0700 Yusef Komunyakaa


Yusef Komunyakaa

TitleDateTypeLinks
A Break from the Bush (The South China Sea)1993Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/a_break_from_the_bush.php

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa10.html

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa10.html
A Reed Boat (The boat’s tarred and shellacked to a water-repellent)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/a_reed_boat.php
After Summer Fell Apart (I can’t touch you)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177458
Anodyne (I love how it swells)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/anodyne.php
Believing in Iron (The hills my brothers & I created)1992Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/believing_in_iron.php

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa7.html

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16182

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/believing-in-iron/

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa1.html
Blackberries (They left my hands like a printer’s)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/blackberries.php

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa6.html

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa9.html
Blue Light Lounge Sutra for the Performance Poets (the need gotta be)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/blue_light_lounge_sutra_for_the_performance_poets_at_harold_park_hotel.php
Blue Notes: Essays, Interviews and Commentaries2000Collection
Blues Chant Hoodoo Revival (my story is)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177455
Camouflaging the Chimera (We tied branches to our helmets)2001Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/camouflaging_the_chimera.php

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177459
Cape Coast Castle (I made love to you, & it loomed there)2010Poemhttp://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21832
Confluence (I’ve been here before, dreaming myself)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177462
Copacetic (poems)1984Collection
Deck (I have almost nailed my left thumb to the 2x4 brace that holds)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/deck.php
Dedications and Other Darkhorses (poems)1977Collection
Dien Cai Dau/This Crazy Head (poems)1988Collection
Elegy for Thelonious (Damn the snow)1984Poem
Facing It (My black face fades)1988Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/facing_it.php

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa2.html

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15830

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/facing-it/

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177382

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa2.html
February in Sydney (poems)1989Collection
Gilgamesh (play)2006Play
I Apologize for the Eyes in My Head1986Poem
Infidelity (Zeus always introduces himself)2000Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=178025
Instructions for Building Straw Huts (First you must have)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177454
Jasmine (I sit beside two women, kitty-corner)2001Poemhttp://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16011

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/jasmine/
Kindness (I acknowledge my status as a stranger)2003Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=31000
Lime (The victorious army marches into the city)2000Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/lime.php

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa1.html

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=178024

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa6.html
Lost in the Bonewheel Factory (poems)1979Collection
Magic City (poems)1992Collection
Memory of the Murdered Professors at the Jagiellonian (They fired a)2010Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=239960
Moonshine (Drunken laughter escapes)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177461
My Father’s Love Letters (On Fridays he’d open a can of Jax)1988Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/my_father%27s_love_letters.php

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/yusef_komunyakaa/poems/17897

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Yusef-Komunyakaa/5564

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa9.html

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15928

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-father-s-love-letters/

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-father-s-love-letters-audio-only/

http://plagiarist.com/poetry/5633/

http://bryantmcgill.com/wiki/poetry/yusef_komunyakaa/my_fathers_love_letters

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa4.html
Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems1993Collection
Ode to the Drum (Gazelle, I killed you)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/ode_to_the_drum.php
Ode to the Maggot (Brother of the blowfly)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/ode_to_the_maggot.php

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa8.html

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa8.html
Ode to the Raccoon (I have witnessed you)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/ode_to_the_racoon.php
On Tory Dent’s HIV, Mon Amour1999Essayhttp://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15757
Once the Dream Begins (I wish the bell saved you)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=180592
Please (Forgive me, soldier)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177457
Pleasure Dome: New and Collected Poems, 1975-1999 (poems)2001Collection
Poetics (Beauty, I’ve seen you)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177452
Potions (The old woman made mint)2000Poemhttp://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/yusef_komunyakaa/poems/17899

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Yusef-Komunyakaa/2408

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/potions/

http://plagiarist.com/poetry/2466/

http://bryantmcgill.com/wiki/poetry/yusef_komunyakaa/potions
Prisoners (Usually at the helipad)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/prisoners.php

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/yusef_komunyakaa/poems/17898

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Yusef-Komunyakaa/6761

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa3.html

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prisoners/

http://plagiarist.com/poetry/6799/

http://bryantmcgill.com/wiki/poetry/yusef_komunyakaa/prisoners

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa7.html
Reflections (In the day’s mirror)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177453
Rhythm Method (If you were sealed inside a box)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/rhythm_method.php
Slam, Dunk & Hook (Fast breaks. Lay ups. With Mercury’s)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=180588

http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/slamdunk.php

http://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa4.html

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa3.html
Sloth (If you’re one of seven)1999Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=29900
South Carolina Morning (Her red dress & hat)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177450
Taboo: The Wishbone Trilogy, Part I (poems)2004Collection
Talking Dirty to the Gods (poems)2000Collection
Thanks (Thanks for the tree)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/thanks.php
The Insomnia of Fire (translation)1995Collection
The Jazz Poetry Anthology (ed.)1991-96Collection
The Second Set: The Jazz Poetry Anthology, Volume 2 (ed.)1996Collection
The Shortest Night (I went into the forest searching)2010Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=239962
The Smoke House (In the hickory scent)1993Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/the_smoke_house.php

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21470
The Whistle (The seven o’clock whistle)1992Poemhttp://www.afropoets.net/yusefkomunyakaa5.html

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15318

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-whistle/

http://www.ctadams.com/yusefkomunyakaa5.html
Thieves of Paradise (poems)1998Collection
Togetherness (Someone says Tristan)2005Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=171045
Toys in a Field (Using the gun mounts)1987Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177456
Tu Do Street (Music divides the evening)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/tu_do_street.php
Urban Renewal (The sun slides down behind brick dust)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177451
Venus’ Flytraps (I am five)Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/venus%27-flytraps.php
Warhorses (poems)2008Collection
We Never Know (He danced with tall grass)1988Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/we_never_know.php

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=180593
Woebegone (We pierce tongue)1990Poemhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/features/19980830.htm
Yellow Dog Cafe (In a cerulean ruckus)2001Poemhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177460
Yellowjackets (When the plowblade struck)2001Poemhttp://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/komunyakaa/yellow_jackets.php

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=181240
You and I Are Disappearing-Bjorn Hakansson (The cry I bring down)Poem

 

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