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somethingdarker) wrote2010-01-01 10:45 pm
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Potential Titles: Julia Alvarez
See the chalice turn into an ax - Julia Alvarez "Addison's Vision"
The light as it first shone on Adam - Julia Alvarez "Addison's Vision"
Letters sent by island aunts - Julia Alvarez "Aficionados"
Pulled back by my lunatic heart - Julia Alvarez "All-American Girl"
Rage against the mockery of art - Julia Alvarez "Anger and Art"
Take the hurricane out of the wind - Julia Alvarez "Ars Politica"
Turn the beggars loose on my vegetables - Julia Alvarez "Ars Politica"
Like thoughtful fairies in a Shakespeare play - Julia Alvarez "Bad Weather Friends"
Turned me to this paper solitude - Julia Alvarez "By Accident"
To meet the future in disguise - Julia Alvarez "Death Days"
Other anniversaries of near misses - Julia Alvarez "Death Days"
Made your first and failed exile - Julia Alvarez "Did I Redeem Myself?"
Reframe that choice as sacrifice - Julia Alvarez "Did I Redeem Myself?"
Growing up in a double tyranny - Julia Alvarez "Did I Redeem Myself?"
At midnight with a broken heart - Julia Alvarez "Did I Redeem Myself?"
Their ghostly faces rushing by - Julia Alvarez "Direct Address"
Likely to transform my wish - Julia Alvarez "Direct Address"
Undressed of any excess - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
To avoid the sight of needy eyes - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
Compromise the seed of self - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
Whatever power wields the watering can - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
After the feast of summer - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
The fall with its empty cup - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
Another hammer blow on the coffin lid - Julia Alvarez "Famous Poet, Years Afterward"
The coffin lid of a ghost - Julia Alvarez "Famous Poet, Years Afterward"
Over the muddy waters of reconciliation - Julia Alvarez "Fights"
Bad weathers of the soul - Julia Alvarez "Fights"
The world mined with betrayals - Julia Alvarez "Fights"
In the back rooms of the heart - Julia Alvarez "Fights"
A multitude of orphan needs - Julia Alvarez "Gaining My Self Back"
Starved by the iron will of discipline - Julia Alvarez "Gaining My Self Back"
Tall order but short notice - Julia Alvarez "Grand Baby"
The noisy mysteries of the universe - Julia Alvarez "Grand Baby"
On the railroad tracks of men's arms - Julia Alvarez "Hairbands"
Depression is always in the details - Julia Alvarez "Heartland"
The years don't forgive anyone - Julia Alvarez "In Spanish"
That time topples us all - Julia Alvarez "In Spanish"
The sediment at the bottom of my heart - Julia Alvarez "In Spanish"
The clocks are ticking in the cricket grass - Julia Alvarez "Intimations of Mortality from a Recollection in Early Childhood"
The hard work of staying alive - Julia Alvarez "Keeping Watch"
Seeds for next summer's weeds - Julia Alvarez "Last Trees"
Dante's dark wood closing in - Julia Alvarez "Last Trees"
Finding the last puzzle piece - Julia Alvarez "Leaving English"
Never found solace in silence - Julia Alvarez "Life Lines"
The winds of time would carry me - Julia Alvarez "Life Lines"
Pulling the mind's ladder up behind me - Julia Alvarez "Locust"
Took solace from those locust trees - Julia Alvarez "Locust"
Ten acres and a sky-reflecting pond - Julia Alvarez "Locust"
The seed we call our soul - Julia Alvarez "Locust"
The gist of mist or drizzle - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
Used the heavens as a crystal ball - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
Looking upward for more certainty - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
Scavenging for the divine - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
The margins of our human drama - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
The feast spoils while we argue portions - Julia Alvarez "Love Portions"
A resume of thin successes - Julia Alvarez "Lunch Hour, 1971"
Nietzsche between drying coats - Julia Alvarez "Manholes"
A breathless shipwreck crawling up a beach - Julia Alvarez "Meditation"
The scowl my father wore in exile - Julia Alvarez "Museo del Hombre"
History wearing the face of family - Julia Alvarez "Museo del Hombre"
An absolute that isn't there - Julia Alvarez "My Bottom Line"
Struggling to navigate my own way - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
Dead center in the human heart - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
With her slant sense of directions - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
Such mixtures are my forte - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
Sweeps out the house of childhood - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
A Tower of Babel crammed in Noah's ark - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
For whom books are love letters - Julia Alvarez "Reading for Pleasure"
Into the deeper cistern of his soul - Julia Alvarez "Regreso"
A sign promised from the afterworld - Julia Alvarez "Signs"
Catching the light at day's end - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
Long corridors of views into the heart - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
A god in the minus numbers - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
Hear a chorus in one voice - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
Build Versailles in a maple's cubby - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
Only the empty hand is free to hold - Julia Alvarez "That Moment"
The careful brushstrokes of a fire - Julia Alvarez "Tom"
What remains when the feast is over - Julia Alvarez "Tom"
Skips stones across the pond of longing - Julia Alvarez "Tone"
An Ariadne string that leads you out - Julia Alvarez "Touching Bottom"
A minotaur of your own making - Julia Alvarez "Touching Bottom"
That subterfuge is part of poetry - Julia Alvarez "Undercover Poet"
Full-blown and full of birds - Julia Alvarez "What Was It That I Wanted?"
