Poets/Stanley Moss

Stanley Moss

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I teach my friend, a fisherman gone blind, to cast …

Stanley Moss

Day is carved in marble, a man reclining, …

Stanley Moss

The Visconti put you on their flag: a snake …

Stanley Moss

When you said that you wanted to be useful …

Stanley Moss

I know something about godforsaken places. …

Stanley Moss

I sing this morning: Hello, hello. …

Stanley Moss

There are places for chaos on the page, …

Stanley Moss

There’s wondering, idle thoughts, …

Stanley Moss

The first thing I did against my will is see light. …

Stanley Moss

A single word firstlast deserves to be …

Stanley Moss

I said, “Nothing for the last time.” …

Stanley Moss

1. …

Stanley Moss

Today in Rome, heading down …

Stanley Moss

Good morning, electorate. …

Stanley Moss

I have not used my darkness well, …

Stanley Moss

1. …

Stanley Moss

In Canada, on a dark afternoon, …

Stanley Moss

The thing written is a sexual thing, …

Stanley Moss

The piano has crawled into the quarry. Hauled …

Stanley Moss

In fresh snow that fell on old snow …

Stanley Moss

You are Jehovah, and I am a wanderer. …

Stanley Moss

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