Poems by Charles Simic
Hotel Insomnia
... So dark, I could not see my face in the shaving mirror ...
This Morning
... I thought I heard Estella in the garden singing ...
The Something
... Milkman. I better hit you once or twice over the head ...
Paradise Motel
... The President Spoke of war as of a magic love potion ...
A Book Full of Pictures
... Night fell. My hands grew cold touching the faces ...
The White Room
... The simplest things,Difficult in their obviousness ...
The Initiate
... Two hard staring, all-knowing eyes!After we parted, the night, the cold, and the endless walking ...
Country Fair
... for Hayden CarruthIf you didn't see the six-legged dog, ...
Poem Without A Title
... Such as these The sleep is deep and long ...
The Partial Explanation
... Behind my back Since I last noticed ...
Wherein Obscurely
... How quickly they were gone--The cars, I mean, and then the drizzle ...
Private Eye
... I may strike a match to orient myselfIn the meantime, there's the heart ...
The Bather
... In the deepening night, deepening hush,The treetops like charred paper edges, ...
Inner Man
... Shuffling the cards of our silence, ...
Coal
... Your long night announces:Everything my eye encompasses this instant: ...
