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Born in November 11, 1942 / Died in November 12, 1997 / United States / English

Poems by William Matthews

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A Walk

... they keep their swash marks close to home ...

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The Cloister

... But because she had opened her heart to me as far ...

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The Blues

... afternoon - torpor rising from the river - and listen ...

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Well, You Needn’t

... Mote, the bad teacher and secret weeper, ...

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Onions

... endurance. It’s there when you clean up ...

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Opening Her Jewel Box

... There used to be two of these earrings ...

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Why We Are Truly A Nation

... like a young girl leaving the Church, ...

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Job Interview

... DON JUAN, III, 63-4"Where do you see yourself five years from now ...

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Homer's Seeing-Eye Dog

... The one about the wine-dark pee I hated instantly ...

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Poem (The lump of coal my parents teased)

... "You're on chummy terms with dread,"it reminds me ...

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A Poetry Reading At West Point

... what it feels like to be human,"I started, picking my way care- ...

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No Return

... too much, and then the boat's nose dives and buttflips up so that the boat points doomily ...

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Dire Cure

... Her hair fell out in tufts, her color dulled, she sat laced ...

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Misgivings

... Soil doesn't tire of rain, I think,but I know what she fears: plans warp, ...

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Mingus At The Showplace

... He glowered at me but didn't look as if he thoughtbad poems were dangerous, the way some poets do ...