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DAVID IGNATOW

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6-Aug-45

A CLOUD CREATES

A DIALOGUE

A FIRST ON TV (FOR WALTER CRONKITE)

A MAN

A MORAL TALE

A REPLY

A REQUIEM

A RHYME

A ROCK IS THROWN AT MY HEAD

A ROCK IS THROWN AT MY HEAD

A SEMBLANCE

A SONG

A SOUND IS LIKE ANY OTHER

A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE

A SUMMER OF BUTTOCKS

A SUMMER OF BUTTOCKS

A SUMMING UP

A VISION OF BLACK ROCK

A VISION OF BLACK ROCK

A WORKING PRINCIPLE

A.G.

ABOUT MONEY

ABOUT MONEY

ABOVE AND WITHIN

ABOVE EVERYTHING

ABOVE EVERYTHING

ABSOLUTELY

ADDENDUM

ADOLESCENCE

ADOLESCENCE

ADOLESCENCE

ADONIS

ADONIS

ADULTERY

AESTHETIC

AESTHETICS

AESTHETICS II

AFFECTION

AFTER

AFTER THE SUBWAY RIDE

AFTER WRITING A POEM

AGAINST THE EVIDENCE

AGAINST THE EVIDENCE

AGED POET

AGING

AH, ROOM, YOU WAIT FOR ME DAY AND NIGHT

ALEXANDER DIED DRUNK

ALL COMES TO SUNLIGHT

ALL QUIET

ALL QUIET

ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE NO MONEY, YOU'VE GIVEN IT UP

ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE NO MONEY, YOU'VE GIVEN IT UP

ALL THE ATOM BOMBS AND BOMBERS

ALLEGORY

ALMOST NEVER

AMERICA AMERICA

AMERICAN AND LEND-LEASE

AMERICAN PARABLE

AN ALLEGORY

AN APPEAL

AN ECOLOGY

AN ILLUSION

AN OMEN

AN ONTOLOGY

ANCIENT FABLE

AND HE WILL FAIL

AND IK STAND

AND NOW

AND NOW

AND REST

AND REST

AND STEP

AND STEP

AND THAT NIGHT

AND THE SAME WORDS

AND THE WIND COMES

ANEW

ANSWER

APOLOGY

APPEAL

APPLE

APPLE WATCHER

APPOINTMENT CARD

ARMOR

AS I STUMBLE

AS IF

AS IF

ASLEEP

ASLEEP

ASSASSIN

AT A DANCE

AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW

AT FIFTY

AT FOUR O'CLOCK

AT HOME

AT NIGHT THE DARKENED WINDOWS

AT TABLE

AT THE MUSEUM

AT THE ZOO

AT THIS MOMENT

AT THIS MOMENT

AUTUMN

AUTUMN LEAVES

AUTUMN LEAVES

AUTUMN: 1

AUTUMN: 2

AUTUMN: 2

AWAITING

BACKYARD

BAGEL

BAKER EATS CAKE WITH HIS PROBLEMS

BE LIKE ME

BE LIKE ME

BEARER OF PAIN

BEARING LEAVES AGAIN

BEAUTIFUL AND KIND

BEAUTIFUL AND KIND

BECAUSE

BECAUSE WORDS HAVE NO EFFECT UPON THE WIND

BEFORE I MET YOU I WASN'T ALWAYS SAD

BEFORE I MET YOU I WASN'T ALWAYS SAD

BEFORE THE SABBATH

BEFORE THE SABBATH

BEHIND HIS EYES

BETWEEN SHADE AND SUN

BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

BETWEEN US

BETWEEN US

BETWEEN US

BIOGRAPHY

BIRDS IN WINTER

BIRDS IN WINTER

BIRTHDAY

BLACK EYES, SNUB NOSE, WIDE MOUTH

BLACK EYES, SNUB NOSE, WIDE MOUTH

BLESSING

BLESSING MYSELF

BLESSING MYSELF

BLUE DANUBE

BOSS

BOTHERING ME AT LAST

BOWERY

BOXING MATCH

BREAD ITSELF

BRIEF BIO

BRIEF CASES

BRIEF CASES

BRIEF ELEGY

BRIEF ELEGY

BRIGHTNESS AS A POIGNANT LIGHT

BROODING

BROTHERHOOD

BUSINESS

BUSINESS

BUSINESS LIFE

BUSINESS MAN IS A TRAITOR TO HIMSELF FIRST

BUT I CAN ACT

BUT THEN

BUTCHER SHOP

BUZZ

BY THE NEST OF THE MOTHER BIRD

CASE HISTORY

CASH AND CARRY

CASTAWAY

CENTER OF GRAVITY

CHRIST

CHRIST

CHRISTMAS EVE

CITY

CLERK

CLINIC

CLOSET NAMED LOVE

CLOUD CREATES

COCKROACHES

COME!

