Poems by Joseph Brodsky
Part Of Speech
... or what stands in the corner, hidden by heavy drapes, ...
I Sit By The Window
... the zer- o Euclid thought the vanishing point became ...
A Polar Explorer
... adding the date in question like a mole to her lovely cheek ...
Elegy
... in thick woods for your sake I'd gulp drops of lead, ...
Belfast Tune
... bulb when you switch hemispheres, and her knee-length quilt ...
May 24, 1980
... ry quarter, planted rye, tarred the roofs of pigsties and stables, guzzled everything save dry water ...
A list of some observation...
... loth, with the print of lips under the print of fringe, mumbling "Good night" to a window hinge ...
Seven Strophes
... of light, heat, cold, or darkness, ...
Dutch Mistress
... A hotel in whose ledgers departures are more prominent than arrivals ...
To Urania
... or cruisers, and the expanse grows blue like lace underwear ...
Stone Villages
... sees a train off, heading, like everything here, for the sea, ...
Letter to an Archaeologist
... still, it's gentler that what we've been told or have said ourselves ...
I threw my arms about those shoulders...
... I threw my arms about those shoulders, glancing ...
Seaward
... Still, you can tell yourself in the john by the spat-at mirror, ...
Galatea Encore
... the heart of color and the temperature of the knee ...
