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Oh, cool–we got a new one:

Read up. Two of my favorites are “Fork” and “Watermelons.” They’re both short, clear, and beautiful, so if you think you’re not really a poetry person, they may be a good place to start. Remember to read “Fork” out loud for the full effect of the final line.

Works by Simic

• “Shelly”
  • Video (starts 1:30 in)
  • Audio (starts 1:30 in)
  • Text
• “My Shoes”
  • Text
  • Audio
• “Prodigy”
  • Text
  • Audio
• “Fork”
  • Text and Audio (Text alternative, Audio alternative)
• “The Clocks of the Dead”
  • Text and Audio
• “Cameo Appearance”
  • Text and Audio (Text alternative)
• “In the Library”
  • Text and Audio
• “Country Fair”
  • Text only (Text alternative)
• “Eyes Fastened With Pins”
  • Text only (Text alternative)
• “Late September”
  • Text only
• “Pigeons at Dawn”
  • Text only
• “Read Your Fate”
  • Text only (Text alternative)
• “Riddle”
  • Audio only
• “The Initiate”
  • Text only (Text alternative)
• “The Something”
  • Text only (Text alternative)
• “The White Room”
  • Text only (Text alternative; Text alternative #2)
• “This Morning”
  • Text only (Text alternative)
• “Watermelons”
  • Text only (Text alternative; Text alternative #2–warning, popups)
• “I am the last…”
  • Text only
• From The World Doesn’t End (”We were so poor … ” and “The stone is … “)
  • Text only
• “Against Whatever It Is That’s Encroaching “
  • Text only
• “Autumn Sky”
  • Text only
• “Charon’s Cosmology”
  • Text only
• “Clouds Gathering”
  • Text only (Text alternative)
• “Concerning My Neighbors, the Hittites”
  • Text only
• “Empire of Dreams”
  • Text only
• “Eyes Fastened with Pins”
  • Text only
• “Factory”
  • Text only
• “October Arriving”
  • Text only
• “Old Couple”
  • Text only
• “Past-Lives Therapy”
  • Text only
• “Tapestry”
  • Text only
• “The Old World”
  • Text only
• “The Wooden Toy”
  • Text only (Text alternative; Text alternative #2–warning, popups)
• “Watch Repair”
  • Text only
• “Night Clerk in a Roach Motel”
  • Text only
• “Mummy’s Curse”
  • Text only
• “How to Psalmodize”
  • Text only
• “Poem Without a Title”
  • Text only
• “Inner Man”
  • Text only
• “Coal”
  • Text only
• “A Book Full of Pictures”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Against Winter”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Errata”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Heights Of Folly”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Hotel Insomnia”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Paradise Motel”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Private Eye”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Summer In The Country”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Talking To Little Birdies”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “The Bather”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “The Oldest Child”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “The Partial Explanation”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “The School Of Metaphysics”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “The Supreme Moment”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “To The One Upstairs”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “Wherein Obscurely”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)
• “White”
  • Text only (Text alternative–warning, popups)

The following poems are hosted on a site with nasty popups

• “Clouds Gathering”
  • Text only
• “Country Fair”
  • Text only
• “Eyes Fastened With Pins”
  • Text only
• “Late September”
  • Text only
• “Pocket Theatre”
  • Text only
• “Read Your Fate”
  • Text only
• “The Initiate”
  • Text only
• “The Something”
  • Text only
• “This Morning”
  • Text only

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