TUNE FOR FESTIVE DANCES IN THE NINETEEN SIXTIES

WHITSUN CANTICLE

ADVICE TO A YOUNG PROPHET

AFTER THE NIGHT OFFICE - GETHSEMANI ABBEY

ARGUMENT: OF THE PASSION OF CHRIST

ELEGY FOR ERNEST HEMINGWAY

ELEGY FOR FIVE OLD LADIES

INVOCATION TO ST. LUCY

AND A FEW MORE CARGO SONGS

AND SO GOODBYE TO CITIES

ARIADNE AT THE LABYRINTH

AUBADE - HARLEM

AUBADE - THE ANNUNCIATION

AUBADE - THE CITY

AUBADE: BERMUDA

AUBADE: LAKE ERIE

BIRDCAGE WALK (1)

BIRDCAGE WALK (2)

BIRDCAGE WALK (3)

BIRDCAGE WALK (4)

BIRDCAGE WALK (5)

BUREAUCRATS: DIGGERS

CABLES TO THE ACE

CABLES TO THE ACE: 1

CABLES TO THE ACE: 10

CABLES TO THE ACE: 11

CABLES TO THE ACE: 12

CABLES TO THE ACE: 14

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CABLES TO THE ACE: 19

CABLES TO THE ACE: 2

CABLES TO THE ACE: 20A

CABLES TO THE ACE: 20B

CABLES TO THE ACE: 21

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CABLES TO THE ACE: 29

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CABLES TO THE ACE: 30

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CABLES TO THE ACE: 36

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CABLES TO THE ACE: 38

CABLES TO THE ACE: 39

CABLES TO THE ACE: 4

CABLES TO THE ACE: 40

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CABLES TO THE ACE: 42

CABLES TO THE ACE: 43

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CABLES TO THE ACE: 46

CABLES TO THE ACE: 47

CABLES TO THE ACE: 48

CABLES TO THE ACE: 49

CABLES TO THE ACE: 5

CABLES TO THE ACE: 50

CABLES TO THE ACE: 51

CABLES TO THE ACE: 52

CABLES TO THE ACE: 53

CABLES TO THE ACE: 54

CABLES TO THE ACE: 55

CABLES TO THE ACE: 56

CABLES TO THE ACE: 57

CABLES TO THE ACE: 58

CABLES TO THE ACE: 59

CABLES TO THE ACE: 6

CABLES TO THE ACE: 60

CABLES TO THE ACE: 61

CABLES TO THE ACE: 62

CABLES TO THE ACE: 63

CABLES TO THE ACE: 64

CABLES TO THE ACE: 65

CABLES TO THE ACE: 66

CABLES TO THE ACE: 67

CABLES TO THE ACE: 68

CABLES TO THE ACE: 71

CABLES TO THE ACE: 72

CABLES TO THE ACE: 73

CABLES TO THE ACE: 74

CABLES TO THE ACE: 75

CABLES TO THE ACE: 76

CABLES TO THE ACE: 77

CABLES TO THE ACE: 79

CABLES TO THE ACE: 8

CABLES TO THE ACE: 80

CABLES TO THE ACE: 81

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CABLES TO THE ACE: 84

CABLES TO THE ACE: 85

CABLES TO THE ACE: 86

CABLES TO THE ACE: 87

CABLES TO THE ACE: 88

CABLES TO THE ACE: 9

CALYPSO'S ISLAND

CANTICLE FOR THE BLESSED VIRGIN (1)

CANTICLE FOR THE BLESSED VIRGIN (2)

CARGO CATECHISM

CE XOCHITL: THE SIGN OF FLOWERS

CEREMONY FOR EDWARD DAHLBERG

CHANT TO BE USED IN PROCESSIONS AROUND A SITE WITH FURNACES

CHILAM BALAM (YUCATAN)

CHRISTMAS AS TO PEOPLE

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

CLAIRVAUX PRISON

COMEDY CARD FOR A SERIOUS CASE

CROSSPORTION'S PASTORAL, SELS.

