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 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 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 Rafael Guillén Translated by Sandy McKinney I hardly remember your voice， but the pain of you floats in some remote current of my blood. I c...
by Jane Mead I have been living closer to the ocean than I thought—— in a rocky cove thick with seaweed. It pulls me down when I go wading...
by Emily Dickinson I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm - The ...
by Emily Dickinson I measure every Grief I meet With narrow， probing， Eyes - I wonder if It weighs like Mine - Or has an Easier size. I wonder if They...
by Kirsten Dierking For a short time after the rape， I found I could move things. Energy birds swarmed from my brain. With a witch's sense of aban...
by Edward Thomas I never saw that land before， And now can never see it again； Yet， as if by acquaintance hoar Endeared， by gladness and by pain， Grea...
by Lorine Niedecker I rose from marsh mud， algae， equisetum， willows， sweet green， noisy birds and frogs to see her wed in the rich rich silence of th...