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All through an empty place I go, And find her not in any room; The candles and the lamps I light Go down before a wind of gloom. Thick-s...

How Poetry Comes to Me It comes blundering over the Boulders at night, it stays Frightened outside the Range of my campfire I go to meet it...

1959 Uncomprising year—I see no meaning to life. Though this abled self is here nonetheless, either in trade gold or grammaticness, I dro...

After being betrayed by Judas (who returned the 30 pieces of silver and hung himself), Jesus was brought to Pontius Pilate, the governor. Pi...

W.H. Auden (1907-1973) was a twentieth-century poet who was somewhat modernist, but tended to "transcend labels". Half of his poem...

Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) was a poet of the "New York School" Movement, which had strong ties to the growing art culture in New...

Constantly Risking Absurdity (#15) BY  LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Constantly risking absurdity                                        ...