DAY SIX O'HARE TELEPHANE

DIALOG WITH MISTER CLAPCOTT

DIRGE FOR A TOWN IN FRANCE

DIRGE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI

DIRGE FOR THE PROUD WORLD

DIRGE FOR THE WORLD JOYCE DIED IN

DZULES (YUCATAN)

EAST WITH IBN BATTUTA

EAST WITH MALINOWSKI

ELEGY FOR A TRAPPIST

ELEGY FOR JAMES THURBER

ELEGY FOR THE MONASTERY BARN

ELIAS - VARIATION ON A THEME (1)

ELIAS - VARIATION ON A THEME (2)

ELIAS - VARIATION ON A THEME (3)

ELIAS - VARIATION ON A THEME (4)

EPITAPH FOR A PUBLIC SERVANT

EVENING: ZERO DEGREE WEATHER

EXPLOITS OF A MACHINE AGE

FABLE FOR A WAR

FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE (1)

FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE (2)

FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE (3)

FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE (4)

FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE (5)

FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE (6)

FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE (8)

FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE: 7

FIRST LESSON ABOUT MAN

FOR MY BROTHER: REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION, 1943

FOR THE SPANISH POET MIGUEL HERNANDEZ

FREEDOM AS EXPERIENCE

FROM THE 2ND CHAPTER OF A VERSE HISTORY OF THE WORLD

FROM THE LEGEND OF ST. CLEMENT

GHOST DANCE: PROLOGUE

GLOSS ON THE SIN IF IXION

GOD SAID THEY DID NOT HEAR MY CHILDREN

HARE'S MESSAGE (HOTTENTOT)

HOLY COMMUNION: THE CITY

HOPELESS AND FELONS

HOW TO ENTERY A BIG CITY (1)

HOW TO ENTERY A BIG CITY (2)

HOW TO ENTERY A BIG CITY (3)

HOW TO ENTERY A BIG CITY (4)

HOW TO ENTERY A BIG CITY (5)

HYMN FOR THE FEAST OF DUNS SCOTUS

HYMN OF NOT MUCH PRAISE FOR NEW YORK CITY

HYMN TO COMMERCE

HYMNS OF LOGRAIRE

I HAVE CALLED YOU

IBN ABBAD DESCRIBED BY A FRIEND

IN MEMORY OF THE SPANISH POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA

IN THE RAIN AND THE SUN

IPHIGENIA: POLITICS

JOHN THE VOLCANO

JONAS CH. 2, SELS.

KANE RELIEF EXPEDITION

LA COMPARSA EN ORIENTE

LAMENT FOR JAVIER HERAUD

LANDSCAPE: WHEATFIELDS

LENT IN A YEAR OF WAR

LES CINQ VIERGES

LETTER TO A SUFI WHO HAS ABANDONED SURISM TO STUDY LAY

LETTER TO ONE WHO HAS ABANDONED THE WAY

LETTERS TO CHE: CANTO BILINGUE

LOVE WINTER WHEN THE PLANT SAYS NOTHING

MACARIUS AND THE PONY

MACARIUS THE YOUNGER (1)

MACARIUS THE YOUNGER (2)

MACARIUS THE YOUNGER (3)

MERLIN AND THE DEER

MESSAGE TO BE INSCRIBED ON MARK VAN DOREN'S HAMILTON MEDAL

MIAMI YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE SURPRISED

MOMENT OF TRUTH

NATURAL HISTORY

NEVER CALL A BABYSITTER IN A THUNDERSTORM

NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL AT CHARTRES

NIGHT-FLOWERING CACTUS

NOTES FOR A NEW LITURGY

O SWEET IRRATIONAL WORSHIP

ODE TO THE PRESENT CENTURY

ON A DAY IN AUGUST

ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY BAPTISM

PICTURE OF A BLACK CHILD WITH A WHITE DOLL

PLESSY VS FERGUSON: THEME AND VARIATIONS

POEM IN THE RAIN AND THE SUN

PRAYER AND SERMON OF IBN ABBAD

PROLOGUE: THE ENDLESS INSCRIPTION

READING TRANSLATED POETS, FEB 1

RIEVAULX: ST. AILRED

RILKE'S EPITAPH

SACRED HEART (2)

