Anthony Evan Hecht (16 January, 1923 – 20 October, 2004 / New York)

poet Anthony Evan Hecht

Poems of Anthony Evan Hecht

1. A Hill 1/13/2003
2. A Letter 1/13/2003
3. After The Rain [for W. D. Snodgrass] 4/22/2010
4. An Old Malediction 4/22/2010
5. Birdwatchers Of America 4/22/2010
6. Chorus From Oedipus At Colonos 1/13/2003
7. Clair de Lune 4/22/2010
8. Curriculum Vitae 1/13/2003
9. Death The Mexican Revolutionary 4/22/2010
10. Eclogue Of The Shepherd And The Townie 4/22/2010
11. It Out-Herods Herod. Pray You, Avoid It. 4/22/2010
12. Late Afternoon: The Onslaught Of Love 1/13/2003
13. Lizards And Snakes 1/13/2003
14. Lot's Wife 1/13/2003
15. More Light! More Light! 1/13/2003
16. Paradise Lost Book 5: An Epitome 1/13/2003
17. Peekaboo: Three Songs For The Nursery 4/22/2010
18. Peripeteia 4/22/2010
19. Prospects 1/13/2003
20. Samuel Sewall 1/13/2003

Third Avenue In Sunlight

Third Avenue in sunlight. Nature's error.
Already the bars are filled and John is there.
Beneath a plentiful lady over the mirror
He tilts his glass in the mild mahogany air.
I think of him when he first got out of college,
Serious, thin, unlikely to succeed;
For several months he hung around the Village,
Boldly T-shirtet, unfettered but unfreed.

Read more »
[Hata Bildir]