Poems by Anthony Evan Hecht
The Dover Bitch: A Criticism Of Life
... [Ed. note: See Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach"] ...
Lizards And Snakes
... And a nice surprise would slide out from under the socks ...
More Light! More Light!
... "Nor was he forsaken of courage, but the death was horrible, ...
The End Of The Weekend
... Whips against the headstones of the dead and wails ...
A Letter
... On that spill of mirrors, but the blood goes worming through ...
The Transparent Man
... One by one, They stand there like magnificent enlargements ...
A Hill
... It was nothing at all like Dante's, or the visions of saints, ...
Lot's Wife
... The feel Of sugar to the tongue: a delicious sand ...
Chorus From Oedipus At Colonos
... When youth has gone, and the baseless dreams of youth, ...
Witness
... One counts the briny, tough and thorned sea holly ...
Third Avenue In Sunlight
... One summer, in Des Moines,They entered his hotel room, tomahawks ...
Prospects
... We have set out from here for the sublimeAnd must get past the scene of an old crime ...
Late Afternoon: The Onslaught Of Love
... They had taken a covered boat to one of the islands ...
Paradise Lost Book 5: An Epitome
... Bellion from God:"Chap was decidedly ...
Samuel Sewall
... Paul."Madam," he answered her, "I have a Friend ...
