Anthony Evan Hecht Small Poems

  • 1.
    A dying firelight slides along the quirt
    Of the cast iron cowboy where he leans
    Against my father's books. The lariat
    Whirls into darkness. My girl in skin tight jeans
    ...
  • 2.
    Itâ??s all very well to dream of a dove that saves,
    Picassoâ??s or the Popeâ??s,
    The one that annually coos in Our Ladyâ??s ear
    Half the worldâ??s hopes,
    ...
  • 3.
    Of course, the familiar rustling of programs,
    My hair mussed from behind by a grand gesture
    Of mink. A little craning about to see
    If anyone I know is in the audience,
    ...
  • 4.
    SHEPHERD


    Not the blue-fountained Florida hotel,
    ...
  • 5.
    Powder and scent and silence. The young dwarf
    Shoulders his lute. The moon is Levantine.
    It settles its pearl in every glass of wine.
    Harlequin is already at the wharf.
    ...
  • 6.
    In Italy, where this sort of thing can occur,
    I had a vision once - though you understand
    It was nothing at all like Dante's, or the visions of saints,
    And perhaps not a vision at all. I was with some friends,
    ...
Total 6 Small Poems by Anthony Evan Hecht

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Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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