Poems

And They Obey Smash down the cities. Knock the walls to pieces. Break the factories and cathedrals, warehouses and homes Into loose piles of stone and […]

And this will be all…. And this will be all? And the gates will never open again? And the dust and the wind will play around […]

Anna Imroth Cross the hands over the breast here–so. Straighten the legs a little more–so. And call for the wagon to come and take her home. […]

Aprons of Silence Many things I might have said today. And I kept my mouth shut. So many times I was asked To come and say […]

Arithmetic Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head. Arithmetic tells you how many you lose or win if you know […]

Ashurnatsirpal III Three walls around the town of Tela when I came. They expected everything of those walls; Nobody in the town came out to kiss […]

At a Window Give me hunger, O you gods that sit and give The world its orders. Give me hunger, pain and want, Shut me out […]

Autumn Movement I cried over beautiful things knowing no beautiful thing lasts. The field of cornflower yellow is a scarf at the neck of the copper […]

Aztec You came from the Aztecs With a copper on your fore-arms Tawnier than a sunset Saying good-by to an even river. And I said, you […]

Aztec Mask I wanted a man’s face looking into the jaws and throat of life With something proud on his face, so proud no smash of […]