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Raymond Clevie Carver's Poetry, by popularity

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  • Shiftless
    The people who were better than us were comfortable.
    They lived in painted houses with flush toilets.
    38 lines
  • Bobber
    On the Columbia River near Vantage,
    Washington, we fished for whitefish
    19 lines
  • The Current
    These fish have no eyes
    these silver fish that come to me in dreams,
    10 lines
  • The Scratch
    I woke up with a spot of blood
    over my eye. A scratch
    9 lines
  • The Best Time Of The Day
    Cool summer nights.
    Windows open.
    18 lines
  • This Morning
    This morning was something. A little snow
    lay on the ground. The sun floated in a clear
    34 lines
  • Drinking While Driving
    It's August and I have not
    Read a book in six months
    15 lines
  • Stupid
    It's what the kids nowadays call weed. And it drifts
    like clouds from his lips. He hopes no one
    30 lines
  • Happiness
    So early it's still almost dark out.
    I'm near the window with coffee,
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • Circulation
    And all at length are gathered in.
    --LOUISE BOGAN
    62 lines
  • The Cobweb
    A few minutes ago, I stepped onto the deck
    of the house. From there I could see and hear the water,
    14 lines, 1 comment
  • Late Night with Fog and Horses
    They were in the living room. Saying their
    goodbyes. Loss ringing in their ears.
    38 lines
  • Fear
    Fear of seeing a police car pull into the drive.
    Fear of falling asleep at night.
    27 lines
  • An Afternoon
    As he writes, without looking at the sea,
    he feels the tip of his pen begin to tremble.
    15 lines
  • What The Doctor Said
    He said it doesn't look good
    he said it looks bad in fact real bad
    24 lines
  • Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year
    October. Here in this dank, unfamiliar kitchen
    I study my father's embarrassed young man's face.
    15 lines
  • My Daughter and Apple Pie
    She serves me a piece of it a few minutes
    out of the oven. A little steam rises
    14 lines
  • Your Dog Dies
    it gets run over by a van.
    you find it at the side of the road
    31 lines, 7 comments
  • Late Fragment
    And did you get what
    you wanted from this life, even so?
    7 lines
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