COMMUNION

COMMUNION

COMMUNION: 1

COMMUNION: 2

COMPANY

COMPLEX

CONCRETE

CONFUSION IS WHAT I KNOW BEST

CONSOLATION

CONSOLATION

CONTENT

CONTENT

CONVERSATION

CONVIVIO

COOKOUT

COUNTRY LIVING

COUPLING

COUSIN ALEX

CREDO II

CRHISTMAS IMPROVISATIONS

CROWDING

DANCER

DAUGHTER SO BEAUTIFUL I CANNOT BELIEVE IT

DAY GOES BY WITH ITS STRIVING

DAY MY DREAM

DEAD OF MY EARNING

DEAR HOMER

DEAR ROBERT

DEAR ROBERT

DEATH AND LIFE ARE INTIMATES

DEATH OF A LAWNMOWER

DEBATE

DEDICATION

DENIED

DERELICT

DESERT PEOPLE

DESPITE THE PLAINNESS OF THE DAY

DIALOGUE

DIGNITY

DILEMMA

DILEMMA

DILEMMA

DINER

DIRECTIVE

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING

DOCTOR

DOCTOR

DOG

DOMESTIC SONG

DOMESTIC SONG

DOOR

DREAM

DREAM

DROLL HUSBAND

DUSK

EACH DAY

EACH DAY

EACH NIGHT

EACH OF US

EACH STONE ITS SHAPE

EARTH HARD TO MY HEELS

EAST BRONX

EAST BRONX

EAST SIDE WEST

ECOLOGY

EGG

ELEGY

ELEGY FOR YOUTH

EMERGENCY CLINIC

EMERGENCY CLINIC II

ENVOI

EPISODE

EPITAPH

EPITAPH

EPITAPH FOR A SOLDIER

ERRAND BOY I

ERRAND BOY II

ESCAPADE

ESCAPE

ETERNAL MEN ARE DEPLANING AT AIRPORTS

EUROPE AND AMERICA

EUROPE AND AMERICA

EVENING

EVERY DAY

EVERYBODY KNOWS

EVERYBODY KNOWS

EXCHANGE

EXPRESS YOUR WILL

EXULT AMONG SAD, RESIGNED MEN

FABLE

FACES THAT JUDGE ME

FACT

FAITHFUL ONE

FALL

FALLING ASLEEP THINKING OF TEETH

FATHER

FATHER AND SON

FEARFUL THING

FEELING WITH MY HANDS

FIGURES OF THE HUMAN

FIGURES OF THE HUMAN

FINGERNAILS

FIRST COFFIN POEM

FIRST COFFIN POEM

FIRST ON TV (FOR WALTER CRONKITE)

FISH THAT LIVES AT THE BOTTOM

FISHERWOMAN

FLY

FOLK SINGER

FOR ...

FOR A FRIEND

FOR ALL FRIENDS

FOR ERNEST LUBIN

FOR JANE KENYON

FOR JANE KENYON

FOR JOHANNES EDFELT

FOR JOHN BERRYMAN

FOR JOHN BERRYMAN

FOR LORI

FOR MARIANNE MOORE

FOR MEDGAR EVERS

FOR MEDGAR EVERS

FOR MY DAUGHTER

FOR MY DAUGHTER

FOR MY DAUGHTER IN REPLY TO A QUESTION

FOR MY DAUGHTER IN REPLY TO A QUESTION

FOR MY MOTHER ILL

FOR MY MOTHER ILL

FOR MY PARENTS

FOR NOBODY ELSE

FOR NOBODY ELSE

FOR ONE MOMENT

FOR ROSE

FOR STANLEY KUNITZ

FOR THE LIVING

FOR THE NIGHT

FOR WALT WHITMAN

FOR WCW

FOR YAEDI

FOR YAEDI

FOR YOUR FEAR

FOREVER

FOREVER

FOREVER

FORGET IT

FORK I RAISE TO MY MOUTH SHOULD BE THE FORK IN A DREAM

FORK I RAISE TO MY MOUTH SHOULD BE THE FORK IN A DREAM

FORKS WITH POINTS UP

FORM

FOUR CONVERSATIONS: A CATECHISM

FOUR CONVERSATIONS: A DISCUSSION

FOUR CONVERSATIONS: CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS

FOUR CONVERSATIONS: IMPROVISATION II

FROM A DREAM

FROM A DREAM

FROM MY WINDOW

FUTURE

GAME

GARDEN AND THE STORE

GARDENERS

GENTLE WEIGHT LIFTER

GET THE GASWORKS

GET THE GASWORKS

GLIMPSE OF E.E. CUMMINGS

GOD SAID, HAVE YOU FINISHED MY THINKING?

