Classic and Contemporary Poets

DAVID WAGONER

Poems found: 759

A DAY IN THE CITY

A GIRL PLAYING IN A SANDBOX

MY MOTHER'S POEM

AFTER THE SPEECH TO THE LIBRARIANS

AN ADDRESS TO WEYERHAEUSER, THE TREE-GROWING COMPANY

APPLYING FOR A LOAN WITH THE HELP OF THE DICTIONARY OF OCCUP. TITLES

CLIMBING A TREE

CRITICAL DISTANCE

ELEGY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING

EULOGY FOR RICHARD HUGO (1923-82)

EVENING SONG ON OUR STREET

A SKATING LESSON

FOR A GRIZZLY BEAR SLEEPING

FOR A STUDENT SLEEPING IN A POETRY WORKSHOP

FOR LAUREL AND HARDY ON MY WORKROOM WALL

GOD AND MAN AND FLOWER

GRAY FOX IN A ROADSIDE ZOO

HOW STUMP STOOD IN THE WATER

IN A COUNTRY CEMETERY

IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE

LAMENT FOR THE NON-SWIMMERS

PRESSING LEAVES

MY FATHER'S GARDEN

MY FATHER'S GHOST

PEACOCK DISPLAY

PHOTOGRAPHING A RATTLESNAKE

THE BURNING BUSH

THE ASTRONOMER'S APPRENTICE

THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE BIRDS

THE END OF THE STORY

THE GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING OF FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA

THE LESSONS OF WATER

THE OTHER HOUSE

THE PRINCIPLES OF CONCEALMENT

THE ROSEBUSH; A MEMORY OF THEODORE ROETHKE

THE TEAL'S WING

AT LUNCH WITH PSYCHIATRISTS

THE WORDS-AND-MUSIC MEN

THOREAU AND THE BODY

THOREAU AND THE TOADS

THOREAU WADING IN A RIVER

WAITING ON THE CURB

THE FIRST MOVIE

WHISTLER'S MOTHER

A VALEDICTORY TO STANDARD OIL OF INDIANA

A WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHING HOLSTEINS

AT THE MOUTH OF A CREEK

NINE CHARMS AGAINST THE HUNTER

THE ACTRESS AND THE RAT

THE AUTHOR OF AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY SKETCHES A BIRD, NOW EXTINCT

THE SHOOTING OF JOHN DILLINGER OUTSIDE THE BIOGRAPH THEATER

THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND

THIS IS A WONDERFUL POEM

FALLING ASLEEP IN A GARDEN

THE BEST SLOW DANCER

BUMS AT BREAKFAST

THE LONELINESS OF THE 100-METER DASH MAN

MY FATHER'S FOOTBALL GAME

A SNAP QUIZ IN BODY LANGUAGE

UP AGAINST THE SEA

A WOMAN FEEDING GULLS

STOPPING ALONG THE WAY

A PAIR OF BARN OWLS, HUNTING

THE ESCAPED GORILLA

A GUIDE TO THE FIELD

A ROOM WITH A VIEW

A WARNING TO MY LOVE

TO MY FRIEND WHOSE PARACHUTE DID NOT OPEN

THE RECOGNITION

ADVICE TO THE ORCHESTRA

AFTER READING TOO MANY POEMS, I WATCH A ROBIN TAKING A BATH

AFTERNOON OF SAND

AN ANTHEM FOR MAN

AN OFFERING FOR DUNGENESS BAY

FOR A WINTER WREN

ARCHEOLOGICAL NOTES

BEING HERDED PAST THE PRISON'S HONOR FARM

TO A PANHANDLER WHO, FOR A QUARTER, SAID 'GOD BLESS YOU'

ELEGY WHILE PRUNING ROSES

WADING IN A MARSH

CARRYING THE FIRE

CATERPILLAR SONG

CEREMONY ON PIER 40

CLANCY THE BURRO'S FIRST DAY IN HEAVEN

COME BEFORE HIS COUNTENANCE WITH A JOYFUL LEAPING

CREDO ADORATION

CROSSING A RIVER

CUTTING DOWN A TREE

ELEGY FOR A DISTANT RELATIVE

THE MAN FROM THE TOP OF THE MIND

ELEGY FOR A MINOR ROMANTIC POET

ELEGY FOR YARDS, POUNDS, AND GALLONS

ERICH THE PRINTER—(B. 1883-D. 1938): (1929)

FOR A THIRD ANNIVERSARY

FOR AN OLD WOMAN AT THE GATE

FOR THE YOUNG VINE MAPLES

BETWEEN NEIGHBORS

TRYING TO WRITE A POEM WHILE THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS MAKE LOVE

ONCE UPON A PICNIC GROUND

MAN WHO SPILLED LIGHT WASN'T TO BLAME FOR IT

SOLES ARE LYING IN SHALLOWS OFF DUNGENESS SPIT

TAN TA RA, CRIES MARS ...'

