Michael Rossman -- Selected Poems

Alphabetical | Chronological | Categorical

 

Alphabetical

      746831
      & if I never said
      About Rendering Lao Tzu, Verse 80
      After Going to a Reading
      Air War Murder Mystery
      Among the many signs that I misread
      and love, love
      And sometimes still
      and you are here, not there
      Angel of chaos
      Angola On My Mind
      Anniversary Vows
      Arse Poetica
      As If My Heart Were Open
      A Tevatron Reverie
      Berrying Song
      Birthday Song
      Bulletin
      By Fallen Leaf Lake, above timberline
      By the moon, or choosing so to soar
      Casualty
      Cobble
      Conference Report
      Control
      Cry of the Naked Eye
      Curriculum Vita
      Cusp Song
      don't care if the body is dinged
      Encountering your net
      Fabric of metaphor, our tent
      For Malcolm, Thinking of Our Sons
      Former Lover, Expatriate Poet, Visits
      For Tom Parkinson
      Good fortune is catastrophe
      Her body moves her
      Herkimer Diamonds, In Matrix
      How to write a poem
      if love should come
      I have less than I had thought
      In moments between the escapes
      Investigation
      Last winter our retriever
      Leisa Jean Rossman
      Little more comes to tell
      Lullabye
      Lullabye 1970
      Mad Michael's Song
      Maria comes without her chum
      Mayday 1961: The Jester Speaks
      May this sample of the brain
      Moving Your Furniture, Packing Your Clothes
      My lover lost her marriage ring
      Night beach, a calm spell
      No special glory attends this year
      Notes Towards an Essay on Rock-&-Roll
      Number Lesson
      Obsidian Flake Curse
      October Market Blue
      Ode to Dr. Benjamin Spock
      Of Making Music, Photography, Whatever
      Of My Flute
      On Education, In America
      One Fifteen Ayem
      On the Firing of Dr. Clark Kerr
      On the Umpteenth Gift of a Lucite Brooch
      People's Park, Round 2
      Philoctetes, at the Start of His Ninth Year
      Poem for a Victory Rally in a Berkeley Park
      Remembering the Police-Car Siege
      Rock Man
      Sad Song
      Save the Ecology Bandwagon Poem #3
      Scene from My Childhood
      Sitting dizzy with sun, watching you
      Sitting-In with the Fez-Tones
      Sissyphoo
      Some are inevitable from the start
      Something almost buried
      Song for Vince
      Song on Sky
      Star Bright
      Subject: Re: [sliderule] male/female
      And was it summer's sneg
      Summer Song
      Sung home, you find your base
      Suppose a few beings or selves
      Syllogism
      Sympathy for the Devil?
      Take My Love
      The FSM Sit-In
      The Keeper of Tropical Fish
      The Night-Cat
      The Night Cat Song
      There will be sorrow
      The Third Sunday in May
      These trinkets
      This Poem Is Not About The Free Clinic
      Tideflat Song
      To start with the act
      To write one at least
      Turbid waters
      Villanelle: No End and No Beginning
      Watergate
      Well I tell you it's a dreamy world
      what springs eternal
      Winterfeast
      You have the advantage of fire
      Your body remains bedrock

Categorical

A Cancer Suite:

      Winterfeast
      Control
      About Rendering Lao Tzu, Verse 80

The Free Speech Movement:

      The FSM Sit-In
      On Education, In America
      On The Firing Of Dr. Clark Kerr
      Syllogism
      Number Lesson
      Remembering the Police-Car Siege

More Political Poems:

      The Third Sunday in May
      For Tom Parkinson
      Ode to Dr. Benjamin Spock
      Obsidian Flake Curse
      Poem for a Victory Rally in a Berkeley Park
      Night beach, a calm spell
      Encountering your net
      People's Park, Round 2
      Air War Murder Mystery
      This Poem Is Not About The Free Clinic
      Watergate
      Sympathy for the Devil?
      Angola On My Mind
      October Market Blue

About Poetry:

      Something almost buried
      Arse Poetica
      Some are inevitable from the start
      How to write a poem
      To start with the act
      After Going to a Reading
      To write one at least

Existential:

      Mayday 1961: The Jester Speaks
      Philoctetes, at the Start of His Ninth Year
      By Fallen Leaf Lake, above timberline
      Notes Towards an Essay on Rock-&-Roll
      Cusp Song
      Cry of the Naked Eye
      and you are here, not there
      Curriculum Vita
      Of Making Music, Photography, Whatever
      Of My Flute

Natural Science

      Last winter our retriever
      Investigation
      Save the Ecology Bandwagon Poem #3
      Herkimer Diamonds, In Matrix
      Rock Man
      Maria comes without her chum
      A Tevatron Reverie
      Subject: Re: [sliderule] male/female

Of Love, &c.:

      746831
      & if I never said
      Among the many signs that I misread
      and love, love
      Angel of chaos
      As If My Heart Were Open
      Cobble
      Conference Report
      don't care if the body is dinged
      Fabric of metaphor, our tent
      Former Lover, Expatriate Poet, Visits
      Her body moves her
      if love should come
      Moving Your Furniture, Packing Your Clothes
      My lover lost her marriage ring
      Sitting dizzy with sun, watching you
      Sitting-In with the Fez-Tones
      Summer Song
      Song for Vince
      Sung home, you find your base
      Suppose a few beings or selves
      The Keeper of Tropical Fish
      The Night-Cat
      There will be sorrow enough
      Turbid waters
      You have the advantage of fire
      Your body remains bedrock

The Lucid Flowers Suite:

      And sometimes still
      On the Umpteenth Gift of a Lucite Brooch
      These trinkets
      No special glory attends this year
      I have less than I had thought
      In moments between the escapes
      Little more comes to tell

Songs:

      Berrying Song
      Birthday Song
      Casualty
      Cusp Song
      Lullabye
      Lullabye 1970
      Mad Michael's Song
      Sad Song
      Sissyphoo
      Song for Vince
      Song on Sky
      Star Bright
      Summer Song
      Take My Love
      Tideflat Song
      The Night Cat Song

 

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