GOD'S

GOING DOWN

GOOD ANGEL

GRANDCHILDREN

GROWING UP

GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE ZOO

GUILT

GUILT IS MY ONE ATTACHMENT TO REALITY

GULLS

HAIRS

HAROLD

HAROLD

HE IS ORGANIZED TO DIE

HE MOVES STRAIGHT BEFORE HIM, LEGS MOVING LIGHTLY

HEADLINE: PRISONER WITHOUT REMORSE

HEART

HEBREW LESSON

HELLO

HERE I AM

HERE I AM

HERE I AM

HERE I AM IN A ROOM

HERE I AM WITH MIKE

HERE IN BED

HERE IT IS

HIGH DIVER

HIS NAME

HOMELESS

HOPE

HORIZON WAS LIKE AN OPEN MOUTH

HOSPITAL CLERK

HOW COME?

HOW COME?

HOW ELSE

HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT

HOW TO BE RIGHT

HUMAN CONDITION, I

HUMAN CONDITION, II

HUNGER ON TV

HUNTER

HURRY HURRY

I AM

I AM

I AM ALONE AS I WRITE

I AM ALONE AS I WRITE

I AM ALONE, MOTHER, WITHOUT YOU

I AM INDIFFERENT TO THE GIRL STANDING

I AM LIKE A SCRAP OF PAPER STUCK

I AM LIKE A SCRAP OF PAPER STUCK

I AM SOON GONE

I AM WELL

I CAN BE SEEN EACH SUNDAY

I CLOSE MY EYES

I CLOSE MY EYES

I COME TO JOY WHEN SUFFERING BEGINS

I COULD SPEND MY LIFE CONTEMPLATING THE WEAVING

I COULDN'T HAVE LOVED YOU AS A CHILD

I DO NOT SING FOR NOW

I DON'T WANT TO

I DREAM

I DREAM I HURL A SPEAR

I FELT

I FELT I HAD MET THE LORD

I FIX MY EYES ON A BLADE OF GRASS

I FIX MY EYES ON A BLADE OF GRASS

I GIVE YOU A LITLE STICK, YOU GIVE ME A TINY PEBBLE

I GIVE YOU A LITTLE STICK, YOU GIVE ME A TINY PEBBLE

I HAVE SPOKEN

I HEAR MY MOTHER CALL ME IN MY SLEEP

I IDENTIFY WITH THE WOODEN SHED IN MY NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD.

I KILLED A FLY

I LEANED, BALLOONING MY SHIRT

I LIKE HOW YOUR BELLY

I LIVE BECAUSE DEATH IS THE GOAL

I LOOK OUT ON AN EMPTY ROAD AND I'M DELIGHTED

I LOVE TO FLY

I LOVE TO FLY

I LOVE WITH MY CONTRADICTIONS

I MAY HAVE SAID A FEW THINGS RIGHT

I ONCE HAD AN ENEMY

I PLAY AT DEATH

I SAW A LEAF

I SEE A HAWK SOARING

I SEE A TRUCK

I SEE A TRUCK

I SHAKE MY FIST AT A TREE

I SHALL FOLLOW

I SHOWED HIM MY WOUND

I SIT AT MY DESK, LISTENING TO THE PHONE RING

I SIT AT MY DESK, LISTENING TO THE PHONE RING

I SLEEP

I SLEEP SO THAT IN THE SILENCE

I STAND UPON A DIKE

I STAND UPON A DIKE AT NIGHT, WATCHING

I SURMOUNT

I TURNED MY BACK

I UNCOIL MYSELF AND LIE STRAIGHT OUT

I UNCOIL MYSELF AND LIE STRAIGHT OUT

I USED TO BE IN LOVE

I USED TO BE IN LOVE

I WANT

I WANT TO BE A SCENE OF SOME SORT

I WAS AN ANGRY MAN

I WAS ANGRY

I WHISTLED BRAHMS TO TELL YOU I LOVED YOU

I WILL WALK

I WISH A GOD WERE POSSIBLE

I WONDER WHO IS NEXT

I WRITE TO CAPTURE THE MEANINGLESS AS IT WERE AN ANIMAL

I'D RATHER LOOK AROUND ME

I'LL COME BACK

I'M A MACHINE

I'M ASKING

I'M GOING BACK TO SOMETHING

I'M HERE

I'M NOT ONE

I'M SURE TREES ARE DEPRESSED ALSO

I'VE NOTHING TO OFFER

I'VE NOTHING TO OFFER

I'VE WANTED TO BE OLD AND WRUNG THROUGH

IF I CAN WALK FARTHER

IF I KISS YOU

IF I SHOULD

IF MY HAND

IF MY HAND BELIEVES IN DEATH

IF TREES THAT ARE LESSER THAN I, SO IT IS SAID BY OTHERS

IF WE COULD BE BROUGHT

IF WE COULD BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE

IF WE KNEW

ILLUSION

IMAGE

IMAGINE

IMAGINE PICKING UP A GUN

IMPERMANENCE

IN A DREAM

IN A DREAM

IN A DREAM

IN A DREAM

IN A DREAM: 1

IN ABSENTIA

IN AN OPEN PALM

IN ANCIENT TIMES

IN ANOTHER DREAM

IN CHILDHOOD

IN DREAM

IN LIMBO

IN LIMBO

IN ME

IN MEMORIAM (AL LICHTMAN)