DAY IN THE CITY

GIRL PLAYING IN A SANDBOX

GUIDE TO DUNGENESS SPIT

GUIDE TO THE FIELD

HOMILY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE SPIRIT IN A TIME OF DREAD

PAIR OF BARN OWLS, HUNTING

REMARKABLE EXHIBITION

REPORT ON THE EXCAVATION

ROOM WITH A VIEW

SUMMER STORM IN NAVARRE, OHIO

TOUCH OF THE MOTHER

VALEDICTORY TO STANDARD OIL OF INDIANA

VICTORIAN IDYLL

WARNING TO MY LOVE

WOMAN DRIVING A CAR FULL OF FLOWERS

WOMAN FEEDING GULLS

WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHING HOLSTEINS

WOMAN STANDING IN THE SURF

YOUNG GIRL WITH A PITCHER FULL OF WATER

YOUNG WOMAN FOUND IN THE WOODS

YOUNG WOMAN TRYING ON A VICTORIAN HAT

ADVICE TO THE ORCHESTRA

AFTER CONSULTING MY YELLOW PAGES

AFTER READING TOO MANY POEMS, I WATCH A ROBIN TAKING A BATH

AFTER THE HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATION, 1944

AFTER THE SPEECH TO THE LIBRARIANS

ALEXANDRA AND THE SPIDERS

ALEXANDRA AND THE THUNDER

ADDRESS TO WEYERHAEUSER, THE TREE-GROWING COMPANY

AFTERNOON ON THE GROUND

OFFERING FOR DUNGENESS BAY

APPLYING FOR A LOAN WITH THE HELP OF THE DICTIONARY OF OCCUP. TITLES

ARCHEOLOGICAL NOTES

ARRANGING A BOOK OF POEMS

AT ST. VINCENT DEPAUL'S

AT THE EDGE OF A CLIFF

AT THE FOOT OF A MOUNTAIN

AT THE HEMINGWAY MEMORIAL (KETCHUM, MONTANA)

AT THE MOUTH OF A CREEK

AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN

AT THE RUINS OF BAALBEK, 1971

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

BEING HERDED PAST THE PRISON'S HONOR FARM

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE DUST DEVIL

BLUES TO BE SUNG IN A DARK VOICE

BOOK SALE - FIVE CENTS EACH

BUMS AT BREAKFAST

BY THE SEA, BY THE SEA

CANTICLE FOR XMAS EVE

CARRYING THE FIRE

CATCHING THE BIG ONE AT LONE LAKE

CATERPILLAR SONG

CHORUS FOR A LOST PLAY: 1

CHORUS FOR A LOST PLAY: 2

CLANCY THE BURRO'S FIRST DAY IN HEAVEN

CLIMBING A TREE

COME BEFORE HIS COUNTENANCE WITH A JOYFUL LEAPING

COMING HOME LATE WITH THE BAD YOUNG MAN

CRITICAL DISTANCE

CROSSING A PATH

CROSSING HALF A RIVER

DANCING DAUGHTERS

DEAD LETTER FROM OUT OF TOWN

DEPORTMENT FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN

DO NOT PROCEED BEYOND THIS POINT WITHOUT A GUIDE

DR. FRANKENSTEIN'S GARDEN

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

ELEGY FOR A FOREST CLEAR-CUT BY THE WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

ELEGY FOR A SECRET AGENT

ELEGY FOR A WOMAN WHO REMEMBERED EVERYTHING

ELEGY FOR MY MOTHER

ELEGY FOR SIMON CORL, BOTANIST

ELEGY FOR SOME OF MY POEMS

ELEGY FOR TWENTY-FOUR SHELVES OF BOOKS

ELEGY FOR YARDS, POUNDS, AND GALLONS

ELEGY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING

ELEGY WHILE PRUNING ROSES

EPITAPH FOR A LADIES' MAN

EULOGY FOR RICHARD HUGO (1923-82)

EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE

FALLING ASLEEP IN A GARDEN

FILLING OUT A BLANK

FIRE BY THE RIVER

FIVE DAWN SKIES IN NOVEMBER

FOR A BALLPOINT PEN

FOR A FISHERMAN WHO DYNAMITED A CORMORANT ROOKERY

FOR A HEDGE OF WILD ROSES

FOR A MAN DANCING BY HIMSELF IN A TAVERN

FOR A MAN WHO DIED IN HIS SLEEP

FOR A MOCKINGBIRD

FOR A ROW OF LAUREL SHRUBS

FOR A THIRD ANNIVERSARY

FOR A THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY

FOR A WINTER WREN

FOR A WOMAN SITTING BY A CREEK

FOR A WOMAN WHO DOUBTED THE POWER OF LOVE

FOR A WOMAN WHO PHONED POETRY NORTHWEST THINKING IT WAS POULTRY ...

FOR A YOUNG SHIELD FERN

FOR PATT, WHISPERING TO A BURRO

FOR THE WARMING OF AN ARTIST'S STUDIO

FOR THE YOUNG VINE MAPLES

FORGETTING THE MAGIC WORDS

FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI

FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST

FROM HERE TO THERE

GETTING OUT OF JAIL ON MONDAY

GETTING SOMEWHERE

GIFT OF A MIRROR TO A LADY

GOD AND MAN AND FLOWER

GOING BACK TO THE SEA

GOING TO PIECES

GOLDEN RETRIEVER

GRAY FOX IN A ROADSIDE ZOO

HAVE YOU ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR GARDEN?

HELPING THE HOME PATIENT FALL ASLEEP

HOW COYOTE BECAME ROCK'S BROTHER

HOW MOSS GREW STRONG

HOW RAVEN STOLE LIGHT

HOW STONE HELD HIS BREATH

HOW STUMP BECAME ROCK'S BROTHER

HOW STUMP DREAMED OF EARTHMAKER

HOW STUMP FISHED IN THE BLACK RIVER

HOW STUMP STOOD IN THE WATER

IN A COUNTRY CEMETERY

IN A FIELD OF WILDFLOWERS

IN A GARDEN AT THE END OF WINTER

IN PRAISE OF THE HIGH VISCOSITY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

IN THE BADLANDS

IN THE BOOKING ROOM

IN THE DREAM HOUSE

IN THE DUCK BLIND

IN THE EXPERIMENTAL POOL

IN THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

IN THE KIVA AT OLD ORAIBI

IN THE OPEN SEASON

IN THE PLAZA DE TOROS

IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WHISTLING IN THE DARK

INTO THE NAMELESS PLACES

INTRODUCTION TO A POETRY READING

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

KEEPING QUIET AT THE BENEDICTINE ABBEY

LAMENT FOR THE NON-SWIMMERS

LANDSCAPING ROCKS FOR SALE

LAST LOOK (FOR VERNON WATKINS)

