Robert Bly
Bio
Early Poems (1950-1955)
A Home in Dark Grass
When the Dumb Speak
Where We Must Look for Help
Awakening
Silence in the Snowy Fields (1958-1978)
Waiting for Night to Come
Snowfall in the Afternoon
Surprised by Evening
Poem in Three Parts
Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter
Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River
Love Poem
Taking the Hands
After Working
The Moon
The Light Around the Body (1967)
Come with Me
Calling to the Badger
The Point Reyes Poems (1974)
November Day at McClure’s Beach
Climbing Up Mount Vision with My Little Boy
Welcoming a Child in the Limantour Dunes
Sitting on Some Rocks in Shaw Cove
A Chunk of Amethyst
Sleepers Joining Hands (1973-1986)
December 23, 1926
A Conversation
In Mourning for Betrayal
Loving a Woman in Two Worlds (1978-1985)
The Third Body
The Horses at the Tank
The Whole Moisty Night
The Horse of Desire
In Rainy September
In the Time of Peony Blossoming
In the Month of May
This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood (1973-1980)
Walking Swiftly
Going Out to Check the Ewes
We Love This Body
The Cry Going Out Over Pastures
The Man in the Black Coat Turns (1980-1984)
Snowbanks North of the House
Meditations on the Insatiable Soul (1990-1994)
Gratitude to Old Teachers
Morning Poems (1993-1997)
Why We Don’t Die
Calling Your Father
When Threshing Time Ends
Waking on the Farm
The Resemblance Between Your Life and a Dog
One Source of Bad Information
Bad People
A Conversation With a Mouse
The Night Abraham Called to the Stars (2001)
Moses’ Cradle
When We Became Lovers
Wanting to Steal Time
The Country Roads
The Cabbages of Chekhov
The Eel in the Cave
The Old St. Peter by Rembrandt
The Difficult Word
The Storyteller’s Way
Listening
My Sentence was a Thousand Years of Joy (2005)
There Are So Many Platos
Bach’s B Minor Mass
Visiting the Teacher
The Blinding of Samson
The Pelicans at White Horse Key
The Shoehorn
Sand Heaps
The Fat Old Couple Whirling Around
Stealing Sugar from the Castle
Talking Into the Ear of a Donkey (2011)
Ravens Hiding in a Shoe
Longing for the Acrobat
The Roof Nail
Dealing with Parents
Starting a Poem
Wanting Sumptuous Heavens
Morning Pajamas
The Slim Fir Seeds
Silent in the Moonlight
My Father at Forty
The Hermit
The Hawk in His Nest
New Poems (2012-2013)
My Father at Dawn
Love of the Wind
It Takes a Long Time
Listening to Monteverdi
It’s Not to Worry
Vocalist - Jack Knutson
Poem Source: Stealing Sugar from the Castle - Robert Bly - W.W. Norton & Co. - 2013
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