IN MY CHILDHOOD

IN MY CHILDHOOD

IN MY CHILDHOOD I AWOKE TO MY MOTHER'S VOICE

IN MY DARK MOOD I LOOK OUT UPON THE STREET

IN MY ROOM

IN NO WAY

IN PLACE OF LOVE WE MUST HAVE MONEY

IN RETROSPECT

IN SEASON

IN THE DARK

IN THE END IS THE WORD TO DESTROY THE WORLD

IN THE GARDEN

IN THE SILENCE WE SAT ACROSS A TABLE

IN THE STREET WE STROLLED HAND IN HAND

IN THE STREET, THE BUG CARS SCUTTLE AND SHOOT

IN THE WOODS

IN THIS DREAM

IN THIS DREAM I DO NOT EXIST

IN THIS DREAM I'M AN INDIAN

INDEPENDENCE

INFORMATION

INFORMATION

INHERITANCE

INTEGERS

INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW: 2

INVOCATION

INVOCATION

IT FILLS ME TO LOVE YOU

IT IS

IT IS

IT IS PAINFUL

IT IS PECULIAR THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE ME

IT IS PECULIAR THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE ME

IT MOVES ME TO LOVE YOU

IT'S A SICK LIFE

IT'S MY LIFE

IT'S NOT YOU I MISS

IT'S SO REASSURING TO SHOW MYSELF TO YOU

ITS ORIGIN

JOB HUNTING

JOB'S ANGER

JOB'S ANGER

JOSEPH

JOURNEY

JOURNEY

JOY IN THE BROKEN BONDS OF MY THINKING

JOY OF FLIGHT

JUNGLE TALK

KADDISH

KADDISH

KEEP TIME AWAY

KNOWLEDGE

LAST ATTEMPT

LAST NIGHT I SPOKE TO A DEAD WOMAN WITH GREEN FACE

LEAF

LEAPING FROM AMBUSH

LEARNING TO STRATCH

LEAVES

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 1

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 11

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 12

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 13

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 14

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 15

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 16

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 17

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 19. STABILITY

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 2

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 20

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 21

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 22. THE VIOLENCE

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 23

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 24. FOR NOW

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 25

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 26

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 27. TWO

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 28. THE NEED

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 29. NIGHT

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 3. FOR NERUDA

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 30

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 31. COUPLING

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 32. ACROSS THE ROOM

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 33

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 34

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 35

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 36

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 37

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 38

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 39

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 4

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 40

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 41

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 42. EVERYONE

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 43

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 44. MEETING

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 45

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 46

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 47

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 48

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 5

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 50

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 51. LOST CHILDHOOD

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 52

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 53

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 55

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 56

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 57

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 58

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 59

