Louise Gluck
Bio
Firstborn (1968)
The Egg
Thanksgiving
Hesitate to Call
My Cousin in April
Returning a Lost Child
Silverpoint
The Edge
Bridal Piece
My Neighbor in the Mirror
The Lady in the Single
Seconds
Letter from Our Man in Blossomtime
The Cell
The Islander
Memo from the Cave
Firstborn
The House of Marshland (1975)
All Hallows
The Shad-blow Tree
The Magi
Nativity Poem
The Apple Trees
Pomegranate
Brennende Liebe
Abishag
12. 6. 71
Love Poem
Northwood Path
The Fire
The Fortress
Here Are My Black Clothes
Under Taurus
Descending Figure (1980)
The Garden
Descending Figure
The Triumph of Achilles (1985)
Metamorphosis
Brooding Likeness
Exile
Winter Morning
Seated Figure
Baskets
Liberation
The Embrace
Summer
The Reproach
The End of the World
The Mountain
The Wild Iris (1992)
The Wild Iris
Matins -
the sun shines...
Matins -
Unreachable father...
Snowdrops
End of Winter
Matins -
Forgive me if I say I love you...
Matins -
I see it is with you as with the birches...
Scilla
The Hawthorn Tree
Love in Moonlight
Violets
Meadowlands (1996)
Penelope’s Song
Quiet Evening
Moonless Night
Departure
Ithaca
Telemachus’ Detachment
Parable of the Hostages
Parable of the Trellis
Telemachus’ Guilt
Telemachus’ Kindness
Midnight
Parable of the Beast
Siren
Marina
Parable of the Dove
Telemachus Dilemma
Circe’s Power
Telemachus’ Fantasy
Parable of Flight
Odysseus’ Decision
Nostos
Penelope’s Stubbornness
Telemachus’ Confession
Telemachus’ Burden
Parable of the Swans
Purple Bathing Suit
Parable of Faith
Reunion
The Dream
Otis
The Wish
Parable of the Gift
Vita Nova (1999)
Vita Nova
Aubade
The Queen of Carthage
Unwritten Law
Formaggio
Timor Mortis
Orfeo
Lute Song
The Seven Ages (2001)
The Seven Ages
Mother and Child
Fable
Solstice
Stars
Youth
Exalted Image
Ancient Text
Island
Copper Beech
Study of My Sister
Summer at the Beach
Rain in the Summer
Civilization
Decade
The Empty Glass
Summer Night
Averno (2006)
The Evening Star
A Myth of Innocence
A Myth of Devotion
Persephone the Wanderer
Omens
Telescope
Averno
Crater Lake
The Night Migrations
A Village Life (2009)
Twilight
Pastoral
Tributaries
Noon
Before the Storm
Sunset
In the Café
Dawn
Earthworm
At the River
Burning Leaves
Walking at Night
Via Delle Ombre
Hunters
A Slip of Paper
Burning Leaves
March
A Night in Spring
Harvest
Confession
Marriage
Primavera
Crossroads
Bats
Bats
— for Ellen Pinsky
Solitude
First Snow
Vocalist - Karen Marek
Poem Source: Poems 1962-2012 - Louise Gluck - Farrar Straus and Giroux - 2012
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