The People Look Like Flowers At Last (2007)

Published as a poetry collection by Ecco, 11/4/2007

Works in this Book

• Ah - pg. 148
• For They Had Things To Say - pg. 3 - circa 1957
• Evening Class, 20 Years Later - pg. 4 - circa 1961
• The Snow Of Italy - pg. 6 - circa 1963
• Sun Coming Down - pg. 299 - circa 1957
• A Most Dark Night In April - pg. 298
• Passage - pg. 297
• 1990 Special - pg. 296 - 1990
• A Residue - pg. 294
• Eulogies - pg. 293
• The Gigantic Thirst - pg. 291 - 1989
• Law - pg. 287 - circa 1972
• A Great Writer - pg. 289 - circa 1970
• Our Deep Sleep - pg. 283
• The Sorry History Of Myself - pg. 285
• The Great Debate - pg. 280
• Sadness In The Air - pg. 276
• Lousy Day - pg. 274 - 1990
• 9 A.M. - pg. 273 - circa 1962
• Van Gogh And Nine Innings - pg. 271
• 2 Views - pg. 269 - circa 1962
• An Interview At 70 - pg. 267 - 1990
• I Never Bring My Wife - pg. 263
• The Hog In The Hedge - pg. 260
• The Dogs Bark Knives - pg. 258 - circa 1971
• Age - pg. 257 - circa 1964
• The American Flag Shirt - pg. 256
• Note On A Door Knocker - pg. 255
• Pay Your Rent Or Get Out - pg. 253 - circa 1961
• On Beercans And Sugar Cartons - pg. 249 - circa 1966
• Contributors' Notes - pg. 247 - circa 1973
• Looking At The Cat's Balls - pg. 244 - circa 1972
• The Hatred For Hemingway - pg. 240 - circa 1971
• Dog - pg. 239
• You Write Many Poems About Death - pg. 235 - 1990
• Poor Night - pg. 232
• After Receiving A Contributor's Copy - pg. 229
• Fingernails; Nostrils; Shoelaces - pg. 227 - circa 1993
• Overcast - pg. 224 - 1975
• The Final Word - pg. 226
• The Suicide - pg. 218 - 1982
• The 7 Horse - pg. 215
• The Creation Coffin - pg. 213
• It Was An Underwood - pg. 212
• Imported Punch - pg. 210
• Free? - pg. 208 - 1974
• Fog - pg. 204
• Another One Of My Critics - pg. 202
• A Plausible Finish - pg. 200 - 1974
• Two Kinds Of Hell - pg. 195 - circa 1990
• My Faithful Indian Servant - pg. 198 - circa 1962
• 4 Blocks - pg. 190 - circa 1979
• You Cant Force Your Way Through The Eye Of The Needle - pg. 193
• The Anarchists - pg. 186 - 1975
• Perfect White Teeth - pg. 188 - 1974
• Adolf - pg. 184
• Quits - pg. 181 - circa 1970
• The Bombing Of Berlin - pg. 178
• All Right, Camus - pg. 179
• I Live In A Neighborhood Of Murder - pg. 177
• Dead Dog - pg. 162
• Another Poem About A Drunk And Then I'll Let You Go - pg. 169 - 1973
• What Made You Lose Your Inspiration? - pg. 166 - circa 1967
• The Old Woman - pg. 164 - circa 1970
• My Father - pg. 162
• Sick Leave - pg. 160 - circa 1962
• Sheets - pg. 158
• Poem For My Daughter - pg. 155 - circa 1966
• Note On The Tigress - pg. 151 - 1973
• The Dream, The Dream - pg. 150
• Of Course - pg. 149
• Heat - pg. 145 - circa 1967
• The Police Helicopter - pg. 146 - 1973
• Goodbye, My Love - pg. 144 - 1975
• Yours - pg. 135 - 1981
• Kissing Me Away - pg. 137 - 1981
• Fulfillment - pg. 132 - 1974
• Purple And Black - pg. 130 - circa 1972
• Peacock Or Bell - pg. 128
• Soup, Cosmos And Tears - pg. 125 - circa 1970
• No Cagney, Me - pg. 123 - 1974
• I Also Like To Look At Ceilings - pg. 122
• Match Point - pg. 121
• An Ancient Love - pg. 120 - 1979
• The Chicken - pg. 118 - 1971
• The Girl Outside - pg. 116
• Man Mowing The Lawn Across The Way From Me - pg. 114 - circa 1973
• Possession - pg. 112 - circa 1964
• Six - pg. 113 - circa 1972
• Love Song To The Woman I Saw Wednesday At The Racetrack - pg. 110
• An Agreement On Tchaikovsky - pg. 108 - circa 1961
• The Nice Girl Who Came In To Change The Sheets - pg. 105
• Don't Worry, Baby, I'll Get It - pg. 100 - circa 1969
• The Telephone Message Machine - pg. 104 - 1990
• Bewitched In New York - pg. 98
• Rimbaud Be Damned - pg. 83
• Jane's Shoes - pg. 82
• Legs - pg. 80 - 1982
• No More Of Those Young Men - pg. 76 - 1973
• All The Little Girls - pg. 73 - 1975
• The Harder You Try - pg. 70
• War And Peace - pg. 67
• The Brainless Eyes - pg. 62
• Unbelievable - pg. 64
• Salty Dogs - pg. 60
• Inverted Love Song - pg. 58 - circa 1971
• Breakfast - pg. 57 - 1990
• The Elephants Of Vietnam - pg. 56
• The Dwarf With A Punch - pg. 52
• Grip The Dark - pg. 49 - 1981
• One Thousand Dollars - pg. 48 - 1974
• Purple Glow - pg. 44
• You Might As Well Kiss Your Ass Goodbye - pg. 41
• The People, No - pg. 39 - circa 1972
• The Bull - pg. 37
• It Is Not Much - pg. 35
• Just Another Wino - pg. 33 - circa 1968
• A Future Congressman - pg. 26
• Stranger In A Strange City - pg. 28
• The Minute - pg. 23
• Too Near The Slaughterhouse - pg. 25
• Acceptance - pg. 18 - 1975
• Life At The P.O. - pg. 21
• The 1930s - pg. 13
• People As Flowers - pg. 15 - circa 1967
• Near A Plate Glass Window - pg. 8 - 1975
• Beef Tongue - pg. 10 - circa 1969

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