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Frank O'Hara Short Poems

Famous Short Frank O'Hara Poems. Short poetry by famous poet Frank O'Hara. A collection of the all-time best Frank O'Hara short poems


Poem  Create an image from this poem
by Frank O'Hara
The clouds ache bleakly
and when they can manage it 
crush someone's head in
without a sound of anger.
This is a brutal mystery.

We meet in the streets
with our hands in our pockets
and snarl guiltily at each other
as if we had flayed a cloud
or two in our salad days.

Lots of things do blame us;
and in moments when I forget
how cruel we really should be
I often have to bite my tongue
to keep from being guilty.



Spleen  Create an image from this poem
by Frank O'Hara
I know so much
about things I accept
so much it's like
vomiting. And I am
nourished by the
shabbiness of my
knowing so much
about others and what
they do and accepting
so much that I hate
as if I didn't know
what it is to me.
And what it is to
them I know and hate.


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