Poems 1962-2012 by Glück, Louise -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Notice Contents Firstborn (1968)

I. The Egg

The Chicago Train The Egg Thanksgiving Hesitate to Call My Cousin in April Returning a Lost Child Labor Day The Wound Silverpoint Early December in Croton-on-Hudson

II. The Edge

The Edge Grandmother in the Garden Pictures of the People in the War The Racer’s Widow Portrait of the Queen in Tears Bridal Piece My Neighbor in the Mirror My Life Before Dawn The Lady in the Single The Cripple in the Subway Nurse’s Song Seconds Letter from Our Man in Blossomtime The Cell The Islander Letter from Provence Memo from the Cave Firstborn La Force The Game

III. Cottonmouth Country

Cottonmouth Country Phenomenal Survivals of Death in Nantucket Easter Season Scraps The Tree House Meridian Late Snow To Florida The Slave Ship Solstice The Inlet Saturnalia

The House on Marshland (1975)

I. All Hallows

All Hallows The Pond Gretel in Darkness For My Mother Archipelago The Magi The Shad-blow Tree Messengers The Murderess Flowering Plum Nativity Poem To Autumn Still Life For Jane Myers Gratitude Poem The School Children Jeanne d’Arc Departure Gemini

II. The Apple Trees

The Undertaking Pomegranate Brennende Liebe Abishag 12. 6. 71 Love Poem Northwood Path The Fire The Fortress Here Are My Black Clothes Under Taurus The Swimmer The Letters Japonica The Apple Trees

Descending Figure (1980)

I. The Garden

The Drowned Children The Garden Palais des Arts Pietà Descending Figure Thanksgiving

II. The Mirror

Epithalamium Illuminations The Mirror Portrait Tango Swans Night Piece Portland, 1968 Porcelain Bowl Dedication to Hunger Happiness

III. Lamentations

Autumnal Aubade Aphrodite Rosy The Dream of Mourning The Gift World Breaking Apart The Return Lamentations

The Triumph of Achilles (1985)

Mock Orange Metamorphosis Brooding Likeness Exile Winter Morning Seated Figure Mythic Fragment Hyacinth The Triumph of Achilles Baskets Liberation

The Embrace Marathon Summer

III

The Reproach The End of the World The Mountain A Parable Day Without Night Elms Adult Grief Hawk’s Shadow From the Japanese Legend Morning Horse

Ararat (1990)

Parodos A Fantasy A Novel Labor Day Lover of Flowers Widows Confession A Precedent Lost Love Lullaby Mount Ararat Appearances The Untrustworthy Speaker A Fable New World Birthday Brown Circle Children Coming Home from School Animals Saints Yellow Dahlia Cousins Paradise Child Crying Out Snow Terminal Resemblance Lament Mirror Image Children Coming Home from School Amazons Celestial Music First Memory

The Wild Iris (1992)

The Wild Iris Matins Matins Trillium Lamium Snowdrops Clear Morning Spring Snow End of Winter Matins Matins Scilla Retreating Wind The Garden The Hawthorn Tree Love in Moonlight April Violets Witchgrass The Jacob’s Ladder Matins Matins Song Field Flowers The Red Poppy Clover Matins Heaven and Earth The Doorway Midsummer Vespers Vespers Vespers Daisies End of Summer Vespers Vespers Vespers Early Darkness Harvest The White Rose Ipomoea Presque Isle Retreating Light Vespers Vespers: Parousia Vespers Vespers Sunset Lullaby The Silver Lily September Twilight The Gold Lily The White Lilies

Meadowlands (1996)

Penelope’s Song Cana Quiet Evening Ceremony Parable of the King Moonless Night Departure Ithaca Telemachus’ Detachment Parable of the Hostages Rainy Morning Parable of the Trellis Telemachus’ Guilt Anniversary Meadowlands 1 Telemachus’ Kindness Parable of the Beast Midnight Siren Meadowlands 2 Marina Parable of the Dove Telemachus’ Dilemma Meadowlands 3 The Rock Circe’s Power Telemachus’ Fantasy Parable of Flight Odysseus’ Decision Nostos The Butterfly Circe’s Torment Circe’s Grief Penelope’s Stubbornness Telemachus’ Confession Void Telemachus’ Burden Parable of the Swans Purple Bathing Suit Parable of Faith Reunion The Dream Otis The Wish Parable of the Gift Heart’s Desire

Vita Nova (1999)

Vita Nova Aubade The Queen of Carthage The Open Grave Unwritten Law The Burning Heart Roman Study The New Life Formaggio Timor Mortis Lute Song Orfeo Descent to the Valley The Garment Condo Immortal Love Earthly Love Eurydice Castile Mutable Earth The Winged Horse Earthly Terror The Golden Bough Evening Prayers Relic Nest Ellsworth Avenue Inferno Seizure The Mystery Lament Vita Nova

The Seven Ages (2001)

The Seven Ages Moonbeam The Sensual World Mother and Child Fable Solstice Stars Youth Exalted Image Reunion Radium Birthday Ancient Text From a Journal Island The Destination The Balcony Copper Beech Study of My Sister August Summer at the Beach Rain in Summer Civilization Decade The Empty Glass Quince Tree The Traveler Arboretum Dream of Lust Grace Fable The Muse of Happiness Ripe Peach Unpainted Door Mitosis Eros The Ruse Time Memoir Saint Joan Aubade Screened Porch Summer Night Fable

Averno (2006)

The Night Migrations

October Persephone the Wanderer Prism Crater Lake Echoes Fugue

The Evening Star Landscape A Myth of Innocence Archaic Fragment Blue Rotunda A Myth of Devotion Averno Omens Telescope Thrush Persephone the Wanderer

A Village Life (2009)

Twilight Pastoral Tributaries Noon Before the Storm Sunset In the Café In the Plaza Dawn First Snow Earthworm At the River A Corridor Fatigue Burning Leaves Walking at Night Via delle Ombre Hunters A Slip of Paper Bats Burning Leaves March A Night in Spring Harvest Confession Marriage Primavera Figs At the Dance Solitude Earthworm Olive Trees Sunrise A Warm Day Burning Leaves Crossroads Bats Abundance Midsummer Threshing A Village Life

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