Poems by Anthony Evan Hecht
Saul And David
... .......By the youngest son of Jesse,A shepherd boy, but goodly to look upon, ...
Sarabande On Attaining The Age Of Seventy-Seven
... Rise smokily from propitiatory flamesOf our forgetfulness until we find ...
Peripeteia
... There on the stage, with awkward grace, the actors, ...
Peekaboo: Three Songs For The Nursery
... Whose happiest chances couldnt be called slim ...
The Ghost in the Martini
... Dance on my grave, would you, you galliard stud, ...
Curriculum Vitae
... And are themselves the ghosts, file cabinet gray, ...
The Feast of Stephen
... They go to arm themselves at the dry-stone wall, ...
Dilemma
... “Dark and amusing he is, this handsome gallant, ...
Mathematics Considered as a Vice
... On Chartres Cathedral, and that it might sing ...
The Plate
... Whose claim and stake are stone and floral wreath ...
An Offering for Patricia
... really settled between us, and that in the mean time I worry about how things are going to work out ...
A Friend Killed in the War
... Their hair flashed diamonds, and they made him doubt ...
“It Out-Herods Herod. Pray You, Avoid It.”
... For the wicked have grown strong, ...
Death The Mexican Revolutionary
... Come, take this terrace chair: ...
Application For A Grant
... Theres the man who yearns for the White House, there to compose ...