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 6

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 60

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 61

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 62

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 63. WITHOUT RECRIMINATION

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 7. FROM THE BEGINNING

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 8

LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN: 9

LEGEND OF YOUTH

LETTER

LETTER TO A FRIEND

LIFE

LIFE AND ME

LIFE AS A FROG

LIFE DANCE

LIFE IS AS DECEPTIVE AS THE SUN

LIFE OF WONDER

LIKE A LIE

LIKE A LIE

LIKE SMOKE

LIKE SMOKE

LINGUISTICS

LISTENING

LISTENING

LISTENING

LITTLE FRIEND

LIVE IT THROUGH

LIVES

LIVES

LIVES II

LIVING

LONG ISLAND

LONG ISLAND

LONGEST KNIVES

LOOSE GOWN

LOST CHILDHOOD

LOVE IN A ZOO

LOVE IN A ZOO

LOVE IS HIS NEMESIS: IT FOLLOWS HIM INTO SLEEP

LOVE IS HIS NEMESIS: IT FOLLOWS HIM INTO SLEEP

LOVE ME LOVE MY BOMBS

LOVE POEM

LOVE POEM FOR THE FORTY-SECOND STREET LIBRARY

LOVE POEM FOR THE FORTY-SECOND STREET LIBRARY

LOVE WE HAD

LOVER

LOVERS

LUNCHTIME

MAKE UP A POEM ABOUT A MAN GOING TO SLEEP

MAKE UP A POEM ABOUT A MAN GOING TO SLEEP IN HIS

MAN CANNOT LEAP OVER HIMSELF

MAN CONFRONTED BY MASKS

MAN OF HIS TIME

MAN WHO ATTRACTS BULLETS

MAN WHO FELL APART IN THE STREET AS HE WALKED

MAN'S POSTURE

MAN, I'VE COOLED ON ANGER

MANACLED YOUTH

MANAGER

MARKETING

MARMOSET

MARRIAGE SONG

MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE

MEETING

MELPOMENE IN MANHATTAN

MELPOMENE IN MANHATTAN

MEMORIES OF A HORSEMAN

MEN SANG

MIDNIGHT: 2

MIRRORS

MODERN FABLE

MONEY AND GRASS

MOON

MOONLIGHT POEM

MORAL TALE

MORNING

MOTHER AND CHILD

MOTHER AND CHILD

MOTHS

MOTHS

MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED

MOVING PICTURE

MOVING PICTURE

MR. MAMMON I

MR. MAMMON II

MURDERER

MY ARMS RAISED ABOVE MY HEAD

MY ENEMIES

MY ENEMIES

MY EYES ARE FORMING A TREE

MY LIFE HAS BEEN A SEEKING

MY LOVE FOR YOU IS A DARK HALL

MY NATIVE LAND

MY NEIGHBOR

MY ONLY ENEMY

MY ONLY ENEMY HAS NO METAL FOR HIS HATRED

MY OWN HOUSE

MY OWN HOUSE

MY OWN LINE

MY PITY

MY PLACE

MY PLACE

MY POETRY IS FOR THE NIGHT

MY POETRY IS FOR THE NIGHT

MY PRESIDENT WEEPS

MY SELF IS A WATCHER

MY SKELETON, MY RIVAL

MY WHOLENESS IS DEPENDENT

MYSELF

MYSTIQUE

MYSTIQUE

NAILHEAD

NAME

NEIGHBORS

NEITHER ONE

NEW MEXICO

NEW YEAR'S EVE

NEW YORK

NEWS PHOTO

NEWS REPORT

NEWS REPORT

NEXT TO DIE

NICE GUY

NICE GUY

NIGHT AT AN AIRPORT

NIGHT LIFE

NIGHT PEOPLE

NIGHT THOUGHTS

NO ANSWER

NO ANSWER

NO IDEAS BUT IN THINGS

NO IDEAS BUT IN THINGS

NO THEORY

NO THEORY

NOAH

NOCTURNE

NOTE ON TURGENEV

NOTES FOR A LECTURE

NOTES FOR A LECTURE

NOTHING IS LEFT BUT THE STARS

NOURISH THE CROPS

NOW

NOW CELEBRATE LIFE AND DEATH

NOW I HEAR TWO UNSYNCHRONIZED STEEL HAMMERS POUNDING

NURSE

OBSERVED

OBSOLETE

OBSOLETE

OEDIPUS REFORMED

OEDIPUS REFORMED

OF THAT FIRE

OF THE LIVING

OFF TO THE CEMETERY

OFFICE PARTY

OH IRENE

OLD

OLD MAN

OLD MAN LOOKS AT THE YOUNG KISSING

OMEN

ON CENSORSHIP

ON FREEDOM

ON FREEDOM

ON MODERN POETRY

ON POETRY

ON THE DEATH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

ON THE DEATH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

ON WALKING INTO A DARK ALLEY

ONCE MORE

ONCE THERE WAS A WOMAN SMILED AT ME

ONCE UPON A TIME

ONE CAN

ONE LEAF

ONE LEAF

ONTOLOGY

OPEN BOAT

OPENING PATHS

OPTIONS

ORANGE PICKER

ORGASM

ORIGINS

OUR MASTERPIECE

OUT OF FOCUS

PAINTER

PAINTER AND HER SUBJECT

PALE SKIN IS UPON THE CHEEKBONE LIKE A PLEA

PAPER CUTTER

PARDON KEEPS THE SUN

PARDON OF CAIN

PARK

PARTING

PASSENGER

PAST

PAYMASTER

PEACE

PEACE

PEACE FOR AWHILE

PEOPLE DON'T MATTER ANY LONGER

PERMANENCE

PERMANENCE

PHASE OF ORDER

PHYSICAL LOVE

PLANT

PLANTONIST

PLAY AGAIN

PLAY AGAIN

PLAYFULLY

PLEASURE

PLEASURE

POEM

POEM

POEMS THE DEAD KNOW BY HEART

POET TO PHYSICIST IN HIS LABORATORY

POETS I HAVE REFUSED TO READ

POETS OF THE NEW YORKER

POETS OF THE NEW YORKER

POLITICAL CARTOON

PORTRAIT

PRAYER

PREMONITIONS

PREPARATION

PREPARING

PRETEND YOU ARE ASLEEP

PRICING

PRINCIPLE

PRINT SHOP

PRODIGAL SON

PROEM

PROGRESS OF LOVE

PROLOGUE

PROLOGUE

PROMENADE

PROMENADE

PROPOSITION

PROSE POEM IN SIX PARTS

PROSE POEM IN SIX PARTS

PROUD OF MYSELF

PUZZLE (1)

PUZZLE (2)

