Poems by Dana Gioia
Equations of the Light
... The streetlamps splashed the shadows of the leaves ...
Becoming a Redwood
... s crust. Unimaginable the redwoods on the far hill, ...
Elegy with Surrealist Proverbs as Refrain
... ” When his valet refused to slash his wrists, ...
The End of the World
... ” So they stopped the car where the river curled, ...
The Present
... sealed in its rich blue paper and bright bow ...
The Angel with the Broken Wing
... t dismiss. There are so many things I must tell God! ...
The Letter
... Watching through years as long as a childhood summer, ...
In Chandler Country
... s wind, the Santa Ana, blows in from the east, ...
Pity the Beautiful
... s gone lousy. Pity the gods, ...
Special Treatments Ward
... No well-stitched words could suture shut these wounds ...
Insomnia
... Pipes clanking, water running in the dark, ...
Maze without a Minotaur
... and cry for fire to break out on the stairs ...
Reunion
... t name— Here in a field where no one chose me, ...
