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Born in 1926 / Died in 1995 / United States / English

Poems by James Merrill

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The Victor Dog

... He's man's--no--he's the Leiermann's best friend,Or would be if hearing and listening were the same ...

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Voices from the Other World

... but tossed Till sunrise striped the rumpled sheets with gold ...

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Mirror

... I did. The room brimmed with gray sound, all the instreaming ...

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Another April

... Through them, an x-ray sheerness billowing, and I have risen ...

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Manos Karastefanes

... I've brought you a white cheese ...

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Log

... What could be made of you but light, and this ...

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An Urban Convalescence

... Head bowed, at the shrine of noise, let me try to recall ...

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The Puzzle is no Puzzle

... When the puzzle finally arrives, after days of waiting, it is described in detail: ...

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A mysterious epigraph

... These days which, like yourself, ...