Still respects my solitude - Julia Alvarez "What Was It That I Wanted?"
With the mute heart's eloquence - Julia Alvarez "What Was It That I Wanted?"
Love unhinged from shame - Julia Alvarez "What Was It That I Wanted?"
Join the fray of an awakened life - Julia Alvarez "What We Ask For"
The loneliness of waking late - Julia Alvarez "What We Ask For"
The holy spirit of the ridiculous - Julia Alvarez "Why Don't We Ever See Jesus Laughing?"
Weathered their stormy rebellions - Julia Alvarez "Why I Teach"
Until I jotted down my gratitude - Julia Alvarez "Why I Write"
A pincushion of flickering lights - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
Here to shovel out the silence - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
No ram appears to stop my hand - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
Plunging doubt's knives into what I love - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
Snows come and all my Isaacs die - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
In the hierarchy of my respect - Julia Alvarez "You"
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The light as it first shone on Adam - Julia Alvarez "Addison's Vision"
Letters sent by island aunts - Julia Alvarez "Aficionados"
Pulled back by my lunatic heart - Julia Alvarez "All-American Girl"
Rage against the mockery of art - Julia Alvarez "Anger and Art"
Take the hurricane out of the wind - Julia Alvarez "Ars Politica"
Turn the beggars loose on my vegetables - Julia Alvarez "Ars Politica"
Like thoughtful fairies in a Shakespeare play - Julia Alvarez "Bad Weather Friends"
Turned me to this paper solitude - Julia Alvarez "By Accident"
To meet the future in disguise - Julia Alvarez "Death Days"
Other anniversaries of near misses - Julia Alvarez "Death Days"
Made your first and failed exile - Julia Alvarez "Did I Redeem Myself?"
Reframe that choice as sacrifice - Julia Alvarez "Did I Redeem Myself?"
Growing up in a double tyranny - Julia Alvarez "Did I Redeem Myself?"
At midnight with a broken heart - Julia Alvarez "Did I Redeem Myself?"