RAVEN CROAKING ON THE PERCH OF MY HEART

READING AT NIGHT

READING AT NIGHT

READING THE HEADLINES

READING THE HEADLINES

REFUSE MAN

RELATIONSHIP

REPLY

REPLY

REQUIEM

RESCUE THE DEAD

RESCUE THE DEAD

RESCUE THE DEAD

RESOLVED

RESPECTED GRAVES

RESTAURANT

REVERSALS

REWARD

RIGHTFUL ONE

RITUAL ONE

RITUAL ONE

RITUAL THREE

RITUAL TWO

RITUAL TWO

RIUTAL THREE

ROCKETS

ROOM

RUSH HOUR

SAID A VOICE TO ME

SALES TALK

SALES TALK

SALESMAN

SAMSON

SANGUINE

SAY PARDON TO A BUM

SAY PARDON TO A BUM

SAYING YES TO LIVING

SEA IS MY PLACE

SEARCH FOR GRACE

SECRET CRUMBS

SECRETLY

SEDIMENT

SEDIMENT

SEE

SELF

SELF-ANALYSIS

SELF-CENTERED

SELF-CENTERED

SELF-EMPLOYED

SELF-EMPLOYED

SEMBLANCE

SEPARATE DEAD

SEPARATE ROOMS

SH, THIS POEM WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING

SHADOWING IN THE GROUND

SHAPELY

SHE WAS THE AUDIENCE

SHINED SHOES

SHINEY SHOES

SHIP

SIDE BY SIDE

SIDE BY SIDE

SIGNAL

SILENTLY

SIMPLY

SIMULACRUM

SIMULTANEOUSLY

SINCE THEN

SINCE THEN

SINGERS OF PROVENCE

SIX LOVE POEMS, SELS.

SIX LOVE POEMS: 1

SIX LOVE POEMS: 4

SIX LOVE POEMS: 6

SIX MOVEMENTS ON A THEME

SKETCHES

SKY

SKY

SKY IS BLUE

SLEEPY

SO HERE ARE ALL OF YOU

SO INTRICATELY IS THIS WORLD RESOLVED

SOLDIER

SOLDIER

SOLITUDE

SOMEHOW IT DOES NOT WRITE ITSELF, OUR LIFE TOGETHER

SOMEONE I KNOW / WHOM I FEARED

SOMETHING OF OURSELVES, WE DECIDED FINALLY

SOMETHING OF OURSELVES, WE DECIDED FINALLY

SOMETIMES I THINK I'VE LIVED TOO LONG

SOMETIMES IB THE SUBWAY YOU SEE A FACE

SONG

SPACE POEM

SPHINX

SPINNING

SPIRIT

SPRING

STAGES

STAKE AND THE CHAIN

STATEMENT FOR THE TIMES

STEPS FOR THREE - A PROSE POEM

STIEGLITZ WORE A CAP TO TAUNT BULLS

STONES WILL PAY ME HEED

STORY OF PROGRESS

STRANGER

STREET SCENE

SUBURBIA

SUBURBIA I

SUBURBIA II

SUBWAY

SUBWAY

SUBWAY

SUBWAY

SUBWAY

SUCCESS IN THE TOUCHES OF YOUR HAND

SUCCESS IN THE TOUCHES OF YOUR HAND

SUFFERING IS WHAT I DO BEST

SUITE FOR MARRIAGE

SUMMARY

SUMMER

SUMMER

SUMMER

SUMMER

SUNDAY AT THE STATE HOSPITAL

SUNDAY AT THE STATE HOSPITAL

SUNLIGHT, PIERCING THE GLOOM OF THIS HOUSE

SUNLIGHT: A SEQUENCE FOR MY DAUGHTER, SELECTION

SUNLIGHT: A SEQUENCE FOR MY DAUGHTER, SELS.

