The Intruder (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
My mother-- preferring the strange to the tame: Dove-note, bone marrow, deer dung, Frog's belly distended with finny young, Leaf-mould ...
Carolyn Kizer Poems (13 Poems)
The Ungrateful Garden (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
Midas watched the golden crust That formed over his steaming sores, Hugged his agues, loved his lust, But damned to ...
Mud Soup (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
1. Had the ham bone, had the lentils, Got to meat store for the salt pork, Got to grocery for ...
On a Line From Valery (Gulf War) (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
Tout le ciel vert se meurt Le dernier arbre brûle. The whole green sky is dying. The last tree flares ...
On a Line from Valéry (The Gulf War) (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
The whole green sky is dying.The last tree flares With a great burst of supernatural rose Under a canopy of ...
Parent’s Pantoum (Carolyn Kizer Poems)
for Maxine Kumin Where did these enormous children come from, More ladylike than we have ever been? Some of ours ...
Reunion (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
For more than thirty years we hadn't met. I remembered the bright query of your face, That single-minded look,intense and ...
A Song for Muriel (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
No-one explains me because There is nothing to explain. It's all right here Very clear. O for my reputations sake ...
American Beauty (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
For Ann London As you described your mastectomy in calm detail and bared your chest so I might see the ...
Cultural Evolution (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
When from his cave, young Mao in his youthful mind A work to renew old China first designed, Then he ...
Days of 1986 (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
He was believed by his peers to be an important poet, But his erotic obsession, condemned and strictly forbidden, Compromised ...
Fearful Women (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
Arms and the girl I sing - O rare arms that are braceleted and white and bare arms that were ...
Poet’s Household (Carolyn Kizer Poems)
1 The stout poet tiptoes On the lawn. Surprisingly limber In his thick sweater Like a middle-age burglar. Is the ...