To My Father’s Business (Kenneth Koch Poems)
Leo bends over his desk Gazing at a memorandum While Stuart stands beside him With a smile, saying, "Leo, the order for those desks Came ...
Leo bends over his desk Gazing at a memorandum While Stuart stands beside him With a smile, saying, "Leo, the order for those desks Came ...
Without knowing my number,enclosed by walls and borders,I walk around with a prisoner's moonand perpetual shadow chained to my ankle.Living ...
First I forgot you in your voice.If you were talking to me now,here by my side,I would ask, "Who's there?"Then ...
Where are the people as beautiful as poems,As calm as mirrors,With their oceanic longings —The idler whom reflection loved,The woman ...
Why did he promise methat we would build ourselvesan ark all by ourselvesout in back of the houseon New York ...
I don't mind the human race.I've got pretty used to themIn these past twenty-five years.I don't mind if they sit ...
Sleepy policemen waddle under streetlights.Broken beggars grumble when they sense people.On some corners powerful streetcars stutter.And plush cabs drop into ...
My clumsiest dear, whose hands shipwreck vases, At whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring, Whose palms are bulls ...
Why did he promise me that we would build ourselves an ark all by ourselves out in back of the ...
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