SUNSET

TAKE TO YOURSELF YOUR HELPLESSNESS

TALKING TO MYSELF

TALKING TO MYSELF

TASTE

TENDERNESS I HAVE FOR GOOD GIFTS, CHANTE THE WOMEN

THAT I AM

THAT I AM

THAT LAW HAS REASONS

THAT'S THE SUM OF IT

THAT'S THE SUM OF IT

THE AMERICAN PARABLE

THE BAGEL

THE BOXING MATCH

THE BREAD ITSELF

THE BUILDING

THE BUSINESS LIFE

THE BUTCHER SHOP

THE CENTER OF GRAVITY

THE CHILD HAD LOST A FRIENDLY DOG IN AN ACCIDENT

THE COMPLEX

THE DINER

THE DOG BARKS

THE ESCAPADE

THE EXECUTIVE

THE FACE OF BRANCHES

THE FISH THAT LIVES AT THE BOTTOM

THE FISHERWOMAN

THE FLAME LIGHTS UP

THE FLOWER LOVER HAS PICKED A TIME BOMB

THE FLY

THE FUTURE

THE GENTLE WEIGHT LIFTER

THE GOOD ANGEL

THE HOPE

THE IMAGE

THE INTERVIEW

THE JOBHOLDER

THE JOURNEY

THE LEAVES OF THE TREE HIDE THE SUN

THE METAMORPHOSIS

THE MOMENT WHICH IS LIKE A PEAR

THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED

THE NAILHEAD

THE NEWS PHOTO

THE NIGHT IS CALM

THE OIL BURNER RUNS BY THERMOSTAT

THE OIL BURNER RUNS BY THERMOSTAT

THE OPEN BOAT

THE ORANGE PICKER

THE OUTLAW

THE PAPER CUTTER

THE PARIAH

THE PAVEMENT HAS ITS LIFE

THE PRINCIPLE

THE PRODIGAL SON

THE REBEL

THE REFUSE MAN

THE RESTAURANT

THE RIGHTFUL ONE

THE ROUND, PALE GLOBE IN THE CEILING

THE SAINT

THE SELF

THE SEPARATE DEAD

THE SIGNAL

THE SILENCE OF THE SUBURBS IS ADMISSION

THE STARS

THE TIME COMES WHEN YOU ARE FACING HIM

THE TIME COMES WHEN YOU ARE FACING HIM

THE VASE

THE VASE ON THE TABLE IS NEVER ANYTHING

THE WARD

THE WEATHER

THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP

THE WOUND

THEIR MOUTHS FULL

THEORY OF DRESSING

THER LOVER

THERE IS A TENDERNESS IN THE VOICES OF TWO PERSONS

THERE IS AN APPLE THAT MUST NOT FALL

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME

THESE WORDS

THEY PUT A TELEPHONE IN HIS COFFIN

THEY SAID

THINKING

THINKING

THIS BODY ON WHICH I COUNTED FOR AN ETERNAL LIFE

THIS IS MORTAL

THIS IS MORTAL

THIS IS THE SOLUTION

THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO BE HAPPY WITH SLAUGHTER

THIS MORNING

THIS WOMAN HAD HER ARMS AROUND ME

THOUGHTS OF A TINY PIG

THREE

THREE IN TRANSITION

THREE IN TRANSITION

THUS TRULY

TICK TOCK

TIME OF NIGHT

TO A FRIEND WHO HAS MOVED TO THE EAST SIDE

TO AN APPLE

TO CURE ITSELF

TO MAKE KNOWN (FOR ZERO MOSTEL)

TO MAKE KNOWN (FOR ZERO MOSTEL)

TO NOWHERE

TO NOWHERE

TO ONESELF

TO STAY ALIVE

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

TRANSCENDENTALIST WALKING THROUGH SKID ROW

TREAD THE DARK: 1. BRIGHTNESS AS A POIGNANT LIGHT

TREAD THE DARK: 10

TREAD THE DARK: 11

TREAD THE DARK: 12. AN ACCOUNT IN THE PRESENT TENSE

TREAD THE DARK: 13. AT THE END OF THE WORLD

TREAD THE DARK: 14

TREAD THE DARK: 15

TREAD THE DARK: 16

TREAD THE DARK: 17. THE PROCESSION

TREAD THE DARK: 18

TREAD THE DARK: 19

TREAD THE DARK: 2. FROM THE OBSERVATORY

TREAD THE DARK: 20. THE ABANDONED ANIMAL

TREAD THE DARK: 21

TREAD THE DARK: 22. THIS FALSE DESIRE

TREAD THE DARK: 23

TREAD THE DARK: 24

TREAD THE DARK: 25. A RECOUNTING

TREAD THE DARK: 26. DANTE'S BROTHER

TREAD THE DARK: 27. SCISSORS

TREAD THE DARK: 28

TREAD THE DARK: 29. APOCRYPHA

TREAD THE DARK: 3. THE SEASONS

TREAD THE DARK: 30. THE SUICIDE

TREAD THE DARK: 31. THE DEAD SEA

TREAD THE DARK: 32. THEME AND VARIATIONS

TREAD THE DARK: 33

TREAD THE DARK: 34. SUICIDE IN TWO VOICES

TREAD THE DARK: 35

TREAD THE DARK: 36. DEATH OF A LAWN MOWER

TREAD THE DARK: 37. IS THERE A VALUE TO LIFE?

