Poems by Gerald Stern
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I Remember Galileo
... It was the speed of the squirrel and his lowness to the ground, ...
The Dog
... with the mouth and feet, with the tail, my tongue is a parrots's, ...
Swan Song
... in the sunand dream of spreading their terrifying wings ...
Kissing Stieglitz Good-Bye
... good-bye, my arms are wrapped around him, his photos ...
The Name
... past the pork store and the hardware store, me lecturing ...
In Time
... too short, though what does it matter, since the mechanism ...
Journey
... He had a kind of beard and though he could practically lift ...
Bolero
... m loyal still and when did I have a waist that thin ...
Still Burning
... say whither, say what, say me with a pencil walking, ...
Another Insane Devotion
... I have a daughter or son somewhere, darling grandchildren ...
Waving Goodbye
... so I drove my daughter through the snow to meet her friend ...
Swifts
... they fly in a great circle, much larger ...
Leaves
... brown poodles walked by he looked at the stripped-down trees ...
The Jew and the Rooster Are One
... that strutted from one small house to another, that scratched ...
Box of Cigars
... who ran to catch them as if they were suddenly rich, ...
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