SEVEN ARCHIAC IMAGES

SONG FOR NOBODY

SONG FOR OUR LADY OF COBRE

SONG FOR THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

SONG FOR THE DEATH OF AVERROES

SONG: CONTEMPLATION

SONGS OF EXPERIENCE; INDIA, ONE

SPORTS WITHOUT BLOOD - A LETTER TO DYLAN THOMAS (1948) (1)

SPORTS WITHOUT BLOOD - A LETTER TO DYLAN THOMAS (1948) (2)

SPORTS WITHOUT BLOOD - A LETTER TO DYLAN THOMAS (1948) (3)

SPORTS WITHOUT BLOOD - A LETTER TO DYLAN THOMAS (1948) (4)

SPRING: MONASTERY FARM

ST. AGNES: A RESPONSORY

ST. JOHN BAPTIST (1)

ST. JOHN BAPTIST (2)

ST. JOHN BAPTIST (3)

ST. JOHN'S NIGHT

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

SUBMERGED DRAGON

ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY COMPARED TO A WINDOW

BURIAL PLACE OF IBN ABBAD

CANDLEMAS PROCESSION

CAPTIVES - A PSALM

CITY AFTER NOON

DREAMING TRADER

EARLY LEGEND (1)

EARLY LEGEND (2)

EARLY LEGEND (3)

EARLY LEGEND (4)

EARLY LEGEND (5)

EARLY LEGEND (6)

EVENING OF THE VISITATION

FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

GREAT MEN OF FORMER TIMES

GUNS OF FORT KNOX

HOLY CHILD'S SONG

HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR

HOUSE OF GAIPHAS

IMAGE OF TRUE LOVERS' DEATH

LADIES OF TLATILCO

LEGACY OF HERAKLEITOS

LEGACY OF HERAKLEITOS: 11

MAN IN THE WIND

MOSLEMS' ANGEL OF DEATH

NIGHT OF DESTINY

OHIO RIVER - LOUISVILLE

POET, TO HIS BOOK

PRIDE OF THE DEAD

QUICKENING OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

RANTERS AND THEIR PLEADS

SONG OF THE TRAVELLER

SOWING OF MEANIONGS

SPONGE FULL OF VINEGAR

STRIFE BETWEEN THE POET AND AMBITION

TRANSFORMATION: FOR THE SACRED HEART

TRAPPIST ABBEY: MATINS

TRAPPIST CEMETERY - GETHSEMANI

WIDOW OF NAIM [OR, NAIN]

WORD - A RESPONSORY

THEORY OF PRAYER

THERE HAS TO BE A JAIL FOR LADIES

THERE HAS TO BE A JAIL FOR LADIES

THESE YEARS A WINTER

THONGA LAMENT (AFRICA)

THREE POSTCARDS FROM THE MONASTERY (1)

THREE POSTCARDS FROM THE MONASTERY (2)

THREE POSTCARDS FROM THE MONASTERY (3)

TO A SEVERE NUN

TO ALFONSO CORTES

TO THE IMMACULATE VIRGIN, ON A WINTER NIGHT

TRAPPISTS, WORKING

TWO BRITISH AIRMEN

TWO DESERT FATHERS, SELS.

TWO STATES OF PRAYER

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN IT RAINS BLOOD

WHAT TROUBLES I HAVE SEEN IN BIRDLEGGED SPRING

WHETHER THERE IS ENJOYMENT IN BITTERNESS

WHY I HAVE A WET FOOTPRINT ON TOP OF MY MIND

WHY SOME LOOK UP TO PLANETS AND HEROES

WINTER AFTERNOON

WITH THE WORLD IN MY BLOOD STREAM

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