by Mark Doty For his birthday， I gave Stanley a hyacinth bean， an annual， so he wouldn't have to wait for the flowers. He said， Mark， I have just ...
by Mark Doty Helen says heaven， for her， would be complete immersion in physical process， without self-consciousness- to be the respiration of the gra...
by Catherine Bowman Old fang-in-the-boot trick. Five-chambered asp. Pit organ and puff adder. Can live in any medium save ice. Charmed by the flute or...
by F. D. Reeve I can imagine， years from now， your coming back to this high， old， white house. Home” I shouldn‘t say because we can‘...
by Ruth Ellen Kocher At the table in patio seating， a young man starched into my evening in waiter black and white—— he's probably nam...
by Marianne Moore Although the aepyornis or roc that lived in Madagascar， and the moa are extinct， the camel-sparrow， linked with them in size—&...
by Tom Clark As in that grey exurban wasteland in Gatsby When the white sky darkens over the city Of ashes， far from the once happy valley， This daze ...
by Gary Snyder He had driven half the night From far down San Joaquin Through Mariposa， up the Dangerous Mountain roads， And pulled in at eight a.m. W...
by Sandra Alcosser Auntie lies in the rest home with a feeding tube and a bedpan， she weighs nothing， she fidgets and shakes， and all I can see are he...
by Conrad Aiken Southeast， and storm， and every weathervane shivers and moans upon its dripping pin， ragged on chimneys the cloud whips， the rain howl...