Eve Of St. Agony Or The Middleclass Was Sitting On Its Fat (Kenneth Patchen Poems)
Man-dirt and stomachs that the sea unloads; rocketsof quick lice crawling inland, planting their damn flags,putting their malethings in any ...
Man-dirt and stomachs that the sea unloads; rocketsof quick lice crawling inland, planting their damn flags,putting their malethings in any ...
The sleds of the childrenMove down the right slope.To the left, hazed in the tumbling air,A thousand lights smudgeWithin the ...
Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. W a i t. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. NOW. (Kenneth Patchen)
These of living emanate a formidable light,Which is equal to death, and when usedGives increase eternally.What fortifies in separate thoughtIs ...
The old guy put down his beer. Son, he said, (and a girl came over to the table where we were: asked us ...
Apply for the position (I've forgotten now for what) I hadto marry the Second Mayor's daughter by twelve noon. Theorder ...
We must be slow and delicate; returnthe policeman's stare with some esteem,remember this is not a shadow playof doves and ...
Be music, night,That her sleep may goWhere angels have their pale tall choirsBe a hand, sea,That her dreams may watchThy ...
The deer is humble, lovely as God made herI watch her eyes and think of wonder ownedThese strange priests enter ...
The snow is deep on the ground.Always the light fallsSoftly down on the hair of my belov(Kenneth Patchen)
The Orange bears with soft friendly eyes Who played with me when I was ten, Christ, before I'd left home ...
So it is the duty of the artist to discourage all traces of shame To extend all boundaries To fog ...
I write the lips of the moon upon her shoulders. In a temple of silvery farawayness I guard her to ...
In the footsteps of the walking air Sky's prophetic chickens weave their cloth of awe And hillsides lift green wings ...
I believe that a young woman Is standing in a circle of lions In the other side of the sky. ...
The Dove walks with sticky feet Upon the green crowns of the almond tree, Its feathers smeared over with warmth ...
Tiny green birds skate over the surface of the room. A naked girl prepares a basin with steaming water, And ...
We go out together into the staring town And buy cheese and bread and little jugs with flowered labels Everywhere ...
Wherever the dead are there they are and Nothing more. But you and I can expect To see angels in ...
To leave the earth was my wish, and no will stayed my rising. Early, before sun had filled the roads ...
when we were here together in a place we did not know, nor one another. A bit of grass held ...
As we are so wonderfully done with each other We can walk into our separate sleep on floors of music ...
And all that is this day. . . The boy with cap slung over what had been a face. .. ...
Speak softly; sun going down Out of sight. Come near me now. Dear dying fall of wings as birds complain ...
Let us have madness openly. O men Of my generation. Let us follow The footsteps of this slaughtered age: See ...
A beast stands at my eye. I cook my senses in a dark fire. The old wombs rot and the ...
That should be obvious Of course it won't Any fool knows that. Even in the winter. Consider for a moment. ...
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