Weldon Kees Poems (24 Poems)

For My Daughter (Weldon Kees Poems)

Looking into my daughter's eyes I readBeneath the innocence of morning fleshConcealed, hintings of death she does not heed.Coldest of ...

Round (Weldon Kees Poem)

"Wondrous life!" cried Marvell at Appleton House. Renan admired Jesus Christ "wholeheartedly." But here dried ferns keep falling to the ...

Robinson (Weldon Kees Poem)

The dog stops barking after Robinson has gone. His act is over. The world is a gray world, Not without ...

1926 (Weldon Kees Poem)

The porchlight coming on again, Early November, the dead leaves Raked in piles, the wicker swing Creaking. Across the lots ...

Dead March (Weldon Kees Poem)

Under the bunker, where the reek of kerosene Prepared the marriage rite, leader and whore, Imperfect kindling even in this ...

The Beach (Weldon Kees Poem)

Squat, unshaven, full of gas, Joseph Samuels, former clerk in four large cities, out of work, waits in the darkened ...

Interregnum (Weldon Kees Poem)

Butcher the evil millionaire, peasant, And leave him stinking in the square. Torture the chancellor. Leave the ambassador Strung by ...

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