The goal of this article is to list all poems by Samuel Menashe, with chronology information.

List of poems

The Volume column gives the collection where the poem was first included. For now, only The Many Named Beloved (MNB), No Jerusalem But This (NJBT), Fringe of Fire (FF), The Niche Narrows (NN) and New and Selected Poems (NSP) were consulted. The year of first publication is given in First published and the review in Venue.

+ Poems Title Volume First published Venue Notes and links A Bronze Head NN This poem is included on the audio CD Samuel Menashe Reading from his Poems available from the Poetry Archive. A flock of little boats MNB A pot poured out NJBT This poem is featured in the film Life is Immense: Visiting Samuel Menashe by Pamela Robertson-Pearce, distributed with the Bloodaxe Books edition of NSP. Achilles NSP Adam Means Earth NN Alone he lay drunk MNB All my friends are homeless MNB All my life when I woke up at night... 1950 unpublished All things that heal MNB Always (when I was a boy) MNB 1960 New version 2006, in NSP An amiable air alight MNB Anonymous NN 1996 The New Yorker Download Republished in 2000 in Metre: http://metre.ff.cuni.cz/front.article/download-file/192. Another Song of Sixpence MNB Any demon seems smart MNB Apotheosis NSP 2005 Poetry Download April MNB April (Fool) NN Around my neck MNB As Leah who was little loved MNB As the tall, turbaned MNB At a Standstill NN At Cross Purposes NN At every instant I expect MNB At Millay's Grave NN Autobiography NSP Autumn NJBT Awakening NN Awakening from Dreams NJBT 1965 Encounter Beachhead NSP Bearings NSP Between Bare Boughs MNB Biographer NSP 2008 Poetry Download Captain, Captive NSP 2005 Poetry Download New version 2007, in NSP Cargo MNB Carnival MNB Chant at Dawn MNB Commemoration NSP Curriculum Vitae NN Daily Bread FF Descent NJBT 2005 Poetry Download Diner NSP Dominion NN Downpour NN Dreaming NJBT 1970 The Iowa Review Download Dreams NJBT Due Soldi di Speranza NSP 2005 The New Criterion Download Dusk MNB Eaves at dusk NJBT Enclosure NJBT Enigma MNB Enlightenment NN Ensconced NSP Envoy MNB Epitaph NJBT Eyes NN 2000 Metre Download Fall NSP Family Plot NN Family Silver NN Fastness NJBT Feedback NJBT Fire Dance MNB Forever and a Day NN Full Fathom Five NN Ghost at the Wake NSP God's Grotesques MNB Gray Boulder FF Great Babylon MNB Grief NN Hallelujah NN Heat Wave ("I catnap, wake") NSP Heat Wave ("Sheets entangle him") NSP 2004 Poetry Download Here NSP 2004 Poetry Download Here Now 2009 Poetry Download Home Movie NN 1995 The New Yorker Download I am chasing the Princess MNB I Am the Hive NSP I left my seed in a grove so deep MNB I lie in snows FF Ice MNB Idol MNB If I were as lean as I feel NJBT Image NJBT 1964 Encounter Image from Childhood MNB Improvidence NN In Memoriam NSP In Memory of One without Wealth MNB In My Digs NN In Stride NJBT In the catacomb of my mind MNB In the Ring NSP In the world MNB In Your Face 2009 Poetry Download Infant, Old Man NN Infanta NSP Inklings NN 1999 The New Yorker Download Insight MNB January to July NSP John the Baptist MNB Judgment Day NJBT Just now FF Lament FF 1964 Encounter Landmark NN Landscape MNB Le Lac Secret MNB Leah Bribed Jacob NSP Leavetaking NSP Life Is Immense NSP Lifted Up NJBT Lust Puffs Up MNB "Make It New" NSP Manna FF May NJBT Memento Mori NN Mirror Image NSP Moon Night MNB My Angels Are Dark MNB My fingers run after air MNB My Mother's Grave NJBT Night Music NN Night Walk NN Night Watch NN Nightfall, Morning NN Norway NSP November MNB Now NSP O Many Named Beloved MNB Oh Lady lonely as a stone MNB Off the Wall NN Old as the Hills NN Old Mirror MNB On my Birthday NJBT On the leafless winter vine MNB On the Level NN Paean ("Seated upon the open sea") MNB Paean ("That ogre who devours me") MNB Pagan Poem NSP Pan's Work Is Done MNB Paradise - After Giovanni di Paolo MNB Parchment of dead leaves MNB Paschal Wilderness NJBT Passage MNB Passive Resistance NSP 2000 Metre Download Pastoral MNB Peace NSP Peaceful Purposes NJBT 1969 New York Review of Books Download Petals NSP Pirate NJBT Pirate's Port and Voyage MNB Pity us MNB Praise all that deprives us MNB Promised Land MNB Psalm 2009 Poetry Download R and R NSP Railroad Flat NSP Red Glints in Black Hair NJBT Reeds rise from water NJBT Rest In Peace NSP Roads run forever MNB Rue NSP 2004 Poetry Download Ruins NSP Rural Sunrise NJBT Salt and Pepper NN Salt on a sparrow's tail MNB Scissors NN Scribe, Condemned NSP Self Employed NJBT Shade NJBT She who saw he moon last night MNB Sheen NJBT 1965 The New Yorker Download Sheep Meadow NJBT Simon Says NN Sketches: By the Sea NN Skull NSP Sleep NJBT Small Kingdom MNB Small Stones MNB Sore Loser 2000 Metre Download So they stood FF Solitude NN Someone Walked Over My Grave MNB 1956 Yale Review Sparrow NSP Spring Snow NSP Spur of the Moment NN Star-crossed NN Still Life NSP Stone would be water MNB Story Teller NSP Sudden Shadow MNB Sunset, Central Park NJBT Survival NN Take any man MNB Telescoped NN Tempus Fugit 2009 Poetry Download Tenement Spring MNB The Abandoned One MNB The Annunciation NN The Apple of My Eye NJBT The Bare Tree NJBT The Dead of Winter NN The friends of my father NJBT The Golden MNB The high dome of Sancta Sofia MNB The Hill I See NSP The Hollow of Morning MNB The Host NN The Living End NN 1998 The New Yorker Download Republished in 2000 in Metre: http://metre.ff.cuni.cz/front.article/download-file/192 The Moment of Your Death NJBT 1970 The Iowa Review Download The Niche NJBT The Offering NSP The Oracle NN The Reservoir NSP The Room of My Friend MNB The Sanderling NJBT The Sandpiper NN The Scrutiny NN The Sea Staves FF The Shot MNB The Social Life 1995 The New Yorker Download The Stars Are NSP 2004 Poetry Download The Water NJBT The yield of my peaceful yawning MNB There is No Jerusalem but This MNB These Stone Steps NJBT 1970 The Iowa Review Download The Shrine Whose Shape I Am NJBT The Spright of Delight NN The Visitation NN 2000 Metre Download This sky is like a bowl MNB To Open NJBT Transfusion NSP Transplant NN Triptych NSP Twilight NN Uniform NJBT Using the window ledge NJBT Visionary Conversation MNB Voyage MNB Walking Under FF Walking Stick NN 1999 Tundra Download Warrior Wisdom MNB Waterfall NN Western Wind NN What to Expect NN 1995 The New Yorker Download When I die MNB When I was a young man MNB White Hair Does Not Weigh NJBT Who 2010 Poetry Download Whose Name I Know NSP Wind NJBT Windows: Old Window NSP Winter NJBT 1970 The New Yorker Download Winter NJBT 1970 The New Yorker Download

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