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Donald Hall (20 September 1928 - / Hamden / Connecticut)
Poems of Donald Hall
| 1. | A Poet at Twenty | 1/3/2003 |
| 2. | Affirmation | 1/3/2003 |
| 3. | An old life | 1/3/2003 |
| 4. | Christmas party at the South Danbury Church | 1/3/2003 |
| 5. | Distressed Haiku | 1/3/2003 |
| 6. | Gold | 3/16/2012 |
| 7. | Je Suis une table | 1/3/2003 |
| 8. | Mount Kearsarge Shines | 1/3/2003 |
| 9. | Name Of Horses | 1/3/2003 |
| 10. | Ox Cart Man | 3/16/2012 |
| 11. | Safe Sex | 3/16/2012 |
| 12. | Sudden Things | 1/3/2003 |
| 13. | The Alligator Bride | 1/3/2003 |
| 14. | The Man In The Dead Machine | 1/3/2003 |
| 15. | The Painted Bed | 3/16/2012 |
| 16. | The Things | 3/16/2012 |
| 17. | Tubes | 3/16/2012 |
| 18. | Villanelle | 1/13/2003 |
| 19. | White Apples | 1/3/2003 |
| 20. | Wolf Knife | 1/3/2003 |
Sudden Things
A storm was coming, that was why it was dark. The wind was blowing the fronds of the palm trees off. They were maples. I looked out the window across the big lawn. The house was huge, full of children and old people. The lion was loose. Either because of the wind, or by malevolent human energy, which is the same thing, the cage had come open. Suppose a child walked outside!
A child walked outside. I knew that I must protect him from the lion. I
