Collected Poems
Authors: C. K. Williams
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Contents
The Long Naked Walk of the Dead
The World’s Greatest Tricycle-Rider
Patience Is When You Stop Waiting
What Did the Man Do with the Clouds?
The Next to the Last Poem about God
They Warned Him Then They Threw Him Away
The Rabbit Fights for His Life The Leopard Eats Lunch
THE LARK. THE THRUSH. THE STARLING. (POEMS FROM ISSA)
[1983]
On Learning of a Friend’s Illness
The Dirty Talker: D Line, Boston
Bishop Tutu’s Visit to the White House: 1984
Junior High School Concert: Salle Rossini
Second Persons: Café de L’Abbaye
Allies: According to Herodotus