TREAD THE DARK: 38. CANNIBALS

TREAD THE DARK: 39. THE SPORTSMAN

TREAD THE DARK: 4. WITH THE SUN'S FIRE

TREAD THE DARK: 40. SOUTH BRONX

TREAD THE DARK: 41. THE FOREST WARDEN

TREAD THE DARK: 42. THE ONLY ONE I KNOW

TREAD THE DARK: 43

TREAD THE DARK: 44. THE LIFE THEY LEAD

TREAD THE DARK: 45. THOUGHTS

TREAD THE DARK: 46. A MEDITATION

TREAD THE DARK: 47

TREAD THE DARK: 48. AT THE MUSEUM

TREAD THE DARK: 49. THE QUESTION

TREAD THE DARK: 5

TREAD THE DARK: 50

TREAD THE DARK: 51

TREAD THE DARK: 51

TREAD THE DARK: 52

TREAD THE DARK: 53. THE VASE

TREAD THE DARK: 54

TREAD THE DARK: 55. THE METAMORPHOSIS

TREAD THE DARK: 56. THE EXPLORER

TREAD THE DARK: 57. IN MY DREAM

TREAD THE DARK: 58. HAIR

TREAD THE DARK: 59. TO CHARLES REZNIKOFF

TREAD THE DARK: 6. THE TWO SELVES

TREAD THE DARK: 60. THE PLEASURE

TREAD THE DARK: 61

TREAD THE DARK: 62

TREAD THE DARK: 63

TREAD THE DARK: 64

TREAD THE DARK: 65

TREAD THE DARK: 66. FOR STEPHEN MOONEY, 1913-71

TREAD THE DARK: 67. IN THE DARK

TREAD THE DARK: 68

TREAD THE DARK: 69

TREAD THE DARK: 7. THE JUGGLER

TREAD THE DARK: 70

TREAD THE DARK: 71

TREAD THE DARK: 72

TREAD THE DARK: 73

TREAD THE DARK: 74

TREAD THE DARK: 75. MIDNIGHT

TREAD THE DARK: 76

TREAD THE DARK: 77. AS WE WALK OUR LIVES

TREAD THE DARK: 78. THE SOCIAL LIFE

TREAD THE DARK: 79. LIGHTLY

TREAD THE DARK: 8. SCENARIO

TREAD THE DARK: 80. A PRAYER IN PART

TREAD THE DARK: 81

TREAD THE DARK: 82. FOR ROBERT LOWELL

TREAD THE DARK: 83. I'M A DEPRESSED POEM

TREAD THE DARK: 84

TREAD THE DARK: 85. HELLO

TREAD THE DARK: 86. FINALLY

TREAD THE DARK: 87. EPILOGUE

TREAD THE DARK: 9

TREAD THE DARK: I AM BROTHER

TREAD THE DARK: WHO COULD HAVE BELIEVED IT?

TREE

TRIPTYCH

TROUGH

TRUNINGS

TUFT OF DAISIES

TWO

TWO

TWO FRIENDS

TWO VOICES

US

VENDING MACHINE

VERSICLE AND RESPONSE

VISIT

WAIT

WAIT

WAITING INSIDE

WAITING INSIDE

WAITING TO LIVE

WALK THERE

WALK THERE

WALKING

WALLS

WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS

WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS

WANTS ADS

WARD

WATCH YOU FACE IN THE MIRROR

WE

WE

WE ARE LIKE TWO FREIGHT CARS

WE ARE RELIVING DEAD MEN'S LIVES

WE CAME NAKED

WE CAN'T WRITE OURSELVES INTO ETERNAL LIFE

WE HAVE BODIES

WE HAVE BODIES

WEATHER

WEDDING

WERE YOU PERHAPS SENT BY THE FBI

WHAT ABOUT DYING

WHAT HAPPENS

WHAT HAS BROUGHT ME TO YOU, STONE 2 IGNATOW, DAVID WHAT SHALL HE DO WITH A SON'

WHAT IS THIS LIFE, ANYWAY

WHAT WOULD LIFE BE WITHOUT YOU?

WHAT'S NEXT?

WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACES THAT CONFRONT ME

WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACES THAT CONFRONT ME

WHEN I SEE LIFE IN SHORT, DEATHLIKE SCENES

WHEN NEWS CAME OF HIS DEATH I WAS DISAPPOINTED

WHEN THE NEWS CAME OF HIS DEATH I WAS DISAPPOINTED

WHEN THERE IS LIFE

WHERE AM I GOING?

WHERE IS A ROCK TO BORE A HOLE THROUGH?

WHERE NOTHING IS HIDDEN

WHEREVER

WHEREVER

WHILE I LIVE

WHILE I LIVE

WHISPER TO THE EARTH

WHISTLE OR HOOT

WHISTLE OR HOOT

WHITE CEILING

WHITE-HAIRED, I WALK IN ON MY PARENTS

WHITE-HAIRED, I WALK IN ON MY PARENTS

WHO AM I TO BE LOVED

WHO ARE THESE MEN WHO BECOME PLUMBERS

WHY CAN'T I BE

WHY IS IT THAT LYING IN BED

WINDOW WAS MADE IN AN EFFORT TO BE FREE OF BRICK

WITH HORACE I TAKE MY STAND BESIDE TWO ROCKS

WITH MY BACK TO THE INSANE WORLD

WITH OTHERS

WITH THE DOOR OPEN

WITH THE DOOR OPEN

WITH THE SUN'S FIRE

WITH THE SUN'S FIRE

WITHOUT FEAR

WITHOUT FEAR

WITHOUT RECRIMINATION

WITHOUT SEXUAL ATTRACTION, THERE IS

WITHOUT SEXUAL ATTRACTION, THERE IS

WITNESS

WITNESS

WORKING PRINCIPLE

WORLD

WORLD

WOUND

WRONG

YEARS OF LOSS

YOU FEED ME AND I GIVE YOU IRON AND ANGER

YOU SPOUTING ABOUT MONEY

YOUR BODY IS NOT MINE

YOUR FACE BEFORE ME

ZOO

ZOO LION



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