Their ghostly faces rushing by - Julia Alvarez "Direct Address"
Likely to transform my wish - Julia Alvarez "Direct Address"
Undressed of any excess - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
To avoid the sight of needy eyes - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
Compromise the seed of self - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
Whatever power wields the watering can - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
After the feast of summer - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
The fall with its empty cup - Julia Alvarez "Disappearing"
Another hammer blow on the coffin lid - Julia Alvarez "Famous Poet, Years Afterward"
The coffin lid of a ghost - Julia Alvarez "Famous Poet, Years Afterward"
Over the muddy waters of reconciliation - Julia Alvarez "Fights"
Bad weathers of the soul - Julia Alvarez "Fights"
The world mined with betrayals - Julia Alvarez "Fights"
In the back rooms of the heart - Julia Alvarez "Fights"
A multitude of orphan needs - Julia Alvarez "Gaining My Self Back"
Starved by the iron will of discipline - Julia Alvarez "Gaining My Self Back"
Tall order but short notice - Julia Alvarez "Grand Baby"
The noisy mysteries of the universe - Julia Alvarez "Grand Baby"
On the railroad tracks of men's arms - Julia Alvarez "Hairbands"
Depression is always in the details - Julia Alvarez "Heartland"
The years don't forgive anyone - Julia Alvarez "In Spanish"
That time topples us all - Julia Alvarez "In Spanish"
The sediment at the bottom of my heart - Julia Alvarez "In Spanish"
The clocks are ticking in the cricket grass - Julia Alvarez "Intimations of Mortality from a Recollection in Early Childhood"
The hard work of staying alive - Julia Alvarez "Keeping Watch"
Seeds for next summer's weeds - Julia Alvarez "Last Trees"
Dante's dark wood closing in - Julia Alvarez "Last Trees"
Finding the last puzzle piece - Julia Alvarez "Leaving English"
Never found solace in silence - Julia Alvarez "Life Lines"
The winds of time would carry me - Julia Alvarez "Life Lines"
Pulling the mind's ladder up behind me - Julia Alvarez "Locust"
Took solace from those locust trees - Julia Alvarez "Locust"
Ten acres and a sky-reflecting pond - Julia Alvarez "Locust"
The seed we call our soul - Julia Alvarez "Locust"
The gist of mist or drizzle - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
Used the heavens as a crystal ball - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
Looking upward for more certainty - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
Scavenging for the divine - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
The margins of our human drama - Julia Alvarez "Looking Up"
The feast spoils while we argue portions - Julia Alvarez "Love Portions"
A resume of thin successes - Julia Alvarez "Lunch Hour, 1971"
Nietzsche between drying coats - Julia Alvarez "Manholes"
A breathless shipwreck crawling up a beach - Julia Alvarez "Meditation"
The scowl my father wore in exile - Julia Alvarez "Museo del Hombre"
History wearing the face of family - Julia Alvarez "Museo del Hombre"
An absolute that isn't there - Julia Alvarez "My Bottom Line"
Struggling to navigate my own way - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
Dead center in the human heart - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
With her slant sense of directions - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
Such mixtures are my forte - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
Sweeps out the house of childhood - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
A Tower of Babel crammed in Noah's ark - Julia Alvarez "Passing On"
For whom books are love letters - Julia Alvarez "Reading for Pleasure"
Into the deeper cistern of his soul - Julia Alvarez "Regreso"
A sign promised from the afterworld - Julia Alvarez "Signs"
Catching the light at day's end - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
Long corridors of views into the heart - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
A god in the minus numbers - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
Hear a chorus in one voice - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
Build Versailles in a maple's cubby - Julia Alvarez "Small Portions"
Only the empty hand is free to hold - Julia Alvarez "That Moment"
The careful brushstrokes of a fire - Julia Alvarez "Tom"
What remains when the feast is over - Julia Alvarez "Tom"
Skips stones across the pond of longing - Julia Alvarez "Tone"
An Ariadne string that leads you out - Julia Alvarez "Touching Bottom"
A minotaur of your own making - Julia Alvarez "Touching Bottom"
That subterfuge is part of poetry - Julia Alvarez "Undercover Poet"
Full-blown and full of birds - Julia Alvarez "What Was It That I Wanted?"
Still respects my solitude - Julia Alvarez "What Was It That I Wanted?"
With the mute heart's eloquence - Julia Alvarez "What Was It That I Wanted?"
Love unhinged from shame - Julia Alvarez "What Was It That I Wanted?"
Join the fray of an awakened life - Julia Alvarez "What We Ask For"
The loneliness of waking late - Julia Alvarez "What We Ask For"
The holy spirit of the ridiculous - Julia Alvarez "Why Don't We Ever See Jesus Laughing?"
Weathered their stormy rebellions - Julia Alvarez "Why I Teach"
Until I jotted down my gratitude - Julia Alvarez "Why I Write"
A pincushion of flickering lights - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
Here to shovel out the silence - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
No ram appears to stop my hand - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
Plunging doubt's knives into what I love - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
Snows come and all my Isaacs die - Julia Alvarez "Winter Storm"
In the hierarchy of my respect - Julia Alvarez "You"
Poet's page at poets.org.
Navigation Links:
Go to A author index.
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.