Poems

The Wedding of Everything Today looks much like the rest: simple, a handy kind of day, a meat and potatoes day. The bright buildings of the […]

Outlaws — Billy the Kid and Clyde Barrow Billy rode on a pinto horse Billy the Kid I mean And he met Clyde Barrow riding In […]

Suicide Sal We each of us have a good “alibi” For being down here in the “joint” But few of them really are justified If you […]

The Trail’s End You’ve read the story of Jesse James of how he lived and died. If you’re still in need; of something to read, here’s […]

A Dream I dreamt of autumn in the window’s twilight, And you, a tipsy jesters’ throng amidst. ‘ And like a falcon, having stooped to slaughter, […]

A Sultrier Dawn All morning high up on the eaves Above your window A dove kept cooing. Like shirtsleeves The boughs seemed frayed. It drizzled. Clouds […]

A tall, strapping shot, you, considerate hunter… A tall, strapping shot, you, considerate hunter, Phantom with gun at the flood of my soul, Do not destroy […]

A Walts With a Tear in It Ah, how I love it in these first few days, Fresh from the forest and out of the snow, […]

About These Poems On winter pavements I will pound Them down with glistening glass and sun, Will let the ceiling hear their sound, Damp corners-read them, […]

After the Interval About three months ago, when first Upon our open, unprotected And freezing garden snowstorms burst In sudden fury, I reflected That I would […]