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