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Born in February 22, 1925 / United States / English

Poems by Gerald Stern

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I Remember Galileo

... It was the speed of the squirrel and his lowness to the ground, ...

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The Dog

... with the mouth and feet, with the tail, my tongue is a parrots's, ...

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Swan Song

... in the sunand dream of spreading their terrifying wings ...

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Kissing Stieglitz Good-Bye

... good-bye, my arms are wrapped around him, his photos  ...

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The Name

... past the pork store and the hardware store, me lecturing ...

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In Time

... too short, though what does it matter, since the mechanism ...

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Journey

... He had a kind of beard and though he could practically lift ...

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Bolero

... m loyal still and when did I have a waist that thin ...

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Still Burning

... say whither, say what, say me with a pencil walking, ...

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Another Insane Devotion

... I have a daughter or son somewhere, darling grandchildren  ...

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Waving Goodbye

... so I drove my daughter through the snow to meet her friend ...

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Swifts

... they fly in a great circle, much larger ...

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Leaves

... brown poodles walked by he looked at the stripped-down trees ...

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The Jew and the Rooster Are One

... that strutted from one small house to another, that scratched ...

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Box of Cigars

... who ran to catch them as if they were suddenly rich, ...