LAST WORDS OF THE HUMAN FLY

LEAVING SOMETHING BEHIND

LET US PUT YOU IN YOUR DREAM CAR

LIVING IN THE RUINS

LIVING WITH SNAKES

LOOKING FOR NELLIE WASHINGTON

LOOKING FOR SHIVA IN THE PUBLIC MARKET

LOOKING INTO A CRYSTAL BALL

LOOKING INTO A POND

LOVE SONG AFTER A NIGHTMARE

LOVE STILL HAS SOMETHING OF THE SEA

LULLABY THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE MOUTH

LYING AWAKE IN A BED ONCE SLEPT IN BY GROVER CLEVELAND

LYING IN AMBUSH

MAKING A BROWSE BED

MAKING A FIRE IN THE RAIN

MAKING UP FOR A SOUL

MARCH FOR A ONE-MAN BAND

MEDITATION ON THE UNION BAY GARBAGE FILL

MEETING A STRANGER

MEETING THE DITCHDIGGER

MISSING THE TRAIL

MOSS CAMPION AT THE SNOW LINE

MOVING INTO THE GARDEN

MY FATHER AND THE HYDROSTATIC PARADOX

MY FATHER IN THE BASEMENT

MY FATHER LAUGHING IN THE CHICAGO THEATER

MY FATHER'S FOOTBALL GAME

MY FATHER'S GARDEN

MY FATHER'S GHOST

MY FATHER'S WALL

MY MOTHER AND FATHER

MY PHYSICS TEACHER

NEWS FROM THE COURT

NIGHT AT THE ZOO

NINE CHARMS AGAINST THE HUNTER

NOTE FROM BODY TO SOUL

NOTE TO A LITERARY CLUB

NOW STUMP FOUND HIS VILLAGE

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE OUTER EDGE

ODE TO THE MUSE ON BEHALF OF A YOUNG POET

ODE TO TWELVE YARDS OF UNSCREENED FILL DIRT

OLD MAN, OLD MAN

OLD MEN GOING TO BED

ON A MOUNTAINSIDE

ON BEING ASKED TO DISCUSS POETIC THEORY

ON SEEING A STREET INDIAN WEARING MY OLD DRESS SUIT

ON SEEING AN X-RAY OF MY HEAD

ON THE FOREST FLOOR

ONE EAR TO THE GROUND

ONE MORE FOR THE RAIN

OUT FOR A NIGHT

PANDORA'S DREAM

PEACOCK DISPLAY

PHOTOGRAPHING A RATTLESNAKE

PLAINSONG AGAINST THE RAISING OF THE DEAD

PLAINSONG FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS KILLED YESTERDAY

PLANTING A RED MAPLE

PLAYING THE HEAVY FATHER

POEM ABOUT BREATH

POSING WITH A TROPHY

PRINCE CHARMING

QUICK MEDITATION ON A SENIOR CITIZENS' DRILL TEAM

RATTLESNAKE DANCE

REPLANTING A GARDEN

REPORT FROM A FOREST LOGGED BY THE WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

RETURN TO THE RIVER

RETURN TO THE SWAMP

RIDE TOWARD THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE

SEANCE FOR TWO HANDS

SEARCHING IN THE BRITANNIA TAVERN

SEQUENCE: A SEA CHANGE, SELS.

SEQUENCE: ACTS OF WAR, SELS.

SEQUENCE: THE JOURNEY, SELS.

SEVEN SONGS FOR AN OLD VOICE: DARK SONG

SEVEN SONGS FOR AN OLD VOICE: FIRE SONG

SEVEN SONGS FOR AN OLD VOICE: SONG FOR MAKER OF NIGHTMARES

SEVEN SONGS FOR AN OLD VOICE: SONG FOR THE FIRST PEOPLE

SEVEN SONGS FOR AN OLD VOICE: SONG FOR THE SOUL GOING AWAY

SEVEN SONGS FOR AN OLD VOICE: SONG FOR THE SOUL RETURNING

SITTING BY A SWAMP

SLEEPING ALONE (1)

SLEEPING ALONE (2)

SLEEPING BEAUTY

SLEEPING BY A RIVER

SLEEPING IN THE WOODS

SOME ANSWERS TO THE PROTESTANT ETHIC

SONG AFTER MIDNIGHT

SONG FOR THE BONES OF SALMON

SONG FOR THE COMING OF SMALLPOX

SONG FOR THE WORST DAY

SONG OF A MAN WHO RUSHED AT THE ENEMY

SONG TO ACCOMPANY THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS

SONGS FOR DREAM CATCHERS: SONG AGAINST THE SKY

SONGS FOR DREAM CATCHERS: SONG FOR A STOLEN SOUL

SONGS FOR DREAM CATCHERS: SONG FOR ICE

SONGS FOR DREAM CATCHERS: SONG FOR SNAKE

SONGS FOR DREAM CATCHERS: SONG FOR THE EATING OF BARNACLES

SONGS FOR DREAM CATCHERS: SONG FOR THE PAINTING OF THE DEAD

SONGS FOR DREAM CATCHERS: SONG FOR THE SKULL OF BLACK BEAR

SONGS FOR DREAM CATCHERS: SONG FOR THE STEALING OF A SPRING

SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

SPEECH FROM A COMEDY

STANDING HALFWAY HOME

STANDING IN BARR CREEK

STAYING ALIVE IN A CLEAR-CUT FOREST

STRETCHING CANVASES

TACHYCARDIA AT THE FOOT OF THE FIFTH GREEN

TALKING TO BARR CREEK

TALKING TO THE FOREST

TELLING WHAT HAPPENED

THAT OLD GANG OF MINE

APOTHEOSIS OF THE GARBAGEMEN

ART OF SURRENDER

ASTRONOMER'S APPRENTICE

AUTHOR OF AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY SKETCHES A BIRD, NOW EXTINCT

AUTHOR SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS HERO

BEST SLOW DANCER

BOOK OF MOONLIGHT

BOY OF THE HOUSE

BREATHING LESSON

BRIEF APPEARANCE OF THE EQUABLE MAN

DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE BIRDS

DEATH OF A CRANEFLY

DEATH OF PAUL BUNYAN

DEATH OF THE MOON

DOVES OF MERIDA

DRAFTSMAN, 1945

EMERGENCY MAKER

END OF THE STORY

ESCAPE FROM MONKEY ISLAND

ESCAPED GORILLA

EXCURSION OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING CLASS

EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION OF EGGS FROM THE MOUTH

FIRST LAW OF MOTION

FIRST PASSENGER BALLOON ASCENSION, 1783

FISHERMAN'S WIFE

FRUIT OF THE TREE

GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS ...

