Poems by Philip Levine
Late Light
... I thought of my oldest son, who years ...
You Can Have It
... and sleeps when he rises to face this life, and that together they are only one man ...
I Won, You Lost
... The lilt of his worn voice broken ...
A Woman Waking
... If she rose and walked barefoot on the wood floor ...
They Feed They Lion
... They Lion grow. From the sweet glues of the trotters ...
Night Words
... of the river that runs through every child's dreams ...
What Work Is
... You've never done something so simple, so obvious, ...
Among Children
... Ten years ago I went among these same children, just born, ...
At Bessemer
... A life was calling to be lived, but how ...
Animals Are Passing From Our Lives
... The boy who drives me along believesthat any moment I'll fall ...
A Sleepless Night
... of poppies. The mockingbird squawks ...
An Ending
... Don't be scared, the book said, don't flee ...
The Simple Truth
... out of my childhood in a pink spangled sweater and sunglasses ...
Waking In March
... a dry kiss. Why am I so quiet ...
Father
... I waited at windows the rain streaked ...
