by José Lezama Lima （Translated by Nathaniel Tarn） An obscure meadow lures me， her fast， close-fitting lawns revolve in me， sleep on my balcony...
by John Hollander No more walks in the wood： The trees have all been cut Down， and where once they stood Not even a wagon rut Appears along the path L...
by Larry Levis The brow of a horse in that moment when The horse is drinking water so deeply from a trough It seems to inhale the water， is holy. I re...
by David Tucker Those footfalls on the stairs when the night shift went home， the sunlight fanning through the dinosaur's rib cage the janitor'...
by Mark Bibbins Someone waits at my door. Because he is dead he has time but I have my secrets—— this is what separates us from the dead. ...
by Wallace Stevens I placed a jar in Tennessee， And round it was， upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. The wilderness rose...
by Baron Wormser A moment from a life——a husband holding up A tee-shirt for cursory inspection； A child trudging home from a dull school d...
by Lilah Hegnauer If I could choose， if it was possible， if I was worthy， if babies homes weren‘t crowded if aunts and grandparents weren‘...
by Edgar Lee Masters Out of me unworthy and unknown The vibrations of deathless music； "With malice toward none， with charity for all." Out ...
by M. L. Smoker And to think I had just paid a cousin twenty dollars to shovel the walk. He and two of his buddies， still smelling of an all-nighter， ...