GARDENER'S DREAM

GATHERING OF THE LOONS

HOUSES OF THE NAVAJO

INEXHAUSTIBLE HAT

JOURNEY: STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BAND CONCERT

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: 1. MAKING CAMP

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: 2. THEIR FIRE

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: 3. THEIR SHELTER

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: 4. BACKTRACKING

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: 5. HIS DREAM

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: 6. HER DREAM AND THE AWAKENING

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: 8. SEEING THE WIND

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: 9. WALKING INTO THE WIND

LAND BEHIND THE WIND: THE SOURCE

LESSONS OF WATER

LONELINESS OF THE 100-METER DASH MAN

MAN FROM THE TOP OF THE MIND

MAN OF THE HOUSE

MARCH OF COXEY'S ARMY

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

NAVAL TRAINEES LEARN HOW TO JUMP OVERBOARD

NIGHT OF THE SAD WOMEN

ORCHARD OF THE DREAMING PIGS

OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN

PEOPLE WHO ATE SNOW

POETS AGREE TO BE QUIET BY THE SWAMP

RETURN OF ICARUS

RETURN OF ORPHEUS

ROSEBUSH; A MEMORY OF THEODORE ROETHKE

SHOCKING MACHINE

SHOOTING OF JOHN DILLINGER OUTSIDE THE BIOGRAPH THEATER

SILENCE OF THE STARS

SON OF A GLOVER

TRACK SCALE WEIGHER

TRUANT OFFICER'S HELPER

UNCANNY ILLUSION OF THE HEADLESS LADY

WORDS-AND-MUSIC MEN

THINKING OF WHAT TO SAY

THIS IS A WONDERFUL POEM

THOREAU AND THE BODY

THOREAU AND THE CATFISH

THOREAU AND THE COW

THOREAU AND THE CRICKETS

THOREAU AND THE SNAPPING TURTLE

THOREAU AND THE STUMPS

THOREAU AND THE TOADS

THOREAU WADING IN A RIVER

THREE WAYS OF A RIVER

TIBULLUS' ADVICE TO PHOLOE ABOUT HER YOUNG MAN

TO A FARMER WHO HUNG FIVE HAWKS ON HIS BARBED WIRE

TO A PANHANDLER, WHO, FOR A QUARTER, SAID GOD BLESS YOU.

TO BE SUNG ON THE WATER

TO BE WRITTEN IN BRAILLE

TO MY FRIEND WHOSE PARACHUTE DID NOT OPEN

TO THE FLY IN MY DRINK

TRAVELING LIGHT

TRYING TO MAKE MUSIC

TRYING TO SING IN THE RAIN

TURNING BACK AND STARTING OVER

TURNING OVER AN OLD LEAF

UNDER ALL SPEECH

UNDER THE RAVEN'S NEST

UNDER THE SIGN OF MOTH

UNLOADING THE ELEPHANTS

VISITING THE LADY WITH THE PLANT

WADING IN A MARSH

WAITING IN A RAIN FOREST

WAITING ON THE CURB

WAITING OUT A STORM ON A DESERTED FARM

WAITING WITH THE SNOWY OWLS

WAKING UP IN A GARDEN

WALKING AROUND THE BLOCK WITH A THREE-YEAR-OLD

WALKING AT NIGHT

WALKING IN A SWAMP

WALKING IN THE SNOW

WALKING ON THE CEILING

WALLACE STEVENS ON HIS WAY TO WORK

WALT WHITMAN BATHING

WASHING A YOUNG RHINOCEROS

WATCHING THE HARBOR SEALS

WATER MUSIC FOR THE PROGRESS OF LOVE IN A LIFE RAFT DOWN THE SLOUGH

WHO SHALL BE THE SUN?

WITNESS PROTECTION

WORDS ABOVE A NARROW ENTRANCE

WORKING AGAINST TIME

WRITING AN ELEGY IN MY SLEEP

YOUR FORTUNE: A COLD READING

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